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Jam
I couldn’t understand why I’d never discovered it before. Perhaps I had, once, years ago during my childhood but it had frightened me and I’d locked...
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There's Still Enough Time
He looks so nice; an unfolded smile, harmless eyes. No thoughts at the front, only the manners, his mother wrapped up and gave him, when, as a boy,...
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Ladies who lunch at The Entomol
The waiter served the mermaid pie with a glass of our favourite tipple As he pulled out the cork, a wasp flew out and stung me on the nipple Daphne...
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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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So clever and fun. So much of
Posted on Sun, 12 Nov 2023
So clever and fun. So much of what is mentioned is relatable. 'My worst ever case of dehydration,' yes been there. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, I've always wondered where Holly Johnson got his confidence, he was so young and pushing hard on the...
Read full commentPosted in My Verbal Diary Here
Stunning. This took me to a
Posted on Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Stunning. This took me to a new place. Strong and sinuous, wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Fenrir
Love, 'the sigh of mountains'
Posted on Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Love, 'the sigh of mountains' and 'Shadows on Aspen bark so distant from steel and glass'. The approach of short, cold days captured so beautifully in your poem.
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What a horrible story and
Posted on Mon, 06 Nov 2023
What a horrible story and sadly not an unusual one. The punishments don't tend to fit crimes like this but to match barbarism with barbarism seems like a step backwards. You're right, that poor little boy...
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Such wise words and so neatly
Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Such wise words and so neatly and artfully arranged. The age old problem of how to right wrongs without doubling up on the wrong or being trampled all over. We've still some evolving to do.
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'whose bark wrinkled with age
Posted on Mon, 30 Oct 2023
'whose bark wrinkled with age' I love the idea of elements of the forest also growing old like the journey of your parents from their youthful courtship through to 'the suffocated heavy blanket of fear' in old age. The endless cycle of new...
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This is very powerful, Di.
Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023
This is very powerful, Di. The word shame is so exposing, the sound of it making you feel, at once ashamed.
'It is revenge', an endless cycle of revenge. We learn it as children but as adults, with no greater powers to intervene, does it...
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It sounds like all your cats
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
It sounds like all your cats are living the good life. I love their names. I have a very fussy cat. Magnus, he has put on weight recently and I know my neighbour feeds him, what I don't know, pate maybe.
Tricky having six, especially when...
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An interesting look into the
Posted on Sun, 22 Oct 2023
An interesting look into the night time world of wakefulness, Jenny, your psyche soaring beneath those closed eyelids. It does seem to provide a unique gap into more mysterious layers of consciousness, somewhere between proper dreams and lucidity...
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Ha ha, you must have gone to
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Ha ha, you must have gone to a mixed mega comprehensive like me then. Those poor teachers, the ones who tried that is. Thank you for reading.
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