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Les Rowse, Philippe and I Part 2
‘We’ve given you all the advantages, all the advantages’ That’s not Les’ old man, it’s mine – his favourite war cry when the old girl cranked up his...
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Les Rowse, Philippe and I
‘I have no use for the great heart of the people. Or rather that is about all of theirs I have any use for: their emotional life, its depth and...
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Twigs and Toads
Memories of a 6 year old Psychiatric Outpatient
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Excuse me - I'm Carrying Out a Survey
6 working years talking to strangers
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Echo
remember Amanda that day Helen’s Bay when we ran from the House and the work and the stress and the slowrattle train all the stops oldseat carriage...
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Rhiannon this is a great
Posted on Mon, 03 Apr 2017
Rhiannon this is a great piece of loving reality.
Read full commentPosted in ‘Where is your home?’
An enigmatic mix of past and
Posted on Wed, 22 Mar 2017
An enigmatic mix of past and present, If you wrote this with a flesh and blood person in mind I hope they enjoyed it too.Or is it about the need to be alone coupled with the need to be part of society. Either way, it works.
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I voted remain too. I did not
Posted on Fri, 24 Mar 2017
I voted remain too. I did not study the matter too deeply but I felt then and I still feel now that is is better for England to remain part of Europe than for us to become an isolated clapped out little country out here on our own.The first...
Read full commentPosted in Is this what our politics have become?
Warm hearted as well as
Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2017
Warm hearted as well as handling the matter of fact have-tos. As an early morning person I liked the timing. The lady in the shop is a good cameo and may also work well as the subject for a poem or short story. Your Dad and his porridge and the...
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Lovely real-seeming
Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2017
Lovely real-seeming storytelling
Read full commentPosted in The border of earth
Excellent.There is a lot in
Posted on Thu, 09 Mar 2017
Excellent.There is a lot in this section, interweaving themes, music, locality, memory, history, relationships, ghosts that will not release you. Pascal has two marriages, to Emer and also to Dundalk. He is now renewing his vows
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This feels 'right there',
Posted on Tue, 07 Mar 2017
This feels 'right there', both parts of your poem, Rhiannon. I hope you are making a booklet of your children's poems they often remind me of A.A. Milne in a good way.
Read full commentPosted in School Absence, Home Presence
Short and good, as always
Posted on Thu, 02 Mar 2017
Short and good, as always with your best Nature writing you make me want to be there, Rhiannon.
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I found this very worthwhile
Posted on Fri, 24 Feb 2017
I found this very worthwhile reading. My home life when I was young was unhappy in different ways from yours and yet there is stuff I can relate to. I was seen as less good than my parents and my sister as they were insecure and it made them feel...
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Salvation sounds good,
Posted on Sun, 19 Feb 2017
Salvation sounds good, Rhiannon.
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