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Mark Pithie
Poet , Prose Writer and occasional Blogger.
My blog is called The Eclectic Audiolab and includes poetry , short stories and music related musings and memoirs. I have self- published two poetry pamphlets namely 'Back Wynd of the Mind' in 2011, and 'All Those Years Ago' in 2023, and am currently thinking about another collection , maybe later this year,we'll see!
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1980
The year I entered adult life Saturday job in Top Man's shop, A bit too young yet, for a wife, Heavy metal , it was the tops. 'Maiden, Motorhead,...
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The Gloomy Portal
I met up with Eddie, an old colleague from The Factory the other week, and we were reminiscing about old times, old colleagues and our days working...
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See the Sea
The smell of the briny sea brings it all flooding back, the memory of the early seventies. My family weren't rich and couldn't afford to holiday...
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After The Storm - (haikus)
Day after the storm- Hollyhocks hang onto life Buddleia bow heads. The red rose looks up in wonder at the flutter- Autumn butterfly.
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Autumnal Haiku
Small, sparse, skeletal- The tree seen from my window- sums up the season!
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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