Ray Schaufeld
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Opinion - Five Reasons for Rhyme
The feet of free verse can be flat But rhyme can scarper like a cat. Beauty, spirit, elegance, Form mirrors feeling - come let's dance. Poetry to...
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Other Non Fiction - We Did It Ourselves! (Women's Story from the Dawn of Time to Today)
When bold Lilith * near Adam lay He tried to force her down that way And she put up resistance.. Her backlash came of rage and fear And she's the...
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November
The clocks turn back, soon dusk will start at four And guttered pumpkins bulk the wheelie bins. Geese fly from Canada on exhausted wings And summer...
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The old Heifer and the Two old Bulls at Peace
‘It’s not age, it’s what comes with it’ The time to cook and to eat well and talk. I have breathed in Pete’s garden His hardy geraniums and forty-...
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Autobiography - To Revolution Singing
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Alphadog, this is very
Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2015
Alphadog, this is very physical without being crude. I like it.
Read full commentPosted in Things left unsaid
I like the mix of nature with
Posted on Sun, 08 Mar 2015
I like the mix of nature with your personal loss, Tina. The last verse is beautifully sensual and then the sad sharp end..
Read full commentPosted in The Nothingness of Stars
Lovely bit of fun here Lindy
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2015
Lovely bit of fun here Lindy every Goth trick in the book, nice tongue in cheek treatment. You didn't let your assignment thwart you or suffuse you with chill dark.
Read full commentPosted in Guy Laroche
'Jealousy...women are women's
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2015
'Jealousy...women are women's biggest problem' there's certainly some truth in that, Blighter's.I have a young relative who has a slightly brash 'party-girl' image. Smiley,full of fun and also a first year student with the world at her feet....
Read full commentPosted in The death of beauty
I often start sentences with
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2015
I often start sentences with 'and' for emphasis build-up. It can feel more effective than simply using it as a conjunction and is in keeping with the modern notion of giving your sentences varying lengths as it can introduce a short and sparky...
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You weave the reality of
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2015
You weave the reality of Sellafield and its impact on your stretch of the Irish coast very neatly into your story. I like your description of the river becoming old and frail too; a real sense of place here.
Read full commentPosted in Rivers Twinned in Tragedy
I am much the same age as you
Posted on Sun, 07 Dec 2014
I am much the same age as you Forest and I too feel Christmas can have its limitations. I feel it is there for a reason, many of the main religions have a festival at this time which is about light and people coming together at the darkest time...
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Real bitterness and anger,
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2014
Real bitterness and anger, well expressed. I can relate to your poem.
Read full commentPosted in The quarrel
The way the experience is
Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014
The way the experience is presented; the factual build-up to the running away, the sensations, the images,then the woozy distorted unreality of the horror; the mind of the storyteller again attempting to run away and escape...One of the best...
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Rich, we have done it
Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Rich, we have done it together! I am delighted that this is pick of the day, cheers scratch.
Read full commentPosted in Video: A Re-working of Woody Guthrie's Hobo's Lullaby written by Elsie Katz
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