An old friend died a few days ago. Faceache sent me a friend request from him. He was already my friend, so I knew it was some hacker. I took the appropriate action. (No, not write this poem). Image authors own created at Canva.com
411 of my comments have received 454 Great Feedback votes
1 Vote
Lots to Enjoy
Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018
in this deceptively simple poem. I wonder if wouldn't work better without the first line? You show us all of that in the rest of the poem.
This is particularly beautiful
I turn once more to the laundry.
It is evening now...
looking back, sometimes. Old pals who took apprenticeships at 16 haven't lifted a tool in 30 years. Policemen some of them, or RAC men. The lucky few might do some shop-fitting though they're time-served carpenters and joiners. One lathe-turner...
if you'd asked me 10 years ago about the cathartic benefits of writing, I'd have laughed in your face. How wrong can one be? I suppose the point is it enables you (me, one etc.) to take your feelings outside and examine them, turning them over to...
water is the biggest con since the South Sea Bubble. Unless you're at risk of dysentery (no even in Clydebank, eh, Jack?) cholera, or some other disease caused by water that is not potable due to intermingling with sewage, it's a waste of money...
Lots to Enjoy
Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018
in this deceptively simple poem. I wonder if wouldn't work better without the first line? You show us all of that in the rest of the poem.
This is particularly beautiful
I turn once more to the laundry.
Read full commentIt is evening now...
Posted in love and laundry
It's worrying
Posted on Tue, 17 Jul 2018
looking back, sometimes. Old pals who took apprenticeships at 16 haven't lifted a tool in 30 years. Policemen some of them, or RAC men. The lucky few might do some shop-fitting though they're time-served carpenters and joiners. One lathe-turner...
Read full commentPosted in Distance
It's funny
Posted on Thu, 07 Jun 2018
if you'd asked me 10 years ago about the cathartic benefits of writing, I'd have laughed in your face. How wrong can one be? I suppose the point is it enables you (me, one etc.) to take your feelings outside and examine them, turning them over to...
Read full commentPosted in Here Are Things
This
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day, it is a skilful two-parter which really drew this reader in.
Please read part two...
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 1)
Glad
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
you ended it here. I am a fan of unresolved fiction, especially in short stories. Skilful writing which drew me in.
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)
Me too.
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
I hope you don't mind, I've put a link to part two at the bottom. .
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 1)
Congratulations
Posted on Thu, 05 Apr 2018
this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Why not share or retweet if you like it too?
Read full commentPosted in The Whale Cafe
You're not supposed
Posted on Thu, 05 Apr 2018
to be speechless at your own poem, but I am too.
Read full commentPosted in The Whale Cafe
This cheered me up
Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018
no end. (But I am a bit odd).
Moreover, I think I recognised myself in one or two places...
Deservedly singled out. I bet that you'll be the highlight of the show.
best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018
Bottled
Posted on Wed, 28 Mar 2018
water is the biggest con since the South Sea Bubble. Unless you're at risk of dysentery (no even in Clydebank, eh, Jack?) cholera, or some other disease caused by water that is not potable due to intermingling with sewage, it's a waste of money...
Read full commentPosted in Wai Peipei Comes Of Age
Pages