O come, all you faithless … see the wonder in Bethlehem. Baby, King Jesus, born to be our proxy. O come, do not ignore him, O come, bow now before him, receive his gifts, adore him, Christ, the Lord …
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … Silently, most knew not sleeping babe, makeshift cot, held the Gift unique for all, now awhile for milk must call. …
9 cubes in a square box, tip them out, chuck one back in anyhow, then 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – 7th, 8th – maybe need a bit of a shove and push in one of the odd-shaped spaces now left, until they slide in. Now one left – …
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Well, Bee, it just shows - I
Posted on Mon, 07 Apr 2014
Well, Bee, it just shows - I only just noticed this now, because I checked on you, as so often I mostly have a check of the new poetry. I too have a growing list of contributors, many of whom mostly do prose only, and see what I can follow. I've...
Hi, Moya, read all three parts together. You seem to have started on a huge labour!
I was intrigued by your moving from 'the big, bad businesses' and the pleasure people have in laying into anonymous people as a group, to the more personal...
Nice to remember these family and funny incidents. I feel all such malapropisms I've heard have comepletly gone from my mind, but maybe some will come back. I do remember one of my sons who was reading quite early asking, with bewilderment why...
A lovely crafted and inspiring poem, Linda. I especially also like the first stanza with the description of the bustling crowd and the happy couples compared to the speaker's loneliness.
I did wonder in the 3rd stanza, 3rd line, whether...
You have managed to articulate so much, so clearly, so many feelings explained, carrying us right through the so difficult time, the emotions, and the coping. Rhiannon
Tina, it could so easily have been like that, but we were talking in a little study this week, how easily Joseph's strengths are forgotten, and not only does it say 'Joseph was a just (or righteous ) man and did not want to expose her to public...
Well, Bee, it just shows - I
Posted on Mon, 07 Apr 2014
Well, Bee, it just shows - I only just noticed this now, because I checked on you, as so often I mostly have a check of the new poetry. I too have a growing list of contributors, many of whom mostly do prose only, and see what I can follow. I've...
Read full commentPosted in Complaint
Hi, Moya, read all three
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2014
Hi, Moya, read all three parts together. You seem to have started on a huge labour!
Read full commentI was intrigued by your moving from 'the big, bad businesses' and the pleasure people have in laying into anonymous people as a group, to the more personal...
Posted in The Labour Planet - A Working Title - Part Three
A beautiful place, well
Posted on Tue, 01 Apr 2014
A beautiful place, well described, which I know well, though this seems to have been a sad, poignant journey up. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Mynydd Carningli (for TP's parents)
Nice to remember these family
Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2014
Nice to remember these family and funny incidents. I feel all such malapropisms I've heard have comepletly gone from my mind, but maybe some will come back. I do remember one of my sons who was reading quite early asking, with bewilderment why...
Read full commentPosted in Out of the Mouths...(I.P.)
A lovely crafted and
Posted on Sun, 09 Mar 2014
A lovely crafted and inspiring poem, Linda. I especially also like the first stanza with the description of the bustling crowd and the happy couples compared to the speaker's loneliness.
I did wonder in the 3rd stanza, 3rd line, whether...
Read full commentPosted in THE LONELY WANDERER (I.P.)
You have managed to
Posted on Sun, 12 Jan 2014
You have managed to articulate so much, so clearly, so many feelings explained, carrying us right through the so difficult time, the emotions, and the coping. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Three Days to Three Weeks.
I enjoyed this, thank you.
Posted on Wed, 01 Jan 2014
I enjoyed this, thank you. Especially the first two stanzas, and the sense of hush and quiet that snow brings. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Winter's Scene
The first two stanza are a
Posted on Tue, 31 Dec 2013
The first two stanza are a fascinatingly clear little picture, and the last a nice twist and attractive. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Fascination
Tina, it could so easily have
Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2013
Tina, it could so easily have been like that, but we were talking in a little study this week, how easily Joseph's strengths are forgotten, and not only does it say 'Joseph was a just (or righteous ) man and did not want to expose her to public...
Read full commentPosted in The Virgin's Tale
The wildness of the sea and
Posted on Sun, 01 Dec 2013
The wildness of the sea and wind is so well described, and seems to fit the anguish, and the seeking to live on despite the anguish. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Freshwater bay (revised)
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