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My partner believes dogs to
Posted on Wed, 06 Jun 2018
My partner believes dogs to be spirit guides. Duko seems to be guiding the narrator to a more peaceful place, helping him to accept a horrible truth rather than put life on hold while hoping for the impossible. I like that the two people who have...
Read full commentPosted in Duka's Return
I love the sense of movement
Posted on Fri, 08 Jun 2018
I love the sense of movement you have achieved with the rhymes and matching vowels:
"dazzling their speedy swooping/sweeping in and scooping"
And the quickness of "dart, smart, dirt, martin"
And I like the human bit in the...
Read full commentPosted in Treasured Mud Oasis
your poem has a beautiful
Posted on Sat, 02 Jun 2018
your poem has a beautiful meaning, too.
Read full commentPosted in Number Spellings!
This is beautiful! So fluid,
Posted on Wed, 30 May 2018
This is beautiful! So fluid, the way the song pulses and the heart pumps to keep the wings moving quickly. Also, couldn't think how you make it clear that the last line is about coming back to earth, and wonder if it is the D's, which have a...
Read full commentPosted in May Sky Melody
yes, I liked that the cows
Posted on Wed, 23 May 2018
yes, I liked that the cows and children died had significance for different reasons, so much heartache put so simply
and that "Winters smelled of kerosene". I remember there were lots of powercuts growing up, so paraffin reminds me of cold...
Read full commentPosted in Histories of a small town in Ontario
NEVER feel guilty! If I
Posted on Fri, 04 May 2018
NEVER feel guilty! If I could only write like this I would, every day. No other issue is as important, for if we destroy the Earth there will be nothing anyway.
Lions, giaffes, elephants. These are all at serious risk. No cgi is ever...
Read full commentPosted in Palm oil or Orangutans?
two seperate creativities
Posted on Sat, 28 Apr 2018
two seperate creativities and visions combined to make something magical for both? A child feeling equal in a grown up world, a grown up reminded of the wonder of being a child
Read full commentPosted in Collaboration
I love this.
Posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2018
I love this.
Going at different speeds but arriving together
A dead end coming to life - brilliant!
"look back at the increasingly staggering view". Gives a strong image of space/time so easily.
"Convenient" table...
Read full commentPosted in Effort & View
Beautiful poem, you express
Posted on Sat, 21 Apr 2018
Beautiful poem, you express so well the seeming fragility of Spring but also how it's actually very strong, as it has overcome the darkness of Winter, just as the flames of your dreams overcome dark times. It makes me think of those ink paintings...
Read full commentPosted in My Dreams are Safe (IP)
yes, I would. There was an
Posted on Thu, 29 Mar 2018
yes, I would. There was an interesting interview on the World Service a while ago, with someone who had written about his experiences doing his compulsory national service in Israel. He spoke about how it felt to be called a traitor by his own...
Read full commentPosted in End Islamophobia (In the Blairite Party)
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