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Geraniums
As long as there's a place
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Sweet river
Windows of escape
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Rowntree's Park
Form experiment
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Aaaaah, Penny4athought. Those
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2017
Aaaaah, Penny4athought. Those dreams. So sweet and yet so cruel. Lovely piece. Nice format, running down the page. Great pick.
Read full commentPosted in Sounds from the Heart
Hi Richard. Tried that myself
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Hi Richard. Tried that myself. Came to naught. Reminds me of all the great musicians playing in shop doorways around the world.
There are some good precedents: "The Old Man And The Sea", "The Cruel Sea" and many more, I'm sure. "Sea" has...
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Hi Richard! Long time! How
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Hi Richard! Long time! How are you?
Yes. Agreed, about the sea and the shuddering. It's enough when ploughing through big seas, but the thought of striking rocks in that wildness. Makes me shudder. A warning down the generations. Has a...
Read full commentPosted in The Sea Coughs
Thoughts of sea journeys can
Posted on Sat, 02 Dec 2017
Thoughts of sea journeys can be very inspirational. Against the elements. The road has produced some very readable literature, though. Your poem resolves nicely.
Read full commentPosted in Half moon
Describes a horrible feeling
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Describes a horrible feeling very well, Paul.
There's a rogue apostrophe in comes.
Nicely written.
Read full commentPosted in Forgotten Stranger
Great stuff, well-wisher.
Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2017
Great stuff, well-wisher. Many kids suffer and are scarred for life by their school experience. I like the idea of automatic writing technique. Creating at the cusp of conscious thought. Like snatching it out of the sky. It worked well here.
Read full commentPosted in School (Automatic poem)
Thank you Fatboy74! Chuffed
Posted on Sun, 19 Nov 2017
Thank you Fatboy74! Chuffed to little meatballs or whatever we're chuffed to. Lots and lots about autonomous machines, driverless cars and artificial intelligence around about now. The big project is leaking out. Those in the know are conceding...
Read full commentPosted in The appointment
Very gentle and thoughtful
Posted on Thu, 16 Nov 2017
Very gentle and thoughtful piece, PoppyS. Question poems like this always remind me of a kind of Irish talking blues by singer Ronnie Drew. Wonderful. The final lines leave lingering thoughts. I like it.
Read full commentPosted in Paper Gymnasts
Just found time to sit down
Posted on Sun, 12 Nov 2017
Just found time to sit down and read this, maisie.
I like the idea of it being spoken by a veteran. And I like the fact that it avoids the cliché and talks about broken promises and waste. It makes the point nicely.
Read full commentPosted in Civic Duty
Lovely link between oil,
Posted on Tue, 14 May 2013
Lovely link between oil, water and paint. My dad used to spend cold nights under his cars, self-taught and following Haynes manuals under a lead-lamp in the middle of winter. I followed him that far, but no further. My poor son, denied contact,...
Read full commentPosted in Viscosity
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