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to pick up time
never done, the sea is a bed remaking itself over and over, so light never sleeps on the salt shot silk of its sheet and thoughts are beached shells...
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Hand Washing, Glasgow Central
Unfortunately, our ferry got in late because of the wind, so we missed the train we needed, to get to his appointment, but fortunately I had...
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Getting Ready
Gone the rag sound of a bird alone dropped on naked silence between dumpsters' grinding regurgitations from horizon's bridge and fuzzy pulse of cars...
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deer
i used to cross slow growing moss swells by tree masts, tossing, lichen rigged, see in the distance dragon wings, folded into hills. But now, words'...
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part 7
W hen she woke up, Mary did not feel tired anymore. Ever since she had had to stay at Jake’s house, it had taken ages to go to sleep. Night time was...
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I am glad you let him in :0)
Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2025
I am glad you let him in :0) Wondering if perhaps, his people might have moved recently, and being in new territory, added to the fear of the noise, might have made him run too far to find his way back? Do you have a local facebook page you could...
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Enjoyed this one so much!
Posted on Sat, 08 Nov 2025
Enjoyed this one so much! THANKYOU :0)
"There, for a good while, we took pleasure from watching the oystercatchers catching oysters on the mudflats. Oysters, I’d noticed, didn’t run very fast so they didn’t take much catching." Brilliant...
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I like the rushing feeling
Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025
I like the rushing feeling the rhythm of your poem brings, just like the swift changes - in colour, and how many leaves are left, and temperature every day at this time of year. And your words are wonderful, too - I love "crisped by breeze"
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I feel sorry for him, too,
Posted on Fri, 07 Nov 2025
With your great writing, I feel sorry for him, too, though? It must be really hard to know there's a way to stop feeling old, but he is going to be too tired and sore even to try soon, swallowed up by the inevitability of time falling suddenly...
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This is Poem of the Week!
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
This is Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Put The Sword Down
This wonderfully rich prose
Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025
This wonderfully rich prose-poem from Rask Balavoine is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
the image is from here :
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Posted in Three sips of foaming wine.
I love that comment, Rich,
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
I love that comment, Rich, made me think of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, only for people with ghosts in their house, needing to get brave enough to "show them who's boss" and an alternative meeting at the same time, of their ghosts listening...
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Hold onto Halloween magic a
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
Hold onto Halloween magic a little longer by reading this brilliant story from Hudsonmoon, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Being so small and fragile
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Being so small and fragile but building huge intricate yet resilient structures seemingly out of thin air, spiders make me think of super intelligent aliens, of things we don't, cannot understand. As you say, "more to this world than what we are...
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Ohhh! Now I am wondering if
Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2025
Ohhh! Now I am wondering if the scarifier will have a different effect! This could be like Game of Thrones before we know it :0)
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