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A Tour of My Neighbourhood
Written some years ago when I lived in inner-city Edinburgh.
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Visit to A la Ronde
‘Bet the servants weren’t too pleased, sweeping up all the feathers,’ says Friend, looking at Jane and Mary Parminters’ spiral frieze in the drawing...
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Before I Post Them
You left behind your knickers and your vest Returning from the station, here I see Two memories of a loved one who has left. In pink lace florals was...
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The Screen Within - A Tale of the Unexpected
Woke up this morning, usual moves. Cleaning the cinema before the doors open, my one surprise is what I find. That pair of black ladies knickers on...
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Lyric
An old labourer Entered by Dionysus, His sap rising, Plucked his strings And sang. His clothes were shabby and his hair unkempt His voice sometimes...
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Very well timed Tina, there
Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Very well timed Tina, there was a care home inspector on the news the other day saying she saw a lot of''awful care'. Yes more staff and better pay would help. What is wrong with the world of work? So many people are under pressure to do the work...
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Real-seeming and I like your
Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Real-seeming and I like your use of layout, Josh. It makes me feel that both characters are young and yet the woman could be well into her forties and the man could be even older. Uses the right number of words too.
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Good opening line and stays
Posted on Sun, 03 Aug 2014
Good opening line and stays good, Lenchenelf. Sharp, rhythmic, gives us a biting taste of emotional starvation and does the rare thing that only poetry is open to of showing an expansive canvas and a vivid atmosphere with very sparse words. ...
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I think AM would have liked
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014
I think AM would have liked your update. What texts would I Iike you to look at? My non fiction,when you have time, some of this is in my book reviews and interviews collection. Two of my non-fiction pieces have won me complimentary copies of...
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This has got some good
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014
This has got some good qualities,Alphadog and you are right about us often stuffing our lives with mind-numbing trash. The poem reminds me of Adrian Mitchell's poem 'To whom it May Concern'. AM was the first poet I saw live and he made a strong...
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This is wild! Disaster grunge
Posted on Sat, 05 Jul 2014
This is wild! Disaster grunge comedy, family mayhem, terrific dialogue. I love 'with practised caution.' Elsie
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Your honesty is astounding,
Posted on Sun, 06 Jul 2014
Your honesty is astounding, Taris. I would love you to follow this with something where you praise yourself for the things you do right....
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Perfect timing, Tina for this
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2014
Perfect timing, Tina for this very entertaining poem, good historical detail with the Quant frock too. Murray has balls on him; now he's out I want Djkovich to win Elsie
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A heartfelt, very biting poem
Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2014
A heartfelt, very biting poem. Alphadog, do you do Open Mic? I'm having a crack at Exeter Phoenix Take the Mic Wednesday 16th. This month's fully now booked so August or September? If you wish to read for up to five minutes you use their online...
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Keep going with this, Carl,it
Posted on Wed, 28 May 2014
Keep going with this, Carl,it's an individualistic tale of quest for meaning and identity. The mixed-media form mirrors the feelings, the images mix the tale of constant change.I love sequence writing. Music, how it mattered to us all, I know...
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