catherine poarch
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catherine poarch
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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, it shimmies as it drifts and slowly...
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Beyond
There was fear in the yard and the wood mouse hid....
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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 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
Great poem. I loved the
Posted on Wed, 21 Feb 2018
Great poem. I loved the coldest star line. It gives the great feeling of distance and unreachabiltiy]....oh I can't spell it and I'm not even sure if it's a word anyway! Unreachable will do. Propaganda in every country, I would say.
Read full commentPosted in coldest planet
I loved this. Looks simple
Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018
I loved this. Looks simple but feels intricate. I really liked 'find daylight now in mine.'
Read full commentPosted in Now
Fantastic simple question and
Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2018
Fantastic simple question and answer structure and the answers are each a loaded story wanting to be told.
Read full commentPosted in Traffic
I confess I'm more of a dog
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2018
I confess I'm more of a dog than a cat person - unless they're Big cats! - but this is lovely. Effortlessly long sentences with interesting ideas like the ferry bit or the clock bit. And you've captured the rhythm of the cat's purring throughout...
Read full commentPosted in finding peace
What a reawakening. I liked
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2017
What a reawakening. I liked this a lot and looked up where Tobermorey is - looks beautiful. Really liked the line about losing the arrows. Lovely ending.
Read full commentPosted in A Time for Living
I really like this - how the
Posted on Sat, 23 Dec 2017
I really like this - how the lines are spaced out, the imaginative words and how it makes you think of things.
Read full commentPosted in Adaptibility
I think this has struck a
Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2017
I think this has struck a chord with all of us. It's very clever, seems well thought out even though you say it's automatic. I sometimes think that so many children are unhappy in school and aren't aware that each other is. It can be a cruel...
Read full commentPosted in School (Automatic poem)
Congratulations. I liked this
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
Congratulations. I liked this, it has the pace of someone sitting back in a chair on a veranda. I like how you are writing easily and feeling surprised by that. Probably the way we write best is the one that comes naturally so just go with it...
Read full commentPosted in Tail-end
Great reply. And I think our
Posted on Wed, 19 Apr 2017
Great reply. And I think our confusion/reluctance/apathy is all down to PR lies, over the centuries, you can see it from the Norman oppression of the Anglo Saxons to the British Empire. So yes, keep telling the truth.
Read full commentPosted in You always knew: a poem for the death of progressive politics and the passing of the Welfare State
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