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I found this very moving too,
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
I found this very moving too, and beautiful as your poems always are!
Feel for you so much, still miss my best friend after 20 years. You are doing all you can, making him happy and feel loved. Beautiful poem shows the strength and peace he has given you xxx
Even though your thoughts are wrapped up in metaphors of birds these poems are so raw. I feel like I am getting to know your emotional state like seeing birds flick between leaves. It seems rude to read them
I really admire the way last words in the lines stand out, as with - wild, hurled, and the alliteration of wind and wild. I feel my throat opening like the sky as I read it, to make the long vowel sounds in my mind. Would be a great one to hear...
I like the details revealing age, of taking care, of themselves and of each other, the way he holds the glass of water till her fingers grip it is so tender, the way he has to manage his heart, what he can do. Finding music he knew on the radio....
Yes, I always wanted to see one too, there was something magic about how you never do. Years later Mum's cat caught one, I was suprised how tiny it was! It didn't bite or scratch when I picked it up, just wriggled in a muscly...
I found this very moving too,
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
I found this very moving too, and beautiful as your poems always are!
"all we share is dread,
and we will wait, postpone, cancel
before one hand might hold another,
to transmit nothing other
than love"
as...
Read full commentPosted in Deimos
I like how you wander in and
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020
I like how you wander in and out of the painting, and memory and conversation. And like the picture, the female seems to hold up the image of the male
No men really shine even if they insist
they are armoured in one hundred...
Read full commentPosted in Looking at Klimt’s Frieze for Beethoven
happy tails, yes :0) Don't
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020
happy tails, yes :0) Don't cry! If there is a Heaven he will be waiting to show you, that's what I hope
Read full commentPosted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)
Feel for you so much, still
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020
Feel for you so much, still miss my best friend after 20 years. You are doing all you can, making him happy and feel loved. Beautiful poem shows the strength and peace he has given you xxx
Read full commentPosted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)
Even though your thoughts are
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2020
Even though your thoughts are wrapped up in metaphors of birds these poems are so raw. I feel like I am getting to know your emotional state like seeing birds flick between leaves. It seems rude to read them
Read full commentPosted in Gila Woodpecker
I really admire the way last
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2020
I really admire the way last words in the lines stand out, as with - wild, hurled, and the alliteration of wind and wild. I feel my throat opening like the sky as I read it, to make the long vowel sounds in my mind. Would be a great one to hear...
Read full commentPosted in Storm
I had not heard of
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020
I had not heard of "indwelling" before. Having looked it up, it's a great word :0) There is a quiet, positive power in this:
"Not so bright to shine beyond
Nor enough to light the way
But an indwelling warmth
To...
Read full commentPosted in Jar of Lights
I like the details revealing
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020
I like the details revealing age, of taking care, of themselves and of each other, the way he holds the glass of water till her fingers grip it is so tender, the way he has to manage his heart, what he can do. Finding music he knew on the radio....
Read full commentPosted in There Was The House and There Was The Sea (1)
I love your walking poems,
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020
I love your walking poems, with their breathing rhythm. But I love this too, the pause of it:
spitting drizzle – growing
heavier, but nearly back at car – see through
the cloudy veil a gleam of sunshine glowing
...
Read full commentPosted in Grey-Day rambling
I'm glad :0)
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2020
I'm glad :0)
Yes, I always wanted to see one too, there was something magic about how you never do. Years later Mum's cat caught one, I was suprised how tiny it was! It didn't bite or scratch when I picked it up, just wriggled in a muscly...
Read full commentPosted in Underground
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