with the use of my lewd mind
I thoroughly enjoyed this poem.

thanks Stell'

S.W.x

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Hi Tom, would love that but thats the day my duaghter arrives on half term hols! Doh. H

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Hi Tom, missed meeting up, must get over to Bolton again soon, and yes you have done it again, she was a nurse (You were the only one to tune into that) H

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Know what this reminds me of? Southern Gothic literature...and Nick Cave's idea of it, plus a singer called Michael J Sheehy - heard of him?

It's hanging heavy with the shame, the guilt, can almost feel the heat haze.

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Good poem - pouring out at the moment eh?

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Original item by Kealan Coady

Heh - dorty mare ;p

Like Ray, I'm not too sure about 'petty' although it is useful for referring to 'small' etc - it's great sonically, mind

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Ooo I like this stella - the way it starts all cold and shrunk, then opens right up and you can actually FEEL the warmth and glory at the colour and heat, then moves quietly back to a 'safe' place

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I enjoyed the first verse and most of the rest, but "petty local passions"? Seems quite the wrong words for it.

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Thanks Greg for your insightful comment on 'Scholars'. It's hot off the press so I'm still tinkering with it. I had thought of putting an epigraph from Wittgenstein at the top of it: 'Die Welt zerfallt in Tatsachen' - 'The world is divided up into facts' - but thought that might be taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut! I must say the Victorian classroom wasn't much different from mine in the 1950s!

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Good morning John,.,,thanks for that reassurance on Day's End! Yaaay!! :)

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calm down, people! let's not get all serious about things, it was just a dumb little poem - but true. i do alright.

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It's just a phase we go through for the rest of our lives.

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Anne
had to come back to this.

Better than `good` - `great`

I can almost see those iris` widening in that barn.

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Enjoyed this poem, too, Hazel, lovely idea to be able to see the world through the eyes of a child.

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I like this very much, Hazel, can almost smell the rain.

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Hi Isobel, thank you for kind comments on Crimson Lipstick, much appreciated. xx

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Cheers and thank you everyone :)

John, I think you must be too young to have dated her - hey, wait a minute, you're not that Jack, are you??!!

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Thanks for comments on Crimson Lipstick, John. Have answered more on the blog itself.

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Hello Shirley
Thanks for commenting on my two poems "Fix" and "I Dreamt You Were Little Again".
There's a saying, "When they're young they break your arms and when they're older they break your heart". Kids!
I've done a few about my kids but be careful if you stumble across some of my more risque stuff.
On the audio front, I'm sure a predominantly British audience would love to hear your Southern tones. I know I would.

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Aww Andy thanks so much for liking nothing of much worth lol looks daft when I write it like that..read it in Liverpool Monday night and it got a decent reception so all is well.. :)

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Hiya Isobel :)

Nothing of much worth began with the bell jar and Plath, her realtionship with the men in her life etc but then I sorta Stellerised it ha ha ha...so glad you caught the mood though..xx :)

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hi MBJ.
this poem
would go down very well
at the drop-in centre for the homless
-little chapel service
that we attend every thursday.

the people who run it
work unbelievably hard.

look forward to your next poem.
thanks.

Patricia and Stef Wilde

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Scary, creepy. I love it!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

appreciate your reading 'Wild one' Marianne
thank you.

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Hi Andy, thanks for commenting on my "A Silly Poem About Hair". Ann Foxglove's poem "A Silly Housework Poem" inspired me to post my recent poem.
My latest poems have been dark and I needed to lighten the mood.
I do have a lot of nonsense/silly poems. I have to think hard about which ones to post. Some are cute others just plain weird.

Thanks
Shirley

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Hi John. Thanks for commenting on my poem "My Mother's Gentle Hands. I especially liked your poems, "I dreamt You Were Little Again" and "Fix".
I have left comments on these pages.

Thanks,
Shirley

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Again nice and touching poem.
I myself haven't the courage to record my own poems. I have a slight southern(American) accent.
And I think my voice is dull.
Very good writing.

Shirley

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Original item by John Coopey

Your poem was entertaining - fetching indeed.

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Original item by David Mac

Very touching poem. My youngest is 18 and will graduate in June.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Being from America I don't often get to hear voices like yours. It's a nice change.

Thanks for so many wonderful poems.

Shirley

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Original item by John Coopey

Cynthia is right. It was the wrong question to ask. There will always be someone bigger than you, just as there will always be someone smaller. The important thing is what kind of a lover you are, which doesn't always have anything to do with your dick. I wouldn't advise asking anyone about that either. Just presume you are the best. Women like a confident man, happy in his own foreskin :)

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Hi John Glad you like the Scholars poem. It was inspired by a recent visit to Reading Museum. I had never heard the phrase 'ragged school' before and just wanted to get it into a poem by hook or crook. I must say that I also didn't see much difference between the Victorian classroom and those we had in the 50s in my own school!

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Hi Dave,(Necropolis)thanks for commenting. Yes the monks are very much still there and many improvements made to the old Anglican church buildings which they took over (perhaps I should write another stanza to include that aspect).

The estate is looking so much better than you will recall from ten years past but there is a long way to go and the actual owner of the site was involved in quite a lot of contoversy which appeared in the papers.

One can't help thinking back to when the site was first opened and how magnificent it might have looked with an abundance of gardeners in attendance etc.

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thanx for posting and reading. i know it would be awful and so bad, i wrote this some time ago. If it happens to me, my mind going, please shoot me lol. In reality, people losing their mind is a very serious topic and not a nice one.

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Good luck, Ann

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What do you mean, I make it worse? This is a very real, emotional and psychological question, that plagues many men. I chose to answer the premise with humour, to devalue its presumed importance. It is no different than women who might feel less womanly because they have breasts 'the size of peas!' (as I was once told with no joke intended. It did not undermine me, but it was deliberately cruel, and intended to make me feel less than attractive.) This is a very sad poem, because it is self-destroying.

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Original item by David Mac

Thanks for commenting, Andy, Philipos, Chris, John, Stella, Greg and Steve - who is spot on in outing me as an ex-hippy. Although I was always more scruff than hippy - I've added a photo from 1971 for fun. I'm the guy at the back.

Chris has thrown down a challenge. This actually happened. I was glued to the screen as so many WOL-ites are, from time to time. Then I realised the sun was shining and maybe there was something better outside. I happened to have bare feet. The plums happened to be ripe, why pick 'em before eating 'em, when it's rained the night before and Nature has washed them?

Faith should not exist in religious boxes. It either pervades everything or is nothing. For me, that is because a personal God is everywhere. But, if at all possible, faith should make bridges rather than barriers. If my pagan or atheist or whatever friends like the poem, fine, and respect to them.

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Beautiful. I love Owls - their stealth, mystique and beauty and the coolness of their hunting. You have painted it for me perfectly. x

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We are on our own from birth in this respect, everything seems an act to feel that security before...good piece.

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its absolutely terrifying and explaining it renders most to give you a wide berth, in reality. I had an image of tiny creature, slumped, with arms outstretched.

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Marianne, once again a thrilling work; your words make everything vibrate, like an elemental force. I'm with Graham totally - that image of 'grey-green hills' is incredible. I do wonder at some of the commas, and their respective purposes. In a short work perhaps the use of commas should be for a singular reason, because I'm not sure when to relate ideas and when to separate them.

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It hurts my heart to miss this. Especially to fraternize, to share work and ideas collegiately. Perhaps another situation will be offered; perhaps not. I can hope.

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Bonne chance, Ann girl. This is a fantastic idea, and, IMO, a perfect outlet for your unflagging enthusiasm, your personal drive to share the poetical 'buzz' and your own mighty talent. Keep us posted; doesn't matter what. Very imaginative name for the group, considering Cornwall.

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I cannot attend this session in London, but I will reread my small volume 'Selected Poems of Edward Thomas' edited by R. S. Thomas and dedicated to Helen Thomas, Faber and Faber, 1964, with great pleasure. Somehow, I secured this volume from the cast-offs of a now defunct Academic 6th Form Centre in Bermuda. Second-hand shops and Church Fair tables are often sources of sheer literary delights.

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excellent stuff, dave.. really enjoyed this although i reckon it would tie me in knots if i tried performing it - lol

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Original item by Dave Bradley

like i feel to reveal at the end here in particular, kept making me think of wrapping chocolates here - god knows why! xx

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love the last stanza here Stella, but it's a strong, well structured piece - bet it'll go down well live also xx

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excellent stuff, shirley.. made me smile big style this morning.. would love to see more like this xx

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Original item by Shirley Smothers

blimely - that's deep stuff, Kealan.. another for submitting to a good magazine i feel, m8.. excellent.. A

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Original item by Kealan Coady

This is powerful, Melissa. It may strike a chord with many as so many poets feel themselves to be outsiders. They may not comment as it's difficult to know what to say or to find the courage to say "me too".

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