I have not long since woken from a decade of 'sleep', and am finding myself strongly drawn to the words I loved so as a teenager. However, I recently came across those words, in the form of the 50-60 odd poems I wrote at that time, and am now left wondering if my love may be unrequited. To say the very least.

Appart from my immediate family, who are no doubt somewhat biast, I have not shown these poems to anyone and all this time later still feel the need to know if I really did just waste ink.

I hope people will not mind my uploading such old poems but they were once my babies and I feel the time has come to finaly get the honest, objective opinion of them I have always craved.

Lastly, and to be sure to get my many excuses out of the way, I have (aparently) severe dislexia and would like to apologise - as I have in the Summary - for my appalling lack of technical knowledge with regard to punctuation, etc. Also for the many spelling mistakes that I will surely make. I must admit to being rather nervous not having the Spellchecker feature I would normally use, for sending this!

Thank you in advance for if you do take the time to read and pass comment on my 'work'.

<Added>

Perhaps I should have mentioned that what I uploaded is a poem in the general section entitled Fields of Sanity.

Hi igbit,

Welcome to WW. I’ve read your poem and it looks fine to me but I’ll leave it to the expert poets among us to comment.

As for your spellcheck worries, why don’t you do what I do... I write in a Word document and then copy and paste into the thread or the comment box.

Cheers
Dee.

Thanks for that Dee, good idea, will do!

Hi, igbit (no, we can't call you that)

Hi, Iggy (that's better) and welcome to WW.

John

Welcome Iggy, Always good to get another poet to keep the prose-merchants in their place! Will catch up with your poem in the next few days and let you have some feedback.
If you want to test your skills, check out the RLG Thread - we have to write a piece where the opening line is generated my someone else. (Jumbo, this month) I'm the only poet who did it last time, so come and join me!

tc

Hi Iggy and welcome, I carry a little electronic dictionary/thesaurus/spell checker no bigger than a purse, with me. They are really neat machines, and these days are quite cheap. Sold in shops dealing in computers, cameras etc.

Hi John,

Are you being creative with my name sir?!...... Well....... I like it damn it! I shall keep it, I shall!

Artists! I don't know......

Thank you for the welcome.
Iggy.

Hello there tc,

I have been rooting through WW, to get the feel, and came across a past thread between Dee and your good self. I eves dropped (hope you don't mind). It's nice to be amongst kindred spirits though - social life? Dusting?? Aaaah ha haaa ha haa haa haaa! No.

As for the RLG Thread, I notice a first line has been posted and will duly check it out. Though I have to say now, there is not much chance of my joining in. I cannot call myself a writer, in that I seldom sit down consciously to write. Only two or three of my poems have been 'forced out'. The rest just slipped out while I wasn't looking. We'll see...

Incidentally, I very much liked your poem for the last RLG.

Thank you for the welcome.
Iggy.

Hi Becca,

Thanks for the welcome, and the advice. I knew there must be something of the like on the market and as poor as my vocabulary is, a pocket dictionary etc, would be a good move.

Iggy.

Glad you enjoyed my RLG poem, Iggy. Make the most of it, for after seeing this month's line, I fear it may be a while before there's another!
Bloody Hell, it's impossible.

As for the banter on here, well, if yoiu think you'll fit right in then you probably will! Just remember to get your round in every so often, (Dee's is a large one - she's not fussy what, but it must be large), and you'll be fine.
I would like to promise to catch up with your work immediately, but I seem to have loads to do: RLG, Group exercises and poems to revise, so I can't say when I'll get there, but I will try to!

have fun!
x
tc

Not an easy one is it, tc. So long for a poem too. I did feel momentarily inspired but, that was only by cheating and making it the first two lines. Not sure that's allowed!

As for the banter, I do hope I've not been too forward (or bitten off more than I can chew). I tried to warn that socialising was not my forte. I'm a cheep round though, on the orange juice these days - even if it was the odd Sherry yesterday. Hmmm, once in a blue moon can't hurt.

There's certainly no hurry for opinion but, if you do have the chance at some point in the future, it will be most welcome.

Iggy. x

PS. Am I up? What's yours?

Oh, well, if you insist, mine's a G&T, (Lor, I'm turning into my Mother!)
Very kind of you, Ig., old chum. It'll go down a treat, spitting feathers I am - been wrestling with a bloody parrot!

x
tc

Is that what killed it!

G&T on the way, One for your mother? Can I bum a ciggie off anyone?.... Anyone?

Ig, Ig, Aroo. x
(who can't get the italics to work)