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The Child Inside

By hoalarg1 on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

Sometimes life doesn't give us those things we'd hoped for; sometimes those things are small, sometimes they are big; and sometimes poetry is the only way to do justice to those feelings which emerge from it all. (Wikimedia image copyright)

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Days

By hoalarg1 on Sat, 13 Feb 2021

Dear sun, the clock face, winching, winding, up onto fluffed pillow horizon

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confessions of a social phobic during lockdown

By hoalarg1 on Sun, 01 Nov 2020

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sound of summer

By hoalarg1 on Mon, 03 Aug 2020

I stood here, as if for the first time... (creative commons image)

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Really captured the scene

Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020

Really captured the scene well, like some niftily produced video footage.

I particularly enjoyed verse 3.

Posted in Peace In The Forest

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This is wonderful. So

Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2020

This is wonderful. So evocative, with some lovely details - too many to pick and highlight.

A real transporter. I completely felt like I was there waiting for the saveloys to arrive, the smell driving me insane after a hard day's graft. I...

Posted in The Pub

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I enjoyed how this overflowed

Posted on Sat, 30 Nov 2019

I enjoyed how this overflowed with content despite its brevity. A hard feat to pull off. Well done.

Posted in The End of a Brighter November Day

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Very well written. You have

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2019

Very well written. You have captured the moment perfectly. Dialogue and narration has a good balance.

Posted in La Femme d'argent

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Some parts of us are sacred

Posted on Sat, 21 Apr 2018

Some parts of us are sacred and remain safe and untouched; they can be seen by us in nature. A lovely read.

Posted in My Dreams are Safe (IP)

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I'll be honest with you. My

Posted on Sat, 09 Dec 2017

I'll be honest with you. My concentration is poor at the best of times and it takes a lot for me to be able to read a story here all in one go, but this one just kept me reading. You have a really great style of writing. I loved the first person...

Posted in The agony and the ecstacy

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I really enjoyed this on so

Posted on Thu, 20 Jul 2017

I really enjoyed this on so many levels. I enjoyed the train journey idea and how travel is about being in between places, something comforting in that I've always thought. Maybe a chance to reflect on what was, might have been. It was sharp,...

Posted in A Philanderer on the Night Train

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Thanks for the pick, that's

Posted on Wed, 28 Jun 2017

Thanks for the pick, that's great. I hope I have added the contribution correctly?

Posted in Traces

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Well deserved. A really

Posted on Tue, 30 May 2017

Well deserved. A really strong voice threads through this, with great integrity.

Posted in My Mother and I aren't Talking and Other Tales.

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Beautifully written and

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014

Beautifully written and really very moving. I totally understand the fact that everything once owned leaves a trace behind, often impossible to let go of, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear on the outside.

Congratulations...