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roses are my favourite flower
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020
roses are my favourite flower and you have caught them perfectly, Rhiannon, both wild "delicately decorating" and "richly exuberant" ones bred for gardens. I am sure the old variety ones which survive in my garden have personalities. I do love...
What a lovely poem! From the first line about the end of the day belonging to cats all the way through to the last line which made me think that your memories from the photos were so bright they were like the moon and your going back to look,...
you go out walking, and in the clear air and nature's shapes, your mind feels safe to fly free, exposed as black wings in a white sky. And then you are brought down, confronted by grotesque evidence of our cruelty. The shock and horror of...
I LOVE "layers of invitation" but also, how you shift meaning all through, like waves in a harbour, and end with the lobsters' point of view. It is a wonderfully satisfying poem seeming simple but with lots going on underneath (like a harbour,...
Arg! Dreamies! Tina stopped eating Whiskas and I was panicking thinking she was ill - had not realised my partner had become an alternative Dreamies supplier and she was on the way to a Dreamies Diet plan...
roses are my favourite flower
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020
roses are my favourite flower and you have caught them perfectly, Rhiannon, both wild "delicately decorating" and "richly exuberant" ones bred for gardens. I am sure the old variety ones which survive in my garden have personalities. I do love...
Read full commentPosted in Wild Rose …
This is BRILLIANT! I love
Posted on Sat, 05 Dec 2020
This is BRILLIANT! I love your walking and Nature poems, but this is amazing, too. Powerful, unforgettable poem
Read full commentPosted in Observing
Found this so comforting and
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020
Found this so comforting and reassuring as these lines resonated strongly with me:
like waiting landscape
relentlessly endures,
that you come to the uplifting conclusion
take comfort and...
Read full commentPosted in Waiting For The Thaw
What a lovely poem! From the
Posted on Wed, 25 Nov 2020
What a lovely poem! From the first line about the end of the day belonging to cats all the way through to the last line which made me think that your memories from the photos were so bright they were like the moon and your going back to look,...
Read full commentPosted in Memories Of You I Keep
you go out walking, and in
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2020
you go out walking, and in the clear air and nature's shapes, your mind feels safe to fly free, exposed as black wings in a white sky. And then you are brought down, confronted by grotesque evidence of our cruelty. The shock and horror of...
Read full commentPosted in Rooks
I LOVE "layers of
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2020
I LOVE "layers of invitation" but also, how you shift meaning all through, like waves in a harbour, and end with the lobsters' point of view. It is a wonderfully satisfying poem seeming simple but with lots going on underneath (like a harbour,...
Read full commentPosted in Season's Advent
Agree with Airy about the
Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2020
Agree with Airy about the language, it is wonderful eg "fragile display of gliding, twisting and diving"
and with Hilary about the names, Bleel particularly
I wish I had fairy help with the housework :0)
you have "rouge"...
Read full commentPosted in Behold The Faerie Realm Part Two
Arg! Dreamies! Tina stopped
Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2020
Arg! Dreamies! Tina stopped eating Whiskas and I was panicking thinking she was ill - had not realised my partner had become an alternative Dreamies supplier and she was on the way to a Dreamies Diet plan...
Read full commentPosted in Clara
So many billions of ties of
Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2020
So many billions of ties of love we have broken without thought. The distress, confusion, despair.
I think I remember a David Attenborough program about Clara. She did survive about half the lifetime she should have had, didn't she? The...
Read full commentPosted in Clara
Oh! This is a treat!So GOOD
Posted on Sat, 24 Oct 2020
Oh! This is a treat!So GOOD to have a magic story from you. Really looking forward to the next part
Read full commentPosted in Behold The Faerie Realm
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