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The photo is of a splendid fairy wren. I was doing a bit of reading about them and then read all the updates for this morning about the bushfires and found the koala videos very upsetting.
As mentioned above, I like how you've woven the details and stresses of moving and sadnesses with the initial shocks in the house and bonfire night. Glad it had a happy ending. :)
I like that you have included that we don't require them to have permits and welcome them. If only we could apply this to all migrants. I love birds so enjoyed your visiting geese. :)
Another lovely autobiographical piece to read. I love how you sequentially share all the important details that gently reveal the twists and turns of what happened both in terms of events and how you felt, it makes these so interesting and...
Wonderful poem full of
Posted on Fri, 20 Dec 2019
Wonderful poem full of startling images. :)
Read full commentPosted in woods, late
Great. Loved the repetition
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Great. Loved the repetition of super noodles too, made me laugh, but lots of sadnesses in this too. :)
Read full commentPosted in Shrinkage
Love how this moves from the
Posted on Thu, 14 Nov 2019
Love how this moves from the everyday to magical to devastating. :)
Read full commentPosted in layers
I really like the matter-of
Posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2019
I really like the matter-of-factness of this when you can sense the depth beneath the words. I think it's a clever and affecting poem. :)
Read full commentPosted in Trying to Remember What It Was Like
As mentioned above, I like
Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2019
As mentioned above, I like how you've woven the details and stresses of moving and sadnesses with the initial shocks in the house and bonfire night. Glad it had a happy ending. :)
Read full commentPosted in New Beginnings
I like that you have included
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2019
I like that you have included that we don't require them to have permits and welcome them. If only we could apply this to all migrants. I love birds so enjoyed your visiting geese. :)
Read full commentPosted in Geese
Your poems are always so
Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2019
Your poems are always so sensory.
'a dashing sky scatter
of black stars swirl'
'rain-sound wings'
Very lovely. :)
Read full commentPosted in starlings
Great observations and
Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2019
Great observations and cleverly written with humour and pathos. Black leather waistcoat, oof, no. Enjoyed reading. :)
Read full commentPosted in With a Blue Jug in Her Hand
Another lovely
Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2019
Another lovely autobiographical piece to read. I love how you sequentially share all the important details that gently reveal the twists and turns of what happened both in terms of events and how you felt, it makes these so interesting and...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Man in my Life
Ha. CZJ shops in Asda not
Posted on Mon, 21 Oct 2019
Ha. CZJ shops in Asda not Morrison's. That'll be why.
Read full commentPosted in Last Mango in Morrison's
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