catherine poarch
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catherine poarch
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This is More
'Noone is born hating...' (Nelson Mandela)
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Isaac and the Big Idea Tree
Isaac lived in the Broken City where nights were very dark. But Isaac had a Big Idea.
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Until Next Year
Voices echoed in the hallway.....
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Bus to Town
mostly just looking out the window on the bus
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Sojourner
I write in the Land of Broken Plates.
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I loved this, loved the idea
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
I loved this, loved the idea that we are the aliens, still looking for a a home. I thought I was the only one!! I really liked the breath in like giants, out like dragons bit. And also, it has the pace of someone walking, talking, with almost...
Read full commentPosted in This Cannot Be Our Home
I'm so glad I found time to
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
I'm so glad I found time to come on ABC today. This is so good, Di. So succinct and honest. Democracy's safest seats struck home. And the last lines - nail on the head. I wish the Cabinet would read it although to be honest and fair, they are...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
I had to google Orcop and
Posted on Thu, 13 Jan 2022
I had to google Orcop and corvids! It looks lovely. Your poem has the pace of a walk and the feeling of a hilltop and looking to the distance. Hope you are better soon, take care.
Read full commentPosted in near Orcop
Brilliant end. I didn't know
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Brilliant end. I didn't know where it was going and then - the thing we are all trying to be and find in each other. Liked it a lot.
Read full commentPosted in Learning How To Be Human
I've spent my whole life
Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2019
I've spent my whole life trying to get home. Maybe it's a thing to do and not a place. I liked the constant flow of people at the beginning.Everyone on the move. Hope you are well.
Read full commentPosted in Home is where...
I agree, this is clever. And
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2018
I agree, this is clever. And how many of us, from whichever country or background, once we got onto the millionaire's boat would care less about the little boats, that moment of panic and survival gone? I wonder who the Queen aspires to be....
Read full commentPosted in Theory: The heart of racism is aspiration
Epic! Whoever's wearing the
Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2015
Epic! Whoever's wearing the hat is prone let it go to his head! I guess we all have to take some responsibilty though, powerless or not. Really enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in an American thinks of Russia
As usual, beautiful. It's as
Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2022
As usual, beautiful. It's as flickering and entancing as its subject matter. I liked how you connected yourself with them at the end.
Read full commentPosted in butterfly moment
I loved it. Just the sort of
Posted on Mon, 14 Feb 2022
I loved it. Just the sort of stuff I notice walking along, a million things soon forgotten. You captured a moment of some of them. Always will it to win!
Read full commentPosted in Looking Down and Up
It's stunning. What a
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
It's stunning. What a quietness to it. Words that stop you in your tracks. You've suggested the movement of the wolves with the pace. I like the slight repetition and the making of compound words.
Read full commentPosted in Wolves, blizzard
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