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The Liberation of Stefan and Penka
We met in black and white. Four eyes peircing dirt and spiders‘ webs To escape their world behind the wood pile In the darkest corner of an ancient...
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We Are Seacroft!
With my folks, I lived on top Of the North East Gas Board showrooms shop In a row of flats called Parkway Mews From which we had outstanding views Of...
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The Condemnation of Darkness
Hello darkness my old friend You're here to drive me round the bend As sultry summers meet their end You pounce upon my fear and send Me screaming...
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Devil Gate Drive
Between our village, Malki Chiflik, and our capital, Sofia, the road cuts its way through the Balkan range of mountains, assisted by several lofty...
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Mother Bulgaria
As Lenin looks down from his sombre pedestal Concrete erupts from a bleak landscape like The broken teeth of windswept peasants Drinking homemade...
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Reading your evocative words
Posted on Wed, 29 Nov 2023
Reading your evocative words has made me shiver.
I pity those avian visitors, but I suppose they know what they're doing.
Read full commentPosted in Black and White Survival.
I imagine you sitting alone
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2023
I imagine you sitting alone on a rock on a deserted seashore as you write this. There's nothing there except the nature that your words describe so beautifully.
I particularly liked lavender sheets which brought to mind those grey...
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Your words sum up the
Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2023
Your words sum up the grimness of this time of year. especially the monochrome landscape line.
A nicely written poem that I enjoyed in a grim sort of way.
Read full commentPosted in A Murder of Crows (Transcendence)
Oh to be a cat. They always
Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2023
Oh to be a cat. They always have a multitude of favourite places in which to languish in sleepy comfort and regularly in places where they're not supposed to be.
We can't make plans for cats. Your poem captures this well.
Read full commentPosted in A place for a snooze
But Israel's neighbours plus
Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023
But Israel's neighbours plus the USA plus the European Union plus Britain have too much money tied up in Israel to go upsetting them. None of them are worried about investments they have made in Palestine because their aren't any, or if there are...
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National leaders and
Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023
National leaders and governments throughout the world and throughout history can all be graded by their different levels of madness and greed for money and territory. Thoughts of human suffering come second place when rich men strive to become...
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A good read Mono.
Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023
A good read Mono.
I've got the Dubliners' song The Zoological Gardens stuck in my head now.
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 5 part 2)
Sun protection in Dublin?
Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023
Sun protection in Dublin? That's more of a fantasy than anything you'd find in a Harry Potter book.
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 5 part 1)
No matter what we think of
Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023
No matter what we think of ourselves it's often good to make the occasional adjustment.
With the words of your poem you've really hit the nail on the head, if you'll pardon the pun.
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The dictionary definition of
Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023
The dictionary definition of armistice is something along the lines of an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting.
I'm writing this for the Armistice Day people, lest they forget.
Read full commentPosted in Does Suella Braverman know what a Democracy is, and how it works, or should work?
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