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Black Friday
Look as Black Friday leaks across time an inky comfort blanket against the chilling nightmare that has frozen our minds into torpor our collective...
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Light in the Dark Age
Remember sitting in rain, drenched with the grey of place and time and existence back in the 70s when eyes rolled at ‘isms you had to stay quiet in...
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Working and Dreaming (Poetry Monthly)
https://soundcloud.com/philip-sidney/working-and-dreaming Working and Dreaming I am working and I’m dreaming while I’m marking and I’m planning and I...
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Through My Window (Poetry Monthly)
Woman Looking Through a Window George Segal, 1980 Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net Not sure if it is performance poetry - but I performed it...
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Ghosts in the Machine (Poetry Monthly)
Time floats above as I go down the old roads some look smarter, tarred against the dust and mud of those oddly long ago days, yet I can instantly...
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Wonderfully inventive use of
Posted on Mon, 28 Nov 2016
Wonderfully inventive use of language!
Read full commentPosted in Digispeak
Thank you! :)
Posted on Wed, 26 Oct 2016
Thank you! :)
Read full commentPosted in Minotaurs
You describe these dreadful
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
You describe these dreadful losses with clarity, so that we put ourselves in your place, but still can only imagine the awful pain you must live with. Another very special poem, thank you for feeling able to share this with us.
Read full commentPosted in Blue
You reawakened a memory of
Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2016
You reawakened a memory of waiting for life to turn into a fairy tale. I love this!
Read full commentPosted in Meeting a wolf
This would make a cute and
Posted on Sun, 04 Sep 2016
This would make a cute and educational picture book.
Read full commentPosted in The T-Rex who Lost his Teeth
Gorgeous writing!
Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2016
Gorgeous writing!
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Wonderfully evocative writing
Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2016
Wonderfully evocative writing. A most effective shift from vibrancy and colour to a drifting sense of sadness.
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Wonderful characters and
Posted on Thu, 28 Jul 2016
Wonderful characters and memories drifting as smoke.
Read full commentPosted in Strictly, The Last Supper
A wonderful sense of
Posted on Tue, 05 Jul 2016
A wonderful sense of immediacy and an intensity of the moment. I really like the pared down style to give vivid images. I'm left with hair whipping my face and the taste of salt. Beautiful.
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A powerful piece, full of
Posted on Sat, 02 Jul 2016
A powerful piece, full of struggle and new beginnings. The last stanza is one of deep comfort and feels like peace. Thanks for sharing.
Read full commentPosted in La Boisselle (Raprochement)
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