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Mark Pithie
Poet and Prose Writer
I have self- published two poetry pamphlets namely 'Back Wynd of the Mind' in 2011, and 'All Those Years Ago' in 2023.
Maybe the time is right for a new publication, maybe this year, time will tell!
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The Power of Poetry
I racked my brain, words never came, I shook my head, I thought the same, I believed I spoke what they call a good game, The game of poetry. I...
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May Weather Haiku
Five days into May- Blossoms falling like snowflakes- Still the sky is grey!
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Homage to the Haiku!
You can say it all- the economy of words- Haiku brevity!
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A Tweed Coat Night
It's a tweed coat night, an Irish stout night, the place is hoaching, the craic is great, you sing '29 Dollars and an Alligator Purse', It's Waits'...
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Gran's House Haiku
Cold cracked windowsill Plastic flowers stand still in swan shaped china vase. ( On recalling my gran's house in the 1970s)
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I enjoyed that poem, very
Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022
I enjoyed that poem, very evocative!
I like Autumn a lot also, the changing colours on the trees, the sunsets, and I enjoy taking pics of the changing scenes as the season progresses towards winter.
Regards
Mark
Read full commentPosted in In Lucid Dreams
Enjoyed this one!
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
I enjoyed this one with its looking back to the past from the present point of view.
I'm enjoying gardening in my retirement, which I didn't enjoy when I was young!
Maybe there's a poem in that for me.
Great stuff!
Read full commentPosted in When Time Has Elapsed
Great poem, I really enjoyed
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
Great poem, I really enjoyed it.
Read full commentPosted in Enchanted insects
Enjoyed this one a lot!
Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2022
Enjoyed this one a lot!
All the Best
Mark
Read full commentPosted in Walk In December Snow
Excellent poem, thanks for that!
Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021
Really enjoyed this one, full of great phrases and seasonal imagery,
Read full commentPosted in Robin At Winter Solstice
Thoroughly enjoyed !
Posted on Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this one you read tonight at the Virtual Reading.. It reminds me of the guys I used to encounter in pubs in Glasgow, back in the '80s when I went there for working training courses. Excellent stuff, reminded me of James Kelman...
Read full commentPosted in A Hauf an a Hauf
Excellent poem!
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
Excellent poem!
Read full commentPosted in Setting Sons