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Belfast Boun (Poetry Monthly)

The bricks they may bleed and the rain it may weep And the damp Lagan fog lulls the city to sleep. It's to Hell with the future, we'll live in the past May the Lord in his mercy be kind to Belfast. Maurice James Craig
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Winter child

Away from the leafed through house and far from the stale, bitumen thrum of traffic crush we curl back into the womb of the earth. Topping the brow...
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Grow up or give up.

We all make mistakes. I'm not sure of this is one of them.
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Dogs

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‘I want you to sleep with me.’

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126 of my comments have received 128 Great Feedback votes

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There's a wonderful depth and

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2016

There's a wonderful depth and weight to your lines. I wonder if it would be punchier if you were to remove some verbs and prepositions such as 'are, which, where' etc. May shorten the lines without impacting on the meaning - making it starker....

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Posted in Bridge Street

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Beautiful, original images of

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2016

Beautiful, original images of pork, spongy wood and sulphur flags. The 'until' in line 5 jars a bit but can't explain why. Well crafted.

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Posted in The Wood Eaters

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Harsh and bleak.

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2016

Harsh and bleak. Cold and frigid. I loved the hardiness of the buzzards 'winning'. A final nail.

I thought in these lines that the focus was less intense. Possibly that 'bows' already hints at deference so no need to repeat.

'Grass...

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Posted in Seven Days Frozen

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This is a great teaser!

Posted on Tue, 08 Sep 2015

This is a great teaser!

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Posted in Nothing About Nothing

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You have a real skill for

Posted on Sun, 15 Nov 2015

You have a real skill for blunt, expressive prose. Can be a little overcooked at times I feel. You may need some softer moments to avoid it verging on parody. Great style - reminiscent of Ludlum or Lee Child, even Wilbur Smith before he went...

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Posted in TATORT FOUR - 2

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Your poems are little car

Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2015

Your poems are little car journeys. They never fail to encapsulate the feeling of a time and place. They also give me space to think. 

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Posted in Light in the Dark Age

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Lovely flow to this poem.

Posted on Sun, 22 Nov 2015

Lovely flow to this poem. Could me maudlin and cliched like so many 'sea' poems but your short but long lines and stark imagery skilfully avoid this. I love the sound.

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Posted in Muse

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Eerie but heartwarming.

Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2015

Eerie but heartwarming. Driven by tides. A few simple errors (ever/y) but a really atmospheric piece.

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Posted in Home

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Oh I do like the ending of

Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2015

Oh I do like the ending of this. Is it me or could you replace 'record' either the first or second time? Love the way your rhyme scheme builds.

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Posted in Return to Sender

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I enjoyed this. At times, it

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015

I enjoyed this. At times, it can seem a little like you've over-used the thesaurus! Sometimes the simplest words are the most effective. However, that doesn't detract from some controlled sentence variety and a nicely plotted arc. Is there more...

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Posted in Ice Heart

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