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I'm sure there is an excuse, but I'm not sure what it could be!



Sue

I agree entirely that use of language is to some extent subjective both from the user's stance and the receiver's, and that there might be a perception-gap between the two. I agree entirely that there are times when certain types of language are appropriate within a given context... having looked th...

This book is wonderful, apart from being a useful reference book, it is very well-written and an easy read. I am so glad there are others who feel that spelling, punctuation, and perhaps grammar, are important. Might I also make a plea about vocabulary? I'm sure there are valid reasons for "fuc...

I've read some Dickens, which is a challenge as he was writing for a time when there was no tv and people had an attention span somewhat longer than a goldfish's. I've read some Hemmingway-Old Man of the Sea? For Whom the Bell Tolls?- which I enjoyed, but other stuff I don't remember so presumably i...

Have to say that I have read this and the other books mentioned and found them all to be "Ripping Yarns". I don't think they purport to be Great Literature, but they are significantly better written than most of our newspapers, magazines and much of the stuff hitting our book shelves. I am...

I wonder how much attitudes are formed by how poetry is presented at school? I was fortunate in having all sorts of books at home, in being taken to the local libraries and also in having English teachers in most of the schools I attended who had a genuine love of language. Poetry was never shown as...

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What a simply great image!!

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I'm sure Kylie would be wonderful in Westminster, but aren't there enough arses there already ??

Sue

I like this. I think it catches the frustrations of trying to catch Form out a formless Idea. Just a couple of thoughts: "forcing form to which is free" I had to read this line a couple of times to sort out what I thought it might mean. Would it work as " forcing form on what is free&...

Derek, I like the ways that your poems seem to be totally from your own experiences. There are elements that most readers are able to relate to. One thing that intrigues me, and I might well be reading too much into it, it seems that when you relate something that you think perhaps you ought to be a...

One of my favourite poems is The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which in many ways is a Song of Praise to Wine and drowning your sorrows. But they say that truth is often spoken when drunk: 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and ...

I have made no claims or pretensions about my own education neither have I made disparaging comments about anyone's emotional state... "self-pity/meek"..... My understanding of constructive cricism is that it is to do with making useful observations about structure, technique, use of vocab...

Derek, please don't make the mistake that so many people do of assuming that an educated person is necessarily right. The sacred halls of academia are great places to learn from academics, but life skills are learnt through experience of living. Your poems seem to me to be based in reality, from you...

Jeez,people!!! I only registered yesterday and read through this series of postings. I feel completely flayed and I can only hope Derek doesn't feel as raw as I do. I fully understand that this is serious site, but does it usually get this harsh? I haven't written much, and I still prefer a more tra...

Just registered into this site and might feel brave enough later to submit a little something... be kind!! I have grown up with books of all kinds in the family and my dad has always written, so I have a hard act to follow. I'm afraid I've always scribbled a few lines then thrown them away as preten...