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New Beginnings (IP)
It was ever Christmas in Gran's kitchen - painted gloss-green.
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Lucy's in the Sky (Poetry Monthly)
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The Tenth Circle of Hell
Your hell, blow Dante, you said, was a circle of chintz-backed chairs...
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Say That Again...(Poetry Monthly)
Why did I do it? Join up in the first place, do you mean?
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Gosh, Rhiannon...you have
Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2015
Gosh, Rhiannon...you have just described exactly what is going on in my neck of the woods...right down to those apples which I have a glut of, plus pears. Mind you, the wasps have got to a lot of them first. We also have a bumper crop of...
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Well hello there, Sharmi, and
Posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2015
Well hello there, Sharmi, and I do hope you have some brilliant morning sunshine, wherever you are, as I am lucky enough to have, where I live...
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Hello there, Rhiannon. I was
Posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2015
Hello there, Rhiannon. I was truly looking forward to reading your weekly contribution to us, and I most certainly was not disappointed.
An inspiring, and thought-provoking hymn, especially, for me at least, the penultimate stanza. An...
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Only in our dreams are we
Posted on Sat, 12 Sep 2015
Only in our dreams are we truly awake, dear Bee. A beautiful poem.
Tina
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Thanks, EB
Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2015
Thanks, EB
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Good to hear from you, maisie
Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2015
Good to hear from you, maisie. So very good.
Tina
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Gosh, Rhiannon, I have to say
Posted on Sun, 23 Aug 2015
Gosh, Rhiannon, I have to say that this particular one in your series, is up there with my favourites. It has an effective driving beat, as of the tempo of a train, which really helps to hammer its more than salient points, home.
Much...
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Hi there, EB, this reminded
Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2015
Hi there, EB, this reminded me of a 1960's film called, 'The Collector' starring Terence Stamp...all about a lonely man who collected butterflies. Sounds idyllic, but it wasn't; indeed being a gripping pyschological thriller. Things are seldom...
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Effective use of alliteration
Posted on Wed, 05 Aug 2015
Effective use of alliteration in the first line of the first stanza which serves to 'slam' the poem home from the start, and then with a marked contrast of much softer language and imagery in the second line. A poem of contrasts, which is...
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Effective alliteration, here, Bee...
Posted on Thu, 06 Aug 2015
'Killer, come
combing beaches...'
Effective alliteration here, Bee, and the whole poem's layout adds to its effectiveness and the welling up ofemotions; so very like the sea, indeed - holding back, for all its worth, until it is...
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