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"Streetlights seep flattening
Posted on Thu, 14 Nov 2019
"Streetlights seep flattening white, blind
us to ink-light of dream-harbouring sky
where as if at God's baton tip, starlings
meet, surge, melt, crescendo wild shapes of joy"
Beautiful.
And the turn in those...
Read full commentPosted in layers
Wow. Crazy roller-coaster
Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2019
Wow. Crazy roller-coaster fire in fireworks factory story. Brilliant. Yes, I get the Reilly comparison, but I enjoyed this more. I'm glad you kept going with it. I'll read on over the coming days. Far more interesting than some things I've been...
Read full commentPosted in Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel
Bloody great!!!!
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2019
Bloody great!!!!
So many ingredients in this warming concoction. You are chef-in-chief indeed, Ed.
I was joking with someone yesterday about the Spanish term for a "wordsearch". That term describes your creation here (o quizá sopa...
Read full commentPosted in This October Brings Endings
Great poem, too. You really
Posted on Sat, 26 Aug 2017
Great poem, too. You really are very literary. I feel like I'm playing at it. I've read some of those works by Eliot over and over and never got all that. Do you need to formally study pieces to get it?
Read full commentPosted in Evening Walk in a Seaside Town
Hi Di. Yes, you're right.
Posted on Wed, 11 Sep 2019
Hi Di. Yes, you're right.
Do you know what I remember? I remember when the council estates had a broad range of people living in them. Sure, some streets were worse than others (Peterhill Drive, Spalding Avenue), where the council...
Read full commentPosted in What happened?
Thanks onemorething.
Posted on Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Thanks onemorething.
Thanks Heraclitus.
Read full commentPosted in Ouse
Great stuff, this, Di. Very
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019
Great stuff, this, Di. Very spare and sensory, then a tweak of the emotions at the end. Just how it ought to be. Yes. All blood is food. Bang on. Top of the food chain? I don't think so.
Read full commentPosted in grass/july
Sad affairs, those. Part of
Posted on Sun, 30 Jun 2019
Sad affairs, those. Part of the rich weave, though. I'm immediately thinking someone very old but maybe not. Just not high enough on friends' lists of priorities. At least the narrator was there, so maybe the others didn't matter so much. I like...
Read full commentPosted in Eulogies
I always love these pieces
Posted on Wed, 22 May 2019
I always love these pieces where protagonists are made contemporary (or something like that) and ordinary. The quirk of a canine Cleopatra is sublime. Lovely piece.
Read full commentPosted in Anthony and Cleopatra
Great pick of the day. You've
Posted on Mon, 13 May 2019
Great pick of the day. You've got so much into that first verse, Di. Brings the senses alive. Good point about access and people buying these wilderness places up. They want it all to themselves. Everything. And they'll get it. True also about...
Read full commentPosted in bluebells
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