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StoryA Night in Necropolis Ewan02 years 11 months ago
StoryNever... Ewan12 years 11 months ago
StoryLily Ewan52 years 11 months ago
StoryLuna Park, 22 January 1944 Ewan02 years 11 months ago
StoryA Diet of Worms Ewan62 years 11 months ago
StoryPick A City Ewan52 years 11 months ago
StoryIconoclasts Ewan22 years 11 months ago
StoryWaiting for the Flyers - Part 10 Memories Ed Crane102 years 11 months ago
StoryOver The Bones Ewan52 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Otherworldly Visitor of Oscaloo donignacio212 years 11 months ago
StoryBefore I Was Old Ewan62 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Forgotten Vegetable 2 Lou Blodgett92 years 12 months ago
StoryA Requiem For One Man's Life marandina62 years 12 months ago
StoryThe Forgotten Vegetable 1 Lou Blodgett33 years 4 days ago
StoryHob Ewan03 years 4 days ago
StoryA Canticle for Hildegard Ewan23 years 1 week ago
StoryA Message from the Prime Minister Ewan33 years 1 week ago
StoryFriday Afternoon in The Fleece Ewan23 years 1 week ago
StoryBook Smart Ewan43 years 1 week ago
StoryTHE BAIRD WHISPERER MJ Fortino123 years 1 week ago
StoryRed Bicycle 21-22 Kilb50123 years 1 week ago
StoryA Man Named Malcolm Mark Say133 years 1 week ago
StoryWomen's Day Ewan53 years 2 weeks ago
StoryKing for a Day Ewan13 years 2 weeks ago
StoryPodcasting Ewan33 years 2 weeks ago

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The Rag Doll's Clothes (I Am Not Invisible)

Photograph is from wiki commons - unfortunately - taken in 2006, I wonder where this woman is now? Is she even alive? A large proportion of the UK's homeless are ex-military personnel. Licence cc-by-sa-2.0.
Cherry

Son of My Father

What's this one about? Fathers and sons, old age, what awaits us all... and loads of other things, you decide. Image in PD, source Look and Learn.com, Odysseus and the sirens.
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Black Hole

Another old one. I treated it to some punctuation and one word change. So now it's a completely different poem, isn't it? Picture is from wiki commons. Used under CC 4.0 licence
Cherry

Poetry Commotion

And this is the oldest thing I could find today. It used to be on an earlier incarnation of UKA, in 2010. image made at canva.com
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Cherry

Radio Galaxies

Very old poem, written 2011. I like it, but you don't have to. Image created using canva from elements provided.

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419 of my comments have received 463 Great Feedback votes

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Most likely.

Posted on Fri, 09 Sep 2022

I think my imaginary Bert's attitude is acceptable. A black armband and do what you would normally do. Maybe turn on the TV for the actual funeral, if you're not emptying bins, or "a dinner lady or a steelworker".  (Look that up, see why it's...

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This is marvellous.

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022

I do love this one. Lots to admire here.

"His face is the waves of shipwreck

slants and slashes,"

is absolutely terrific.

Well done.

E x

 

 

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Posted in RJC

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 19th August 202

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This clever use of simple language to express complex emotion means that this poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please, those who use social media, share and/or retweet so others can enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Gift

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I have changed the font size,

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

I hope you don't mind. It really was very small and I'd hate for peope to have missed out on your excellent poem because they couldn't read it.

E x

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I have taken the liberty

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

of adding an image so your accolade is more eye-catching on the front page. Image is from pixel.la via wiki commons and is CC0 licenced.

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Congratulations This is our Poem of the Week August 19th 2022

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This is our poem of the week. Well done.

Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?

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Posted in The Gift

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022

Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022

This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.

If you read it, please share and/or retweet it.

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When my wife

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...

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Posted in chemo 4

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Well done,

Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022

remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.

E x

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I feel like I've

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

been on the Marrakesh Express...

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