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Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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My stories
Traffic
How many new cousins have you got? Four. Three with scars and sallow eyes. How many new sisters today? Dad's brought six. Four speak French and...
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Compassion Fatigue
Hey you. Yeah you. I know your grandad died last night but conjugate this verb. Get into groups now. Group one: Data says you're the smart kids...
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Heartwood
Strip the bark. Peel thin slivers of gritted question and whittled skin. But leave the heartwood. Pluck the leaves. Leave bald bird stalks that...
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A Letter to my New Tory MP
Dear Mr Rowley, I am writing to you, first of all to congratulate you on your recent electoral victory in North East Derbyshire. You did not receive...
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Flotsam (Poetry Monthly)
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Out of the blue, one Indian summer you finally came. The waving, windmilling Captain of your destiny we said. Stubby legs would beat a heave-ho hard...
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This is gorgeous - the rose
Posted on Fri, 08 Jul 2016
This is gorgeous - the rose lines in particular. Can I make a suggestion to steer away from some cliches like 'lit up every room'? The rest of your lines are so well crafted you could go for something more obscure.
Read full commentPosted in Beautiful
I think there's loads to love
Posted on Thu, 07 Jul 2016
I think there's loads to love in here. One bit I thought you could change would be
'With a certainty
Of knowledge
Which ironically
Belies her
Relatively minimal
Years.'
In my opinion it's a little...
Read full commentPosted in Her
This is beautiful! Such sharp
Posted on Sat, 02 Jul 2016
This is beautiful! Such sharp lines and juxtaposing images left me emotionally battered and bruised. Great work!
Read full commentPosted in La Boisselle (Raprochement)
Such a powerful, guttural,
Posted on Mon, 04 Jul 2016
Such a powerful, guttural, earthy sound to this poem. Beautiful words and harsh sounds capture the wild wonderfully well.
Read full commentPosted in The Begwns*
Fire warms and fire burns. I
Posted on Sat, 30 Apr 2016
Fire warms and fire burns. I like the way you've played with this and the demonisation of Nero when he was perhaps doing Rome a favour!
Read full commentPosted in Prometheus's Legacy
Full of sharp lines and sharp
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2016
Full of sharp lines and sharp, sticky textures. A tasty slice of the past.
Read full commentPosted in New Beginnings (IP)
Pace and plot are perfect. I
Posted on Sat, 27 Feb 2016
Pace and plot are perfect. I've just messaged two old friends.
Read full commentPosted in old stock
I really like the idea and
Posted on Sat, 27 Feb 2016
I really like the idea and the flowing structure which is interrupted in the middle. I think the last line needs work to really finish it off with the power it has begun with.
Read full commentPosted in Memory
The rhyming couplets are a
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2016
The rhyming couplets are a nice touch to add to the romance. A few more syllables per line and a shift in the couplets - you would have a neat sonnet here.
Read full commentPosted in The moon in the man
I don't know the hymn but the
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2016
I don't know the hymn but the words here are very powerful and proud. I'm particularly fond of the 'revealing faith he’d learnt in tears' line. Such a story there.
Read full commentPosted in King David’s Struggles
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