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Don't Ask
So many people in the Armed Forces back in the day - before don't ask don't tell - were living a lie. I'm glad most of them are still friends.
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The Esoteric Few
Whom Byron claimed one of his poems was written for. Not this one, because it's mine, but it's still for the esoteric few. Image author's own
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No-one Found
Nowadays we need closure. In the past, it might have been a long and lingering grief, we have forgotten what it is like not to know, which must make it even harder to bear. Image is PD, YAY!
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wOr d S
what it s a ys Image created by author at canva.com
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Let's Dance
Go on, let's image source: James Vaughan, flicker.com Image Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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Hi Ed,
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020
loved this. Any reason for "night-lite" vice "night-light"? You have "nite-lite" at the end. Should "swats" in "swats-for-mocks" be swots (like I was)?
Well done.
Read full commentPosted in Box Room
Thanks for sticking
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
with them Stephen, and for spotting the typo. I'm not sure where it's going yet, but it's not going anywhere before next week as I've a few things to do until Friday.
I think violence generally is sudden and shocking. The threat of...
Read full commentPosted in "Sparse and Molasses Slow" Mr Martínez Six(?)
No, I just
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
thought it was a pseudonym and he was really called J.R.Hartley. Thanks for the good wishes, I'll need them!
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Moving
Posted on Wed, 13 May 2020
heartfelt poetry.
You have a typo in the last line. 'Liaison' looks funny, but is the correct spelling.
I enjoyed this.
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Wish
Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2020
I'd seen this yesterday. A bit of a sideways look itself, as I'm sure you intended.
You have a typo in para 6
"Her acquaintances or “friends” tend to have somewhat needy themselves,"
I cannot tell you...
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Builds well.
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2020
I wonder if you could have strung (ho,ho) the reader along a little longer. Not reveal that there are no strings quite yet. No matter. I'd be interested to read part II. Some might protest that your piece is a little over-written, but I think,...
Read full commentPosted in Got No Strings - Part 1
I'm supposed
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
to be working on Moffat III, but changes at Unbound mean that it probably won't be accepted for publication, so I've kind of lost enthusiasm for it. Moffat II No Good Deed is on the final straight before publishing in September, Covid-19...
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This is
Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2020
particularly good.
You have a typo, doubtless caused by your "spool chukka", in para beginning 'In 1969...'
"The bus took us too and from the junior school." You need 'to' here.
An excellent exploration of what...
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Laughter
Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020
in the dark, I know, but it's still laughter. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.
Read full commentPosted in Pluto’s ode to Charon
The beauty of
Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020
a classical education, recognising the names of planets' obscure moons. That suggests Boris would be quite at home, Trump perhaps would not. Although I admit both deserve to be under the Lord of the Underworld's aegis.
Read full commentAnyway. I love this...
Posted in Pluto’s ode to Charon
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