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Diner
Diner Outside the diner at 385 Sixth Avenue, humanity ebbed and flowed. It would often take a brief pause to eat then continue on in its mysterious...
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Blagdon Lake in Winter
For Louise Glück Blagdon Lake in Winter Silver skies. Ephemeral light glints on Blagdon Lake. The geese are gone now. I hear echoes of wind chimes...
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The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise I can still remember standing at the side of a dirt track, a sodium-coloured sun high in the sky. The heat made the air...
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This England
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/this-england This England Ancient land of myths and legend where a man once pulled a mighty...
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Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/devils-advocate Part Two at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/devils-advocate-part-two-...
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"..Dreams like driftwood
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025
"..Dreams like driftwood washed ashore
From the pelagic cumulonimbus realm.."
Some great lines in this. My kinda poem. One to get lost in (probably both writing and reading)
Imagery and enigma.
[Really enjoyed both of...
Read full commentPosted in Fathoms Above
Ha..I haven't thought about
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025
Ha..I haven't thought about it in years but I burned all my school books too. In my back garden after the final day.
School days were bittersweet for most of us with good times and bad. I'm glad you were candid in your account as it makes...
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That's a poignant vignette
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
That's a poignant vignette and, I imagine, of particular significance just now. Yes, hope springs eternal and in places you least expect :)
Read full commentPosted in "Fragile"
You can sense the tension
Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025
You can sense the tension which is a testimony to how this is written. The combination of racing thoughts and constant seeking.
Spencer's wandered off without his tablets....like we all do sometimes. Well I do, anyway :)
Looking...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 50
I can feel the gusts of fresh
Posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2025
I can feel the gusts of fresh breeze in my lungs.
Another wonderful ramble with you, Rhiannon. More gorgeous pics, too!
[Think there's a typo in that final line? "...as drawr back to the carpark.]
Read full commentPosted in Bringsty Common, again
Another high octane piece.
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2025
Another high octane piece.
You write at such a breathless pace. If that's how you work then you must be exhauasted after a tour of duty.
Definitely an urban poetry feel to it and I can absolutely picture this as performance poetry...
Read full commentPosted in Alive N‘ 25*
"...yet still I'm
Posted on Sun, 02 Feb 2025
"...yet still I'm
haunted by past voices that
consume.."
That's a reflective piece, Jenny. I sometimes think it's easier to look forward than backwards. There's no ghosts to deal with when you look ahead. Of course, they are...
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It's a busy agenda isn't it?
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
It's a busy agenda isn't it? So many lands to conquer. MAGA MEGA etc
Alfred asks the questions and we ponder the answers. Thought provoking, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Trump’s Inauguration Hot Air Balloon! By Alfred N.Muggins
The strange thing about Trump
Posted on Wed, 29 Jan 2025
The strange thing about Trump's reelection (at least for me) is him surviving assassination attemps. I honestly think that lots of people genuinely believe that it was divine intervention and crystalised his gains following the woeful display of...
Read full commentPosted in The Great Pretender! By Alfred N Muggins
That's an absorbing poem,
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2025
That's an absorbing poem, Rhiannon.
I am off to do some research as this is just my kind of thing.
Nicely done :)
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