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They Were Only Children
Emptiness
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Weeding
Who decides what enhances? Speed doodle
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Our Soil
Peep of green/ grand daughter/doodle
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Identity
We resent crush, constant news of hatred and horrors
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Possibly..
Posted on Sat, 09 Nov 2019
...the most memorable and resonating piece I've read this year. Your ability to bring sense of place, immediacy of actions and effect within a context of past events are skilfully controlled and enviable, you never let the narrative run away from...
Read full commentPosted in Trees on the Arapuni Road
Perspective and Questions
Posted on Fri, 07 Jun 2024
A clever satire of who we are and what lies at the core of humanity, including a need to control and direct others and their personal behaviour? I recall being rigorously teased because not only do I still occasionally thank it (eh, what??? yes,...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 27
Acceptance
Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
... is a fluid warmth brought by folk throughout the world whose meaning becomes clear in their actions. Gently bringing that warmth through personal history is one of the talents you have Turlough.
I remember the Seacroft area, in those...
Read full commentPosted in Lingo Bingo
Sharp and poignant
Posted on Tue, 28 Feb 2023
Dementia, confusion and dignity seem to be measured by 2.5ml spoons for Social Care packages: that's what elder loved ones become. Folk and their sense of self and worth lost in the mix of "measured" care.
Best to you
Lena xx
Read full commentPosted in Godot's Ghost
:)
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
Good stuff Jack; I can see what Ewan means in his well measured comment, it is startling, but in UP's defence and character so far, so is he, and quite like a few folk I know who will, prompted or not, become very concise and articulate when...
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 7
Stripped down
Posted on Wed, 09 Mar 2022
language, controlled, the poem becomes an embodiment of the poetic voice in pain.
Very, very good
L x
Read full commentPosted in Nil by Mouth
Buffoonery
Posted on Wed, 24 Nov 2021
... emanating from any political/ideological standpoint leaves said performance open to a prod in a free and democratic society, and Ewan delivers a goodly poke in a satirical music-hall/ballad style as would have been tradition for many a...
Read full commentPosted in It Seems Our Leader Is Unwell
Hello RhiannonW
Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, there have been initiatives to clear up our de-oxygenated waterways from physical clutter and grot, but in truth, this is constantly undermined by raw sewage dumps from manufacturers and water...
Read full commentPosted in Out in the Fields
Keep on
Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2019
...keeping on. In Leeds, the facade changes, corporate aspirations rise, still the same heartsink beyond gentrification and tarmaced over cobbles. Stay bright and look for points of light
xxx
L
Read full commentPosted in Bar room blues
Like this very much Tina,
Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2014
Like this very much Tina, there's a considered and deliberate fracture in the rhythm to add weight to the cracks of her day and in temperment. Carefully crafted, as ever with you. :)
all the best
Lena x
Read full commentPosted in Definitely Not Just Another Dog Story
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