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a feeling of glory, golden,
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2020
a feeling of glory, golden, then gone. Splendour is the word
"shoal-less silvered fish" that's so scary/lonely, reminded me of in films when the tether breaks on a spacewalk. "silvered" makes it magic, and sad. And I love the alliteration! This line will be my mind-worm for today I think!
I find this too! People are more likely to smile and say something even than before, to make up for going round, or saying thankyou if I go round. And people talk in the queue outside shops, where before they would just go in. Maybe to make up...
This is how I imagine being in a bobsleigh, exhilarating and liberating, with the potential for terrible injury if the person it is about finds you out. Particularly liked
"When anger and resentment form the core, everything on top is window-dressing: the character is not believable, the traits of affection, generosity are badly carried off. I see this daily.
The poem gave me the impression of the writer stuck at the bottom of a pond with something that has been there a long time and is sinking. The writer is stuck as if snagged on a piece of rusty metal, but he is...
Sorry to be so repetetive, but I loved the serene swan doctor too, ministering the bank with her beak :0) I had not heard the word virions before either. It has a liquidy sound from all the vowels. The borrowed saints made me think of people in...
I enjoyed this! Particularly as it is just the sort of thing I would have done with my dog. And then worried about him on the broken glass etc. A great way to go to another world.
a feeling of glory, golden,
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2020
a feeling of glory, golden, then gone. Splendour is the word
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"shoal-less silvered fish"
Posted on Sat, 02 May 2020
"shoal-less silvered fish" that's so scary/lonely, reminded me of in films when the tether breaks on a spacewalk. "silvered" makes it magic, and sad. And I love the alliteration! This line will be my mind-worm for today I think!
I...
Read full commentPosted in A Universe
I find this too! People are
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2020
I find this too! People are more likely to smile and say something even than before, to make up for going round, or saying thankyou if I go round. And people talk in the queue outside shops, where before they would just go in. Maybe to make up...
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Separation
This is how I imagine being
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2020
This is how I imagine being in a bobsleigh, exhilarating and liberating, with the potential for terrible injury if the person it is about finds you out. Particularly liked
"she’ll squeeze your life
Til the dreams fall out"
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Read full commentPosted in Penelope is not your Friend
wow! what GORGEOUS
Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2020
wow! what GORGEOUS alliteration!!!
I started copying and pasting bits, but it was basically the whole poem
love this
Read full commentPosted in Signs of Spring 11)
this is great, the insight,
Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2020
this is great, the insight, the rhythm :
"When anger and resentment form the core, everything on top is window-dressing: the character is not believable, the traits of affection, generosity are badly carried off. I see this daily.
...
Read full commentPosted in Heaven-sent
That is intense observation.
Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2020
That is intense observation.
The poem gave me the impression of the writer stuck at the bottom of a pond with something that has been there a long time and is sinking. The writer is stuck as if snagged on a piece of rusty metal, but he is...
Read full commentPosted in La belleza
They ARE greyhound trees!
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
They ARE greyhound trees! How brilliant of you to think of this! Graceful, light and whippy. My favourite tree :0) Have you heard the rhyme
if the oak is out before the ash, we are in for a splash
but if the ash is out before the...
Read full commentPosted in Signs of Spring 9)
Sorry to be so repetetive,
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
Sorry to be so repetetive, but I loved the serene swan doctor too, ministering the bank with her beak :0) I had not heard the word virions before either. It has a liquidy sound from all the vowels. The borrowed saints made me think of people in...
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Tell You Things
I enjoyed this! Particularly
Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2020
I enjoyed this! Particularly as it is just the sort of thing I would have done with my dog. And then worried about him on the broken glass etc. A great way to go to another world.
Read full commentPosted in Crab Customs
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