Bet you've given up on this! [I almost did, too]. But I'm going to KDP it when it's done - and I've pulled the loopholes tight and rescued the dangling threads. Image source is Pinterest, but the image is PD... and yes, that is Buster in drag.
No, you'll have to work it out yourselves. image credit Dagmar Hollmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0> , via Wikimedia Commons
this has touches of MR James about it: something off, glimpsed out of the corner of your eye. Bags of atmosphere, you have a sure touch when generating a sense of place.
is played very loud as an "interrogation" technique by most intelligence agencies. That's the point , government people know about Rueda's phone. It's easy enough to keep track of a mobile, even if it's switched off. Teniente Elizondo doesn't...
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)?
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...
Some
Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020
striking imagery here.
Do you mean "algæ-d" at line 8?
Your poem finishes very strongly with these lines.
"the sun’s departure
under the horizon’s guillotine,
...
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I think
Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2020
this has touches of MR James about it: something off, glimpsed out of the corner of your eye. Bags of atmosphere, you have a sure touch when generating a sense of place.
Sound.
Ewan x
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If
Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2020
books COULD talk 'though, eh?
I loved this Sean. It made me laugh and when it's dark those who make us laugh loudest are the best writers of all.
Ewan
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Weird
Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2020
is good. And that's all I have to say.
E x
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Atmospheric
Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2020
eerie, too. I love the idea of a mourning fog and what it might be mourning.
Ewan x
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I reckon
Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2020
the lightning bird will be out and about today.
This is terrific poetry.
E x
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White noise
Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2020
is played very loud as an "interrogation" technique by most intelligence agencies. That's the point , government people know about Rueda's phone. It's easy enough to keep track of a mobile, even if it's switched off. Teniente Elizondo doesn't...
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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.
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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...
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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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