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Another one for your Almanac
Posted on Tue, 19 Oct 2021
Another one for your Almanac :0)
It has a strong chanting feel to it.
I particularly liked
"stoical belfries watch stone gargoyles spout rain,
carved pumpkins illuminate porches, fired grins,"
"fired grins" is...
Read full commentPosted in Samhain and Beyond
"And the sky not deep enough
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
"And the sky not deep enough for escape.
I stand entangled in the moment -"
Every time I read this, I am struck by the power of these lines.
Read full commentPosted in Owl Down
That must have been so scary!
Posted on Tue, 12 Oct 2021
That must have been so scary! I do hope you are all ok now!
I think your approach must be how lots of great recipes came to be, in the first place!
My trouble is, in the unlikely event my family likes something I have cooked enough...
Read full commentPosted in Ostrich eggs and elephant milk
I love this about blackbirds
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
I love this about blackbirds : " its natural flair for tossing leaves" made me smile each time I read it :0)
and this : " to linger here for just a while,
watch each leaf gently clinging;
till letting go" is gorgeous....
Read full commentPosted in Grounding Of Autumn
It must be 45 years or so
Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021
It must be 45 years or so since we went! And even then, the last few years there were loads more people. I remember we had arrived somewhere magnificent after a very long walk, (for us, anyway, my youngest brother was about six I think) and all...
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods
Inspired by your poem, I
Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021
Inspired by your poem, I looked up this woods, I think we walked round it once, when on holiday (but didn't dare go in!). We went often to Dartmoor. My brother and I never forgot it :0) Your poem is wonderrful, you really conjure up the tangled,...
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods
Good to see a new poem :0)
Posted on Sat, 16 Oct 2021
Good to see a new poem :0) This makes me imagine you sailing out of poemless doldrums on a red leaf
Read full commentPosted in Red Breast of Autumn
Magical and full of
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
Magical and full of excitement
Read full commentPosted in sonnet 66
"what still belongs to me?"
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
"what still belongs to me?" Having a small w makes me think of how insignificant her voice is, small, inside her, with the whole whirling condemnation and disbelief and uncaringness of the world spread out around, for as far as she could possibly...
Read full commentPosted in Esther Cox
I like the elementals in this
Posted on Sun, 10 Oct 2021
I like the elementals in this so much, and had not heard of the baby on a swan's wing, so looked it up. So, thankyou for that too!
Reddled made me think of a mixture of red and riddled?
Perfect argument against cryonics
Read full commentPosted in My Body Belongs to the Earth
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