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(This Life) Part 4: The Neighbour’s Wife
to be part of, to see, to be
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(This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow
The local butcher's shop was gutted by fire and rebuilt. We passed by early morning once the scaffolding and boards had been taken down.
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(This Life) Part 2: Webs
walks with my dogs
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(This Life) Part 1: Dog Treats
Contemplations ....
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Owl Down
We found a dead owl on our morning walk.
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Flows so well, and the rhymes
Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021
Flows so well, and the rhymes add to the swelling message, which resonates with me as there is a development, down the road from me, in the last throes of the planning cycle, that will be built on a flood plain and is a black skies site. Local...
Read full commentPosted in A Northern Song
This is such a rich and dense
Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021
This is such a rich and dense poem which evokes the man himself. This is one to savour again and again and allow the words to wash over. You should record this and it would be great to hear the cadence of you in this poem.
Read full commentPosted in Fleeting Observations Of A Poet
Very clever interpretation.
Posted on Wed, 07 Apr 2021
Very clever interpretation. This got me thinking - which is never a good thing - about beginnings and endings; the art is to begin something and have the ending in mind, and to build towards that with an open mind and heart and with respect. But...
Read full commentPosted in Humpty Dumpty
Thank you, Lena. This is
Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022
Thank you, Lena. This is about Rwanda and the Ntarama Church which was supposed to be a sanctuary, but proved no match for the mob.
There seems to be growing trend with butchers these days to dress their windows with their "goods" and...
Read full commentPosted in (This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow
wonderful blend of old and
Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021
wonderful blend of old and new to create an original.
Read full commentPosted in Wintered Thin
wonderful imagery
Posted on Wed, 06 Oct 2021
wonderful imagery complimented by the subtle verse, highlighting your skills as a poet.
This morning I was on the village common and looking up at the sky was reminded that there is a blue beyind the grey, lightning streaks breaking...
Read full commentPosted in October robin
The joy of paganism, the
Posted on Tue, 19 Oct 2021
The joy of paganism, the relighting of fires and looking forward to the next harvest with hope refilled. Great poem, Paul, well deserving of all the accolades.
Read full commentPosted in Samhain and Beyond
The contrast between the
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
The contrast between the plastic, the throwaway consumer society and the grim realities of life, pushed into the backs of our minds by the gaudiness of the Fair, is portrayed with subtle power and heightened by the last lines which create a...
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Vividly desctribed. This
Posted on Mon, 09 Aug 2021
Vividly desctribed. This captures the progress of rain perfectly, and reminds me of the other morning when I took the dogs for a walk, and we had gone no more than 50 metres when we heard the sheeted feet of a rain storm accelerating up the road...
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beautifully measured from the
Posted on Fri, 06 Aug 2021
beautifully measured from the opening lines to the stunning finish.
Read full commentPosted in White Sailors
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