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Letter of Rejection

By Kilb50 on Mon, 11 Nov 2024

The poem The Children of Gaza does not exist. Instead, I saved time and energy by cutting out the middle person and writing my own letter of rejection.

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Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity

By Kilb50 on Tue, 10 Sep 2024

It's a tough gig but somebody's got to do it.

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The Staggers

By Kilb50 on Tue, 20 Aug 2024

'The Staggers did me father/and his old dad before -/now I’m the one to suffer/nature’s uncommon law.’

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The World as it Might Have Been

By Kilb50 on Thu, 01 Aug 2024

'We'd sat beside the river/near the gardens of the cathedral/close to where the slip kilns/tempered the clay.'

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Thanks for reading & your

Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023

Thanks for reading & your comment dougie. Plato's cave was the inspiration for this poem, along with a buddhist wheel! All best wishes to you.

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Hello Di - Yes, I finished it

Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022

Hello Di - Yes, I finished it, had a couple of rejections, but I'm hoping to publish it next year, either through an indie publisher or as a self publishing project.

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I loved the Martian

Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022

I loved the Martian footballer's kneecaps...and I really must make an apple & pear crumble soon...your delicious poem Di has made me hot for pears!

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Some lovely lines and ideas

Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2022

Some lovely lines and ideas here Jenny - Sealed petals tenderly chaste...the idea of magnetic grace...and passions determined by the rain and sun.

(I may well have to steal quintessence - what a charming word!)

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Great read Ewan. We (ie men)

Posted on Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Great read Ewan. We (ie men) are all our own kings. I think I fall into the rook-coat category!

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Jenny - I really enjoyed

Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022

Jenny - I really enjoyed reading this, particularly the tone and rhythms of your poem which, as Di & luigi have pointed out, evoke a certain idea of romantic adventure. In fact, your poem opens up new insights into Elowen and the landscape...