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Waka for Murasaki Shikibu
Since it is the start of Women's History Month I've attempted a waka (5,7,5,7,7) though I might have taken a bit of a liberty with the form.
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The Fox Hunt
This painting is by Wilmslow Homer (1893), fox frightening crows, crows frightening fox. I especially like that it's a coastal scene and the red berries, and the dark glower of crows.
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Looking at Klimt’s Frieze for Beethoven
First attempt at ekphrastic poetry.
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Pluto’s ode to Charon
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These are very sweet and nice
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2019
These are very sweet and nice to hear you reading them. You have captured childish states well with these, I think. :)
Read full commentPosted in KidsSpeak
Oh I didn’t know about the
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2019
Oh I didn’t know about the invasion. That definitely sounds a bit scary. They can gather in numbers can’t they. A plot of jellyfish. Glad you enjoyed, thanks for your comment. :)
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This is a lovely, delicate
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2019
This is a lovely, delicate poem. Like a leaf of a poem actually with its hint of darkness too. I loved, ‘breathe leaf breath’ and the threatening wind.
Read full commentPosted in airmail from the amazon (august 2018)
This is very lovely. I like
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2019
This is very lovely. I like your use of emphasis, but all wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in prairie river flowing
Rhiannon, these are so good.
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Rhiannon, these are so good. I have been popping back to read them in turn. Though I enjoyed hearing your Welsh accent too - which is poetic in itself, I think. April and December are my favourites - perhaps for what they describe as much as your...
Read full commentPosted in Through the year month by month
Such an interesting piece of
Posted on Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Such an interesting piece of writing about memory. Enjoyed it very much. Made me think of synapses as light or stars. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Remembering
So beautiful. I enjoyed every
Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2019
So beautiful. I enjoyed every bit of this poem, but the opening lines alone are wonderful. And you know what’s so lasting about poems like this, for me, is the next time I come across kelp I will remember this.
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Aha, so this is the lost ID
Posted on Thu, 01 Aug 2019
Aha, so this is the lost ID poem! It's very good indeed and as Rhiannon says above, neatly done. Also I missed passports on my long list of things that would have my name on! (I might edit to see if I can squeeze passports in!) I remember this...
Read full commentPosted in Stateless in New York
Love the metaphors. Love the
Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2019
Love the metaphors. Love the words as water and petals. So good.
Read full commentPosted in Promise
So lovely. Some very
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019
So lovely. Some very beautiful lines.
Read full commentPosted in grass/july
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