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Caratacus 3
The year is 51AD. The British warrior king Caratacus has been captured and paraded through Rome. Unexpectedly he is granted clemency by the emperor Claudius. Now he prepares for his new life far from the dense forests and marshes of his homeland.
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Caratacus 1
The year is 65 AD. Caratacus, exiled British king of the Catuvellauni tribe, recalls his defeat by the Romans at the Battle of the Medway and his long march into Wales.
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To a Lone Sailor
'...sail steady, sail always, sail true.'
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Chekhov's Gun
If you hang a gun on the wall in the 1st act...
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Brewster's Way 4
Part 4 of 4
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Jane - I enjoyed this poem,
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Jane - I enjoyed this poem, particularly the line 'Now we are detached/the energy is mine.' The ability to read or commune with nature seems to be key for the energy to shift. Enticing & intriguing! Very well done.
Read full commentPosted in After the Blizzard
A very well composed poem,
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
A very well composed poem, onemorething. I really like the way the poem gradually shifts its focus from external to internal damage and ends with an overt comparison. Very enjoyable!
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Ewan - this was written as a
Posted on Thu, 04 Oct 2018
Ewan - this was written as a CW prompt many years ago, back in the 80s. Can't do CW prompts to save my life these days!
Read full commentPosted in Dust Man
Pattern-poems can, I think,
Posted on Sun, 06 May 2018
Pattern-poems can, I think, sometimes feel a bit forced in their construction. This poem, Parson, is inspired with its shape complementing and formally adding to - in an exciting way - its subject. And as a footy fan the crowning glory of elderly...
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Thanks for your comments
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
Thanks for your comments Parson. It's been a long time since I read Carver - too long in fact.
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)
Thank you insert & eds -
Posted on Sat, 29 Apr 2017
Thank you insert & eds - appreciated!
I'll be reading this poem next week at a spoken word event in Worcester & will definitely spread the Abc word!
Read full commentPosted in The Wall
A very moving poem - each
Posted on Sat, 06 Aug 2016
A very moving poem - each word justified and demanding recognition, nothing wasted, the brevity achieving something of considerable beauty.
Read full commentPosted in Whole
Very well crafted and thought
Posted on Fri, 27 May 2016
Very well crafted and thought provoking. Look forward to reading more of your work.
Read full commentPosted in The Kiss
Really enjoyed this..
Posted on Fri, 04 Mar 2016
Really enjoyed this...especially like the way we are drawn by the first three stanzas...stanzas that reflect and appear as a jagged mirror...the poem opening up like a sluice gate...carrying the reader to a final uncompromising crescendo......
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"a whisper of Angostura
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
"a whisper of Angostura bitters...
a tornado of textures, flavours, fandango with my mind...
hues that burn and bleed and bind"
I'm salivating! Great stuff Silver.
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