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Dodecaphobia

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 07 Dec 2019

Not the dreaded Friday 13th

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The Upside-down Tree

By luigi_pagano on Fri, 06 Dec 2019

a thousand-years-old and feeling its age,

Nature

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At the Centre of the World

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 30 Nov 2019

Let there be light (and warmth).

Travel

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Clive James, Farewell.

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 28 Nov 2019

Mourning the loss of a literary talent.

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As Jenny said, you are

Posted on Thu, 09 May 2019

As Jenny said, you are definitely on a roll. Your description of the fascination that those walks around the Pembrokeshire coast engender clearly reveals your love of nature.
Congratulations on the cherries.

Luigi x

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A dysfunctional family and

Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014

A dysfunctional family and calamitous consequences. A blunt and revealing message of an awful situation.

Luigi xxx

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An atmospheric and nostalgic

Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019

An atmospheric and nostalgic poem, revealing the affection for a place that is the poet's spiritual home and the yearning that he has to return to his former abode. Enjoyed.

Regards, Luigi.

Posted in Home

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I can sympathise with your

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

I can sympathise with your painful memory, Claudine, as I had a similar experience when a small tot. (Pun intended). After a party, the grown-ups had gone out the room leaving a few bottles of liqueurs behind. I and another child decided to drain...

Posted in Godot

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Many superstitions and fears

Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2019

Many superstitions and fears are associated with graveyards. References to black magic and zombies were rife in popular literature and burial grounds acquired a mysterious aura.
I remember when youngsters dared each other to cross a...

Posted in Graveyards

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Geese and all birds are

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2019

Geese and all birds are fascinating creatures, Claudine. The graceful ballet they offer during migration is spectacular. I never tire of watching their aerial displays.

Luigi x

P.S. Thanks for pointing out the typo, now corrected....

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I used to live in a town in

Posted on Wed, 30 Oct 2019

I used to live in a town in the north of Italy not far from Switzerland I once was in Lugano, which is in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino and wanting some information I asked a station porter if he spoke Italian and was met by...

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I detect in this poem the

Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2019

I detect in this poem the sadness of an unhappy relationship which promised much but whose fragility is represented by the ephemeral life of the wild flowers in the bride's bouquet.
These anemones will wither and die like the marriage...

Posted in Wood Anemones

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Hello onemorething.

Posted on Sun, 22 Sep 2019

Hello onemorething.
As always an articulate and skilfully crafted poem that doesn't disappoint.
I too was reminded of Columbus, that troubled navigator, by the title of the poem and Jenny's comment and remembered having written a...

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Hi JoAnne.

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2019

Hi JoAnne.
This lovely poem of yours has made me thinking. Since the fifth century BCE mentions have been made of the existence of a horse with one horn. Unless this animal was confused with the rhino, it is not beyond the realm of...