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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Far away, the Manta Ray
Far above the ordinary, half an angel, half a Goth – through the sunlit underwater, floating like a table cloth......
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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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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
I also loved that coming home
Posted on Wed, 14 Jul 2021
I also loved that coming home last part. It anchors everything that went before.
Read full commentPosted in Coming Home
You caught a moment
Posted on Wed, 14 Jul 2021
You caught a moment beautifully. I love the sound of the wood pigeon.
Read full commentPosted in A sleepy mid-July mid-afternoon
There's a line from you/your
Posted on Wed, 07 Jul 2021
There's a line from you/your pen to the sparrow hawk, like a kite on the end of a piece of string. Keeps you looking up. Lovely poem.
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Aboloutely lovely. The pace
Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2020
Aboloutely lovely. The pace of it is so still, like panning round a wide shot slowly. I especially liked the treble clef hose. All of it is really imaginative. ...
Read full commentPosted in 28th April
Beautiful, both in words and
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
Beautiful, both in words and pace. Again, your last lines are worth waiting for.
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Tell You Things
No, don't change it! I like
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
No, don't change it! I like the way the punch line hits you.
Read full commentPosted in Learning How To Be Human
Clever because I got duped by
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Clever because I got duped by all the small, domestic stuff - like potatoes! - and then it was very moving by the end.
Read full commentPosted in Katy, A Ghost Story (IP)
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