Di_Hard
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just deserts
I wander beside the desert unfurling like a sea of chrysanthemum petals wondering, Do fish swim under those diminishing curves? For sure, there are...
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cock robin
Who killed Cock Robin? We, said the workmen, with chainsaws from our van, we killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die? No one - he could still fly, find...
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to pick up time
never done, the sea is a bed remaking itself over and over, so light never sleeps on the salt shot silk of its sheet and thoughts are beached shells...
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Hand Washing, Glasgow Central
Unfortunately, our ferry got in late because of the wind, so we missed the train we needed, to get to his appointment, but fortunately I had...
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Getting Ready
Gone the rag sound of a bird alone dropped on naked silence between dumpsters' grinding regurgitations from horizon's bridge and fuzzy pulse of cars...
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Very wonderful :0)
Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Very wonderful :0) Particularly liked
Read full comment"we scrambled down the squelchy
leaf-mould, mulch-carpet sloping floor of the riverside wood.
(There had been so much rain in recent days)
The little river was in flood
– the...
Posted in Tumbling river and tangled footpath
hm, if it's an old house,
Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023
hm, if it's an old house, will have chimneys? Might be a swivel eyed pigeon sitting on the roof :0) Enjoyed your story very much, and hope your "new" garden is the one described here!
Read full commentPosted in Brodie's Big Idea
You brought the two worlds
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
You brought the two worlds together so well! Linked by an old story and framed in a new one :0)
Read full commentI thought you had Ros's information just right (maybe you had changed this already?) but would have liked more from Luca, his point of view? I...
Posted in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
That's a wonderful mask! Even
Posted on Mon, 11 Dec 2023
That's a wonderful mask! Even though your poem rang lots of somber chords with me, your photo made me smile :0) It is dark, and wet, and windy here. Both my wellies and my trainers have sprung leaks THIS WEEK, different feet, so am rustling...
Read full commentPosted in Piblokto
Great story :0) Though I hope
Posted on Sun, 10 Dec 2023
Great story :0) I hope the lady did find happiness one day
Read full commentPosted in "Starlight And Miracles" (A Christmas tale)
you are so right about the
Posted on Wed, 06 Dec 2023
you are so right about the cool cave in Summer! And this might actually be a good time to have moved, because you really do appreciate Spring coming, when so dark inside. And Christmas lights are not a decoration but a necessity for survival :0)...
Read full commentPosted in In Your House
I sympathise about cold, old
Posted on Wed, 06 Dec 2023
I sympathise about cold, old houses! I am trying to get my act together about moving to a less damp, dark, modern one :0) Wondering if I would miss the gravity of walls half a metre thick. Terrific ominous feeling in this poem, of fear and...
Read full commentPosted in In Your House
I loved "song of approval",
Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023
I loved "song of approval", that's a brilliant description!
Read full commentPosted in Hope Of The Skylark
Now I am thinking of Cummings
Posted on Wed, 06 Dec 2023
Now I am thinking of Cummings the Crocodile
Read full commentPosted in And The Fingers Point
You are you. To write like
Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023
You are you. To write like him you would have to live like him. And no one could. You write wonderfully of how YOU live
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half
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