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something in the air
Flies weave a buzzing basket of still warm light. Hairline rainbow cracks in space above paths, like mistakes leave unseen tethers of regret, sticky...
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remembering dandelions (again)
Prisoned between tarmac bars of road and footpath herbicide subdued Earth waits sure of the last laugh when only the toughest are still around to see...
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breezy
this breeze, seeming slight might be calmness dying, a storm’s birth it could have come from Samarkand or been in Neanderthal lungs we all breathe...
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10th july grasshopper
mossy rocks tumbled from windbreak wall hold back reed tines' reaching on and on to moor's distance misty bright of gorse here, in warm air, low...
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wet 6th july
clouds secrete clear, cold threads, falling, coccoon round tree limbs shade flesh, lumens an airy tingle of tall grass, till rainbow orbs pool bodies...
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Ah! So he IS made whole :0)
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
Ah! So he IS made whole :0) Like the road not taken and the one you take, all lead to the same place? And Jack's character, how he developed, will seep into John, now. No regrets
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 6 (ii)
have not heard the saying
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
have not heard the saying "you make of it what you make", have always been trying to understand/articulate that :0)
Read full comment"All the 'what ifs?’ that kept spinning around in his head - restless days and sleepless nights of them, like balls spinning...
Posted in Dead Man: 6 (i)
but politicians DON'T
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
but politicians DON'T describe them as war crimes!!! Someone explained this is because as soon as it is accepted that something is a war crime, action has to be taken against the perpetrators. And no one wants to go up against Israel/America....
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
Fabulous word sounds all
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
Fabulous word sounds all through this! Amazing experience to read, thank you!
Read full commentPosted in The Old Look Back …
Seeing your death being
Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025
Seeing your death being filmed on bystanders' phones, that seems worse than the dying, somehow. Being used as a bid for attention on strangers' social media. Specially after you described so well before all his senses' awareness, his intense...
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I liked your poem very much
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025
I liked your poem very much :0) Your home and garden must radiate positive energy. Planting new stuff is my favourite way to feel better, I hope it worked for you and you are all flourishing soon
Read full commentPosted in Aura Urziceanu’s Lullaby Effect
This is a fab response to the
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025
This is a fab response to the IP, I felt for you worrying until your Dad sold the car :0)
Read full commentPosted in What You Don't Know Don't . . . .
So sorry to hear of Penka. I
Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2025
So sorry to hear of Penka. I guess in a way one small good is that she must have gone without long pain, and you were able to know this, and have a special place to remember her in your garden. In our very small garden here, two cats, a dog and a...
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Congratulations! This is Poem
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Congratulations! This is Poem of the Week!
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This white knuckle ride from
Posted on Fri, 06 Jun 2025
This white knuckle ride from Jane Hyphen is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Photo is from here :
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Posted in The Vale - Part One (a)
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