Hi John Thanks for looking in. I know West Haddlesey. As a lad I lived for my first 10 years in Selby just off doncaster road! My mum still lives there and by brother in Barlow. In fact I know the G & D too. I will be cycling past it on next mon or tue twice as part of a 200km ride from My home in Hebden Bridge to North Cave and back "walking in six string heaven" - I am a big fan of rock guitar I'm afraid. I will think of Coopey's groupies when I pass. Win x

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Thanks for your kind comments about "Coopey's Groupies". This a very rare example of me being able to do something positive with such an unusual surname.
The poem is true (-well, perhaps a little exaggerartion with the anecdotes-). It's the George and Dragon in West Haddlesey near Selby.
Anyway, I took the opportunity to look at some of your poems and was impressed by them - we seem to share a love of rhythm. I especially enjoyed the phrase "walking in six string heaven" - very pictorial and evocative.
Once again, thanks for the post.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comment on Baby Irma. Rest assured, no trafficking of babies (oh, Cynthia, that would be a horrendously gothic idea, the trafficking of dead babies to the Living and living babies to the Dead) it's simply the Dead wishing to take advantage of their position and set up a trading cartel. What goods would the Dead trade with the Living and vice versa? I leave that to your imagination.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Wow -- congratulations, Andy/Danny! It's a terrific site and more than worthy of the accolade! More power to you and your terrific blogs.

Comment is about Breaking News!!! (blog)

Original item by Andy Sewina aka Danny A Wise

Hi Jane, glad you enjoyed my Kingfisher poem. I've been looking at your work and was struck by the abundance of rich language in Apple Power, and by the quiet but outraged patriotism of The Duck House Parliament. Cromwell always gets a bad press in many quarters, on the left as well as the right, but I do see him as a great figure, and you gave him an almost mythical power in your poem. A collection of poems about the civil war ... now that would be something, wouldn't it? Greg

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

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You're hiding behind the sofa?! That's where Dalek nits congregate/lurk when they've fallen off their host! They're a nuisance to get out of your carpet and their eggs survive for millennia. Send Fanny The Indian Cow to track them down with her long, cow tongue! She's adorable, by the way!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hi Ann,
I hadn't thought of it as 'tortoise and hare-like'. Maybe revisit it in the future but unlikely. :-)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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nice poem

Comment is about Beauty (blog)

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Hi Lisa, wow, this one was so real life.reminds me of some I have known. great work, keep writting, and welcome to the poetry site!

Comment is about Quotations (blog)

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Hi lisa, this is really nice. I enjoyed the story/poem, seems so real life. great stuff!

Comment is about The Missing Piece (blog)

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this is a very nice poem and you read very well.

Comment is about Coopey's Groupies (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Lisa, I did wonder where the missing piece for the actual jigsaw came from, But as it is a mystery in the poem, I assumed it was the returning of the son ;-)
All Mums like that ha ha ;-))
TC x

Comment is about Lisa Milligan (poet profile)

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Yeah, that is very true... but sometimes it's nice to be slightly naive and to be happy not questioning everything that is put in front of you, haha! :)
Thanks Richard x

Comment is about Richard Krason (poet profile)

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Thank you :)
I really love Journal Heart Attacks, it's brilliant! xx

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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nice poem

Comment is about Weeping Willow (blog)

Loved this John. If I remember my last coment was on your mining story. Quite another thing this lol. could it be improved by breaking each stanza half way through? (I wanted to pause there) Win :-), Put me down for a Groupie t-shirt John !

Comment is about Coopey's Groupies (blog)

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Hi Ian. Good to see you on WOL and to read one that performed well. Looking forward to seeing some blogs

Comment is about Ian Nenna (poet profile)

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Hi - "sugar & spice" - many thanks for your kind comments. B

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Really like this poem an upbeat piece, pun intended... ha ha clever in it's conception too, My Mum does jigsaws ;-)
TC X

Comment is about The Missing Piece (blog)

Original item by Lisa Milligan

The books,'lifted, Letter by letter' what a great image Andy but enjoyed the whole thing. Win

Comment is about Goodbye Central Library (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Cynthia . thanks for looking at Run way. The title (with the underscore space) was intended to suggest runaway but to keep the airport elememt refered to in the poem. The poem came out of a workshop with Michael BlackburnI attended recently. Win

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Again Anthony. Glad Charlie Pike hit the spot. its a cracking piece. Glad also that you liked the fairy lights! Thanks for reading and keep posting your stuff. winston

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

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Hi Ian , welcome to WOL. Winston

Comment is about Ian Nenna (poet profile)

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Ann
I'd be delighted to have you on the team.
I always wanted to find a woman who knew about horse-racing and the Bible - a bit of a niche fetish.
I do have, however, as you know, an "entry fee".

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Darn it! I knew I should have called her Gladys!!

Comment is about Fanny My Indian Cow (blog)

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I love Fanny really heh heh...

Comment is about Fanny My Indian Cow (blog)

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this appeals to basic instincts in a beautiful way. Thanks, jane

Comment is about To plumb the depth of soul ( a villanelle) (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

GREAT!! (Can I join your team? Don't know if I'd be a groupie, a bitch or a slapper though!) ;-)

Comment is about Coopey's Groupies (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

She's actually very pretty and looks most attractive on my chest of drawers next to my stuffed raven. Don't diss Fanny!

Comment is about Fanny My Indian Cow (blog)

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Hi Bill, just a note to thank you for the CD which i have very much enjoyed.A nice variety of subjects and some great local interest and all well told. Thanks, jane

Comment is about Bill Brierley (poet profile)

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The best bit of her is her name heh heh. The new Avatar rocks by the way ;-))
Love TC XX

Comment is about Fanny My Indian Cow (blog)

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Loved it mate. Was actually just talking about this sort of thing with my folks, after I worked out it was cheaper to put 'em up in a Travelodge with room service than a 'Home'.

Comment is about 20 Years from Now (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

More daftness from the Foxglove Factory

Comment is about Fanny My Indian Cow (blog)

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Hi Alison

Great stuff, hope you enjoy exploring the site. A warm welcome to you. Winston

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

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So Sorry Cate... When I say Grey what I meant was very dark white.

Hope that makes amends
Augusta xx

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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You just sit back and watch then John ... as long as you find it all to your satisfaction... I'm happy

Augusta xx

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thank you Anne and the joy of joys they are non fatting... unless of course you follow them too closely.

Augusta
xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Darkly is a very special Lady... she lives in my head...and slips out of me at night .. then lays with me in the dark...

Augusta
xx

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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Hello Isobel
Thank you for sticking to poetry.

The subject matter at its base root level is undoubtedly SEX.

The subject ‘Samey’.. Well I make no apologises, the base survival and instinctive drives roots in life as far as mankind, womankind for that matter, are concerned is
SATIETY, SHELTER, and SEX. Sexual gratification, adventure, tragedy, loss, horror joy, perversions are all arenas in which I explore the samey subject of sex.

Love is not sex nor is it a base root for our survival and in my humble opinion, nor does it come close to being.. Sex has long been accepted as the catalyst of contract. Prostitution aside, take WAGS and celebrities as a prime example.

Yes indeed there are a multitude of themes but they will all come down to these basic roots driving them at some point, as for ‘SEX is great but there is only so much sex you can take’, once again I think you are deluding yourself. Sex is not always gratuitous and pornographic it’s in everything we see and touch every second of the day it is what makes us different from Tarmac

Isobel with legs like yours you are never going to be more than a moment away from the energy of sexual fantasy, and that in itself, albeit a catalyst, is the reason you use them thus and not just for walking. Not withstanding your pretty shoes and expose tights.

‘We girls sticking together’, is that a subtle call from Lesbos, or is that me aflame once more., ahh me , I shall continue the penning of my next poem which is on the subject of how to make a bread pudding rise slowly.

Many Thanks

Augusta xx

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Hello Kathryn. I agree with Ann on the analogy. I think you should have built up the difference and then the fall from grace would have been more significant. Good idea however.

Comment is about Daffodils and Snowdrops (blog)

Hi Cynthia, thanks for commenting on Kingfisher. Their rarity and spectacular colour does make them legendary, almost mythical.
Your villanelle has attracted much comment. It sounds to me like the tolling of a bell. Sometimes to bolt yourself into a particular form can give you a surprising amount of freedom. Greg

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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I wrote one or two of these (villanelle's) - they drove me batty almost literally, for that I bow my hat down to you Cynthia.. Did enjoy it however - gotta say too..

Comment is about To plumb the depth of soul ( a villanelle) (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Dave, thanks for swapping kingfisher-spotting memories. The one in the poem I saw almost every day for about six months over the winter of 2006-07. Saw it perching, diving, the works. Then one day it was gone, and I've only had one sighting along the canal since then. Greg

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Mmm, like a botanical version of the tortoise and the hare! An interesting idea.

Comment is about Daffodils and Snowdrops (blog)

I think any constraints in making this poem do not come across as hampering what you are saying. For me, the repetition enhances the hypnotic and spellbinding effect of your words.

Comment is about To plumb the depth of soul ( a villanelle) (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Terrific

Comment is about To plumb the depth of soul ( a villanelle) (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I can appreciate the song-style of this piece Cynthia and it reads very pleasingly. My only criticism is that it must have put you under constraints to comply with its requirements and sounds. Some clever words as always.

Comment is about To plumb the depth of soul ( a villanelle) (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

"The consequences of a dirty weekend" Love the ending x

Comment is about Steve O'Connor (poet profile)

Original item by Steve O'Connor

Thank you so much, Andy, for reading and commenting on my latest
'Into love's shadow'...

Yes... Isobel is usually right on with her assessment of things ; )

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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The thing I love about this poem, and the others in your profile, is the sense of the aliveness of the natural world, the way it provides a sort of counterpoint and an echo to the actions of the human characters.

Comment is about The Glass House (blog)

Original item by Gaia Holmes