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I like Erin's introduction using the cat which opens up the reason for the lonliness. Her personality is there, too, through her would be responses. I liked this.
I found this piece very moving and heartening. Your grandad sounds like a great man who taught you so much about how to be one, too, and to show you good paths to follow, and even if we get lost now and again, that sort of guidance stays with us...
As Philip said, very beautiful. And it does speak to all who have lost someone. I found it so very moving - in floods of tears - for the sadness, and the happiness you decided to adopt knowing it was what would be wanted from you. I so get that....
That dress did me in, Tina.
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2015
That dress did me in, Tina. And I loved -
'her ancient Aran jumper...
Read full comment... it might unburden me...at least
be a vehicle for my grief...
but when I open the door...see its arms folded
across its chest in...
Posted in Clothes-Speak
Excellent characterization
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2015
Excellent characterization and a brilliant storyline leading to an unexpected multilayered ending with extended implications.
Read full commentPosted in Lisitskiaia's Quarter
Such an uplifting poem, Tina,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2015
Such an uplifting poem, Tina, and filled with appreciation of the simple things in life that remind us of so much more.
Read full commentPosted in Ten Things I Love...
I like Erin's introduction
Posted on Thu, 30 Jul 2015
I like Erin's introduction using the cat which opens up the reason for the lonliness. Her personality is there, too, through her would be responses. I liked this.
Read full commentPosted in Why I Live Alone
What an amazing flow of
Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2015
What an amazing flow of poetry in prose. Excellent! Neatly worked story, too.
Read full commentPosted in Mandragora's Curse
A moment captured in a flash
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2015
A moment captured in a flash of carefully chosen words.
Read full commentPosted in Flypast
It was the day
Posted on Sun, 26 Jul 2015
It was the day
I went down to the kitchen –
the thin skin of the night
peeling back, '
That's exquisitly delicately worded, Tina. And the following words are more heartbreaking for their matter-of-...
Read full commentPosted in Chess
I found this piece very
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2015
I found this piece very moving and heartening. Your grandad sounds like a great man who taught you so much about how to be one, too, and to show you good paths to follow, and even if we get lost now and again, that sort of guidance stays with us...
Read full commentPosted in Byrd Jones, Teacher and Grandfather
An amazing write, especially
Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2015
An amazing write, especially as the last part was written after you fell asleep in 1975 - time to wake up, I think....
Read full commentPosted in Thoughts on a Rooftop
As Philip said, very
Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2015
As Philip said, very beautiful. And it does speak to all who have lost someone. I found it so very moving - in floods of tears - for the sadness, and the happiness you decided to adopt knowing it was what would be wanted from you. I so get that....
Read full commentPosted in I still feel you
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