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Another Day
Another day, announced the birds in non negotiable verse, sharp tools to cut you from the sack of your sleep and nick you just enough to feel the...
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The Price of Gold
I was late because I fell into a hole. I was desperately searching for glimmers and someone was digging for gold. The hole and I both were open...
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Lucifer - What's good for the saucy gander
The farmer wasn’t keen on keeping a gander or even increasing his flock but one morning an egg rolled towards his feet and he was reminded of a quote...
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Rattle
There’s a rattle in me, I lie low, tread lightly. From the cave where I’m most hollow, from the time where I was broken, silenced then walled up...
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'You shouldn't have opened the cap!'
‘These have hatched overnight.’ Derilda gasped, panic streaming in her eyes as she scanned the laboratory floor. ‘There’s more over here, these ones...
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The complexity of your child
Posted on Wed, 31 May 2023
The complexity of your child going through the complex layers of the teenage years, everything coming together. It's a rollercoaster which lasts perhaps longer than the teens but if he has an outlet or two, music, the drums, then there is some ...
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Playing cooking games is the
Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023
Playing cooking games is the best fun when you're a child, especially if you're allowed to use mud!
A lovely little poem, Rhiannon and that outfit is very cute.
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This is so magical and May is
Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023
This is so magical and May is the most wonderful month for seeing nature at it's busiest. I have seen a few mayflies this week, they're quite easy to spot if you've seen a picture.
I particularly love the second verse, 'imposing columns...
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There are so many rich
Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023
There are so many rich details in this poem. Zooming in on another world, you've expressed this amphibious enclave so artfully. Very much enjoyed and well deserved POTD...
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You've brought their amazing
Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023
You've brought their amazing life cycle to life with this poem, Rhiannon. I remember looking at a local history book and it stated that a nearby pond used to be 'thick with eels' since there are connecting underwater streams from the Thames....
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Thank you for pick of the day
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
Thank you for pick of the day
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It doesn't take long for
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
It doesn't take long for nature to start taking over. The van reminds me of all those ship wrecks and other debris beneath our oceans, covered in weed and tiny marine creatures. Those discarded country plough always look so beautiful.
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Thank you for the cherries. I
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
Thank you for the cherries. I actually enjoy these proverbs, some of them are very amusing, especially when people say them wrong. My inspiration for this was my dad who always used to say, 'what's good for the goose is good for the saucy gander...
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I found this very calming to
Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023
I found this very calming to read. A eulogy of restraint combined with ritual and luminous beauty.
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That sounds wonderful. I
Posted on Tue, 09 May 2023
That sounds wonderful. I googled it and it looks beautiful. All the magic woven into your poems.
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