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there is something so
Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022
there is something so piercing about a robin's song, it would be enough to make anyone think they had been redeemed to hear it :0) I liked how your story could relate to anyone, none of us are without mistakes
you've used Blake's rhythm wonderfully! and I loved the reference to stew, which always seems such comforting food as if it holds all the time of heating in it. Made me want to make one :0) Hope youb read this to your grandchildren
loved "children beaming sheer delight" that's perfect, somehow conveying their stiffness as they hold a sparkler for the first time, but also the joy in their faces, the intensity of this moment. Wonderful
The way you weave all the new things like the other house and their Mum's job into the pressure of keeping Ethan's routine is really good, and the call from the teacher, that awareness of something changed coming from outside, is convincing
this is wonderful, reminded me of trying to get my son dressed, how obstinate little children can be, and the panic of an adult trying to fit into a schedule they don't understand. But it's not an adult here, it is two other children, and you...
there is something so
Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022
there is something so piercing about a robin's song, it would be enough to make anyone think they had been redeemed to hear it :0) I liked how your story could relate to anyone, none of us are without mistakes
love the word nonchalantly in...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Door
you've used Blake's rhythm
Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022
you've used Blake's rhythm wonderfully! and I loved the reference to stew, which always seems such comforting food as if it holds all the time of heating in it. Made me want to make one :0) Hope youb read this to your grandchildren
Read full commentPosted in Guard!!
loved "children beaming sheer
Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2022
loved "children beaming sheer delight" that's perfect, somehow conveying their stiffness as they hold a sparkler for the first time, but also the joy in their faces, the intensity of this moment. Wonderful
ps didn't know about carrot...
Read full commentPosted in November 5
5 reads in, I think I know a
Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2022
5 reads in, I think I know a little what this might be about. Your poems are really good value, you know, can chew them over for days, months, years.
Read full commentPosted in They've Closed the Road
yes, I liked the medals on
Posted on Sun, 06 Nov 2022
yes, I liked the medals on dressing gown very much, too
Read full commentPosted in On Ainley Top Looking Down
Brilliant, really enjoyed and
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
Brilliant, really enjoyed and it made me think, too. I hadn't realised about eclairs being made in factories. The juxtaposition is so clever
Read full commentPosted in The Night Angels of the Cake Factory Cream Room
The way you weave all the new
Posted on Tue, 01 Nov 2022
The way you weave all the new things like the other house and their Mum's job into the pressure of keeping Ethan's routine is really good, and the call from the teacher, that awareness of something changed coming from outside, is convincing
Read full commentPosted in Runaway Mother chapter 4 part 1
this is wonderful, reminded
Posted on Sun, 30 Oct 2022
this is wonderful, reminded me of trying to get my son dressed, how obstinate little children can be, and the panic of an adult trying to fit into a schedule they don't understand. But it's not an adult here, it is two other children, and you...
Read full commentPosted in Runaway Mother chapter 2
What a gifted writer you are!
Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022
What a gifted writer you are! Thankyou for another brilliant account of your experiences
The strangest my hair has got was when having to keep going into the chilled storage room in a Sainsburys where salad etc was kept till it could be...
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 14
Liked this one very much
Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022
Liked this one very much
Read full commentPosted in Eagle-Talk
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