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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)
Really enjoyed this. My
Posted on Sun, 25 Mar 2018
Really enjoyed this. My partner is doing OU in computing and we joke it is his magic books being delivered by the postman.
Particularly liked "Summon a Magician! I appear, sometime just after a puff of smoke actually.“
Read full commentPosted in Mechanics & Artists
I like this one.
Posted on Sat, 24 Mar 2018
I like this one.
Read full commentPosted in Beyond the Day
I sympathise with the
Posted on Mon, 19 Mar 2018
I sympathise with the narrator - you have so well described how stressful it is for children to keep foxes out of hen runs. Always straining your ears incase you miss their terrified clucking cackle, even when you are asleep.
Read full commentPosted in The Lad from Pointe de Bute (Chapters 13-14)
Enjoyed this richly packed
Posted on Tue, 13 Mar 2018
Enjoyed this richly packed account, haiku like fitting a wardrobe of clothes into a brief case. Particularly liked the botanic garden in the storm, and patatas bravas in Burger King
Read full commentPosted in Coimbra Haiku
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