Based on a #NaPoWriMo Prompt "Start with a lie..." Had a bit of a fiddle with this. (I can count on the number of fingers of scotch in Dorothy P's tumbler how often I do that, I churn them out and leave them. Now I know why.
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Most of the classic P.I.s
Posted on Wed, 10 Nov 2021
seem pretty well known by the underworld and the police. I like the fact that Miss G is as nihilistic as Micawber. Femmes Fatales are much more interesting when they're less passive.
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Posted on Sat, 16 Feb 2013
This lovely and skilfully crafted sonnet from quite a few years ago is today's Pick of the Day. I do love formal poetry done well, and this is very well done indeed.
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Most of the classic P.I.s
Posted on Wed, 10 Nov 2021
seem pretty well known by the underworld and the police. I like the fact that Miss G is as nihilistic as Micawber. Femmes Fatales are much more interesting when they're less passive.
Besides, I have absolutely NO idea where this...
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Scotland
Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2022
a land of harsh beauty and rugged romance. A bit like your poem.
Read full commentWell done, I enjoyed this.
Posted in Midst Highland Shadows
Tweaking
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
Captain Pedant here, think you might want to tweak again,
"I see witches, green faces on push-bikes."
I appreciate that the storm scene from the film is surrealist fantasy, but this reads like the green faces are on the...
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Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
I'm a sucker for anything that uses The Wizard of Oz as an extended metaphor. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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Yes.
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
I liked this. Informed by your boy's return from Oz as I read it.
I'd change "witches of green" to green witches, but it is, of course, your poem!
Very good.
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This is our Facebook & Twitter Pick of the Day 24th May 2022
Posted on Sat, 16 Feb 2013
This lovely and skilfully crafted sonnet from quite a few years ago is today's Pick of the Day. I do love formal poetry done well, and this is very well done indeed.
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Very, very fine.
Posted on Tue, 10 May 2022
I shall be disappointed not to see this in your upcoming collection. How is it going?
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Don't forget to tick
Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022
The "desktop site" box.
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This is our Poem of the Week 6 May 2022
Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022
Congratulations.
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This is our Pick of the Day 6 May 2022
Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022
Lot's to think about in this marvellous poem it is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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