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Ten things seen [in my immediate environment]
1. Six bananas on one stalk, two at the back allow two at the front to rest on them, cradling them like grandparents - lean back, you’re safe here ...
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See
The cloud moves like a slug sludging its way across the sky, seemingly still yet when you look again - it has moved and carries a parasite on its...
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Stream of Consciousness
Clover, dover, sackcloth, stuff of dreams, docks, shipping forecast, does anyone sail - anymore? Been numb so long, heartbreak does that to you and...
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Another. Day.
I remember using the same plastic bottle with a thumb dent in its side. I remember planting seeds on cold slabs as my Greek neighbour took his...
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Charcoals in the Basement
Parallel lines cut running tracks through the hay. He pony vaulted into mine, infront of me. I wanted to sprint, to do it myself, so I sliced across...
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This is lovely. One of those
Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2015
This is lovely. One of those poems which you want to read again and again. Heartwarming.
Read full commentPosted in Love and Adoration
This is brilliant. Authentic
Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2015
This is brilliant. Authentic voice and a touching tale. Liked the format too :)
Read full commentPosted in The Ties that Divide
Beautifully done. Animals
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Beautifully done. Animals just get on with a moment of fisty-cuffs to sort things out then forget about it...it doesnt seem to matter who bet who...a bit like children too!
Read full commentPosted in Boxers in Yellow
Lovely moments of
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2015
Lovely moments of alliteration ; stitching silvered silken strands. Nicely done.
Read full commentPosted in While you were sleeping
Nicely and neatly done..
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2015
Nicely and neatly done...moments of still mind are to be treasured!
Read full commentPosted in Silent Chaos
Beautiful - made me think we
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015
Beautiful - made me think we must live for the moment - grab those chances and opportunities whilst we can.
'Threw dreams in the river as glibly as crusts to the birds' creates a touching picture which sums up that feeling of letting go of...
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Beautifully poignant poem. I
Posted on Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Beautifully poignant poem. I found the lines 'never get used to it' and 'with that tattoo on your wrist' most heartbreaking. Grief leaves a scar that we'll always carry...yet carry on we do.
Read full commentPosted in I'm Not Here to Talk to You...
Hi Stephen, this is such an
Posted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015
Hi Stephen, this is such an emotive read I felt transported on the journey from 'the thread of individual voices' to 'I knew everything was beginning again because everything must always begin again' to the pouring of the wine down the sink. It...
Read full commentPosted in Here is your thread
I enjoyed this, the rhyming
Posted on Mon, 15 Jun 2015
I enjoyed this, the rhyming works well and thought the ending was sad yet romantic. 'as hand in hand the couple lie' creates a poignant image.
Read full commentPosted in Boy Blue (Poetry Monthly)
Brilliant! Love the McConaghy
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2015
Brilliant! Love the McConaghy connection- makes it all the more visual...and the repetitive hopeless place lyrics - the kind that stick in your head all day or night...like our thoughts.
Read full commentPosted in Bar Insomnia
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