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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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Carl, I think this works very
Posted on Fri, 30 May 2014
Carl, I think this works very well as a life medley; gloamings, gleanings, reflection is exactly that Elsie
Read full commentPosted in The Gloaming of a Golden Era and Other Literary Leftovers in the Form of a Finale
Recklessness, i know it well!
Posted on Tue, 13 May 2014
Recklessness, i know it well! Your writing here seems almost as if it is from an earlier era; a dissolute rake making his descent down the Hogarthian Hell of Gin Lane only to find salvation whilst almost at his last gasp. You show us that there...
Read full commentPosted in The Spawn of the Swinging Sixties Chapter Thirteen Of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen
Intriguing Will, I like the
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
Intriguing Will, I like the way we learn that the storyteller is on a work release project from the asylum right at the end.His quiet observations contrast with the youthful babble of his colleague and the workplace is well described...
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You are right about rap being
Posted on Fri, 09 May 2014
You are right about rap being a form of poetry, Taris.
Eminem is painful and also very angry, I like him because he helps me understand male violence. Male violence or any violence is always wrong however Eminem helps me understand how...
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Love of life, awareness of
Posted on Sat, 03 May 2014
Love of life, awareness of the love around you, Taris this is lovely, long may it last! Elsie
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I like Rap and I like Gospel,
Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2014
I like Rap and I like Gospel, they do different things. You are right about some rap songs objectifying women, Taris. Elsie
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Hey, 3 weeks ago I was
Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2014
Hey, Tina, 3 weeks ago I was listening to an autobiographical piece, written by a woman in my local writing group and Muriel did everything you listed in the household repair line! Her long marriage had been happy and she pulled herself up from...
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This is very heartfelt and
Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2014
This is very heartfelt and caring, you share your Christian faith in a good way, Taris. You are also right in that it can be better to speak out than to suffer in silence and that a trouble shared can sometimes be a trouble halved. Elsie
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Rambling thoughts expressed
Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2014
Rambling thoughts expressed in a real seeming way,fragments, objects, an older person's ideas merging with an younger ones?Insecurity, pain, loss, looking for rescue, those bits I sort of understand... Elsie
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A very good tale. Not a word
Posted on Sun, 06 Apr 2014
A very good tale. Not a word out of place. Scene setting, character and story all well described. Unpredictable in a grounded way from start to finish. You could also list it under the additional heading of philosophy. Elsie
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