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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
Paints a surreal picture.
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2017
Paints a surreal picture.
Read full commentPosted in Dry Wood
Go easy ice rivers. When I
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2017
Go easy ice rivers. When I get like that, I always feel bad about my paragraphing and punctuation in the morning. ;)
Read full commentPosted in Mere
Lovely, sean mcnulty. A
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
Lovely, sean mcnulty. A sense of everything slipping through your fingers. Hovers nicely between thoughts and things. I love how you zoom/focus in on the man for a moment then move straight on with your stream of thought. Felt like I was...
Read full commentPosted in The Treetops
Flip-side. :)
Posted on Fri, 04 Aug 2017
Flip-side. :)
Read full commentPosted in What poetry is
Warts an' all rendition. I
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2017
Warts an' all rendition. I love the fact you keep this human and individual, because that's where it's at.
Read full commentContradictorally (no squiggly red line!) my mind jumped straight to structures: the before and after. Trying to rationally manage and...
Posted in 2002-05 My memories of working at a hostel for homeless men
Heard about your dad, too,
Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017
Heard about your dad, too, Elsie. Lots of love. Xxx
Read full commentPosted in Shlamek
This is great. Epic and so
Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2017
This is great. Epic and so much humanity. It might have been written by H.G. Wells. If there's one thought it leaves as far as the aesthetic goes, having established a meter, it might be worth looking at the penultimate stanza again to see if the...
Read full commentPosted in The Melancholy Ballad of the Clockwork Soldier
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