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Hello Tina.  Not easy to

Posted on Wed, 01 Jan 2014

Hello Tina.  Not easy to comment on a poem of this depth.  I was going to play it safe and stick to praising its technicalities but sod it.

This is an immensely affecting piece of poetry and your ability to put these together without ...

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Posted in Six Years On...

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Hi Amy and welcome to

Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2013

Hi Amy and welcome to ABCtales.  This seems genuine and heartfelt, it has a simplicity about it too which I like.  Just a couple of points if I may?

"Walking down that eisle (aisle) ina (in a) white dress with my fathers (Father's) arm...

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Posted in Shop Window

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Well done Skyler.  I'm not a

Posted on Fri, 27 Dec 2013

Well done Skyler.  I'm not a fan of fan-fiction but you managed to write a piece that has a lot going for it.    The dramatic tension of being an 'outsider' having to conform to a hostile world is one of the stronger aspects of the piece.  A few...

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Posted in Arcane Chapter 1

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Very good set of haikus AD1.

Posted on Sun, 22 Dec 2013

Very good set of haikus AD1.  I'm very impressed, well done.

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Posted in sensual haiku sextet set one

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A sad indictment indeed.  We

Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2013

A sad indictment indeed.  We are as a flock of impotent apathetic sheep.  I can hear the bleating as I type.

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Posted in The Curse of Humans

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And that shines through the

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2013

And that shines through the prose!

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Posted in Mabel's Magic

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This is so good.

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2013

This is so good.

The immediacy of the foreboding and the dread of the encounter between the visitor (grown up child?) and the patient (parent/holocaust survivor possibly?) is effortlessly achieved.  The horribly familiar 'it won't be...

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Posted in Paralysis and release

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There's a great rhythm here

Posted on Mon, 25 Nov 2013

There's a great rhythm here Lois.  Well done.

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Posted in The Lie

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Some really stand out words,

Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2013

Some really stand out words, lines, phrases and imagery in this wonderful poem that almost conjures an epic feel on the initial read.  Very good indeed and congratulations on the cherry award, it's very much deserved.

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Posted in Within the Mirrors

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A damn fine poem.  Welcome to

Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2013

A damn fine poem.  Welcome to ABCtales.

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Posted in The Taking.

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