John thank you so much for liking and commenting on my poem




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Hi John, thanks for taking a tour of my recent writing yesterday and thanks for all the comments. I particularly enjoyed the Bukowski quote 😃 Thanks a lot.

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Hi John
Just wanted to say thankyou so much for you dm. I love the playlist, it is now part of my library. Thanks.😊

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Hi John, thankyou for your like and comment on my poem - The Kids home. I'm sorry for your dad. My mother and many of her siblings were raised in the Irish Catholic institutions, so I feel your dad's pain. These places were often just hell holes where kids were abused and neglected.
I myself was in a kids home - hence the poem. I was luckier than my mother.
Thanks also for the dm, very kind words indeed. Much appreciated!

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John,
May I wish you a very Happy and Blessed Christmas. My prayers are for justice and peace, especially for our Christian and Zeidi brothers and sisters in the Middle East. May you continue to delight and intrigue us on this site with your poetry in the year to come.
With blessings
Keith

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John,
Thank you for updating your profile as it brings you more into focus. Now I am able to see the exterior which hides the interior where so many fine poems come from.
Regards
Keith

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I was just reading your first snow poem. there are some really great lines in it with so much richness of colour and texture. Wonderful John

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Hello John,

May God be with you always. I made an elaborate prayer requesting God to help you in all your endeavours, to bless you immensely with good health, happiness, peace, prosperity, love, tranquility and serenity.
"May God be pleased with you always. May He grants all your good wishes, prayers in your favour."

Always have faith in the One who created you. He is extremely loving, merciful forgiving Lord. Ask and it shall be given to you. Pray with full faith and belief that your prayers are accepted in your favour.

All my duas and best wishes for you always.

Peace n blessings be upon you. Ameen.

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Canterbury Tales. I think dk. Pilgrims setting off from Southwark. And no. I can't draw a straight line.

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what is that paining of?
did you do it?

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Thanks again John for the nice comment on Doing it Gingerly. I had great fun writing it, and my friends had told me this happened at an island where we always spent our hols together.The unfortunate cat was white and from Florence. We also go on hol to Elba sometimes, and there were several stray cats about. One left us 'presents' every morning on the doormat. Twice a juiicy rat, and another time a poor wee bird. The intention was greatly appreciated! I have always had dogs, but like cats too. Macavity is a fantastic poem. i never tire of reading it.

Jennifer

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Hello John, thanks for the comment on 'Felliini in Florence' - glad you enjoyed it. It was so unexpected and unusual that I have never forgotten the scene!

Jennifer

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Hi John,
Thank you so much for your comment on my recent poem 'women's day'.. Im glad you like it.. ?

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Thanks John for commenting on The Colour of Thought. A wee drop of philosophy there, but my real aim was to not fall into the trap of using the word black as a blanket term for our darker brethren. Nature has provided us with shades and we seem to enjoy reducing things to easily categorizable chunks. Imagine if we had a few primary colours for choosing clothing for instance.
That point has not really been reflected in the responses, so does that mean the poem has failed?

I've been using the site very sporadically, but it suits me at the moment. Hope you're well!!

Ray

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Hi John,

I wanted to thank you for your supportive remarks posted on my homepage. Well, I read your sample poems a while ago and found them remarkable. It's a pleasure to read your poems always as there is a lot for me to learn from them.

Binte

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Happy New Year, John. Your contributions to this site are highly regarded by me, both your personal works and your 'commentaries'. I do admire, and value, scholarship that is shared. Your bio entries are embracing.

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Thanks for the comments John; micro-bite truths that we all should heed. I always always appreciate your input. And I hope Friday night is treating you alright.

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John - the words which Graham refers to, which you posted on his profile (16 Oct), I recognise as my words to him on his return to WOL after a break.

No need to apologise John...I actually feel quite flattered that you went back eight months to find the quote.

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Oh! I see my mistake now John. I thought they were your views and not those of another poet posted last February that you have dragged back for some god knows why reason.
Then I noticed that you have recently turned your profile into a David Moore tribute page. Now it all makes sense.
So let me tell you where I am. I’ll not create another battlefield here on WOL with you.
My advice, not that I suspect you’ll take it is, please take care and keep your comments to other’s work. You might also feel like apologising to the person whose comments you’ve plagiarised too.
As for me.....none taken!

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Thank you John.

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Thanks for your comment on The Way I Write, John. You've managed to sum it all up in a single sentence. ?

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Never stop writing, John.

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Hi John, thanks for the birthday wishes, so sweet of you to remember! Sorry I've not been around much recently, think I've missed a few things. You ok?

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Not too bad Jacob me ol'mukker. Can't walk, in pain a lot. BUT my daughter is about to give birth and that is beyond anything. I'm sure you know. Thanks for the ointment you sent me/ It is having an ameliorative effect but not enough. I need surgery and i'm seeing the surgeon on the 28th. More I read about Colorado, the more I like it. VERY progressive for a western state. All the best now and forever to you and your family. John

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Hope you are well my friend. You and your family are in my thoughts, John.?

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Hello John - many thanks for your comment on my home page - and the quoted extract from the Binyon poem. Even
reading those lines brought the moisture to my eyes, such
is the effect on me of their irresistible evocation of nature's power for renewal.
And, yes, the first name is Mark.

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Still about, if only for now..

Thanks, John.

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Thank you Trevor, Kate and Mae for stopping by and for your encouragement. Best wishes - John

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The poem was written for my granddaughter - so for you to offer such a personal comment means a great deal to me. By the way, I love the reflective mood of Drinking Where The River Bed Is Dry

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Hi John, I wanted to drop by and say how much I enjoy your work, and your supportive comments - particularly the lovely one you took the time to make on my blog. There's a beautiful quality to your work that leaves me wanting more. Thanks again, Kate

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Impressing bio John! I can relate on some issues (check my bio). I also loved your sample "stolen child"! I can say it faintly reminds me of the Peter Pan fantasy; some magical shadow sweeping you off in the middle of the night and taking into a dreamworld!?
I believe you definitely have a lot of things to say.
Thanks
Mae

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Thank you much for stopping by to read my work well into the beginning of 2019, John.

I do hope you were able to scrape some enjoyment from them!

Until next time, Excelsior!

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Thank you for your comment on The Matriarch John. I loved the poem you sent..x

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"Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught."

Henry VI Pt 1

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Thanks Ray, Big Sal, Po, Taylor and Martin for getting in touch. A healthy and happy new year to you all!

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."

(Little Gidding)”
― T.S. Eliot

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Hi John. I wanted to say that I appreciate your comment about rhetoric on my poem Letter from the Streets. I felt that there was probably enough flak to basically undermine any merit the poem had, based purely on an idea and not supposed to be a treatise on the subject. This is why I have contacted you directly. I think rhetoric should add views certainly, but I'd had enough in this case. I hope you will understand!

Ray

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Happy holidays to you and yours as well, John. Hope the New Year is a better one.

Be well.?

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Thanks for everything, John.

I also appreciate the shout out on your newly-typed up biography for WOL.

We can all stand to learn something from each other.?

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Thank you for your comments on The Dance John, it is wonderful to read the perspectives seen in our work, from another's view. Taylor

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I'm glad you like the piece John, not many people did. As for all the great work you've been posting up, I can only hope you preserve them in some additional way as they are something special and deserve recognition.

Keep on writing my friend, and good health and wishes to you and yours. ?

Be well.?

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Thanks for your words John. I always look forward to reading your work and I love your sample poems which are good reflection of what you write. I totally understand what you mean about a dreary Manchester sky as I live in the area myself.
Keep writing and posting my friend
all the best
Martin

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Thank you to all of you kind people who have taken the time to comment upon my scribbling. Kindness is, for me, the greatest, and most under-rated, of the virtues. Thank you Big Sal for planting in my head the possibility (I was going to write 'positing' but that's a very silly word) that I might be around at the end of time. Has my head spinning that. I love to read poetry, I read everyday if possible, and I try to learn from other poets of the past and present. I really admire the work of the deeply unfashionable, Anglo-American, Anglican poet TS Eliot:

“Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
Thus, in your mind.
But to what purpose
Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves
I do not know.
Other echoes
Inhabit the garden. Shall we follow?”

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Here's hoping you keep writing until the end of time John.?

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G'day John,
I've bought and read your Kindle chapbook 'A Waste of Time' and do not consider it so... I enjoyed it!
Especially the more personal poems like 'Children' or the 'Photograph'; the very sad 'Words that I forget' and 'Rainy September'.
Unfortunately I no longer buy books but only Kindle versions because my house is FULL! So although I would like to have purchased it, apparently 'Shadows and Dust' is only available to read on Amazon's app - which I don't want.
You are a favourite so I shall keep an eye out for more on WOL.

UPDATE: I'm happy to report I now have the e-book 'Shadows and Dust' and will dive in and enjoy!

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Hi John
astir in SW Wales
this side of the Atlantic
travels on hold . . .

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Hi John

Thanks for the message, it was a pleasure to read your work. I love the idea of thoughts forming like an Oxbow lake. Terrific!

Having just read your profile -
I also love the way you have kept those 3 years going!
Cheers

D

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I appreciate your interest and your comments. I always consider very carefully suggestions from fellow writers. And I have benefitted hugely.

But, in the case of 'The Dreamfooter', I would not now make alterations. It has been twice published and three times presented in spoken poetry 'programmes'.

I often make changes years after first 'writing'. Just not this time.

Thanks much. And, please, never hesitate to challenge anything I write. That is real 'sharing'.

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Interesting how 'history' is essentially 'story' as opposed to 'records'. The account itself, or at least the slant of it, depends on the person/s reporting of the happening/s, personal interests and the effective result/s. Records are then hugely influenced.

Point of view must always be a cautionary background to 'history'.

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Hi John

Just come across your home page and blog, I hope the collection is going well, let me re-word comment on Byzantine - I retreat rapidly before your superior knowledge!
Dom.

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I'll make an effort to check more of your work. I like your ideas. Besides, my eyes work better now.

I live in Sale. You might like to try the WOL evening at Sale Waterside which meets next Tuesday; it's a widely varied group, and very friendly.

I'm going to be so embarrassed if you've already been out and I've not recognized your name.

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