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Simone Bloom

 

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Cherry

THE SQUID SISTERS - Part 1

THE SQUID SISTERS – Part 1 Jinli, Leicester Square was stifling and swamped with tourists. There were beads of sweat popping out all over the bright...
Cherry

Last Night I Fell in Love with my Dead Enemy

Last night I fell in love with my dead enemy. We were stuffed inside a tiny cage and, with no room to move, he had no choice but to enclose me with...

Lethe

Dipping low over the snow shore the coins fell from my eyes Cutting through the drifts were blades of evanescent light Spectres reared speechless as...

33 of my comments have received 33 Great Feedback votes

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This kind of relationship is

Posted on Sat, 15 Apr 2023

This kind of relationship is a rare thing and those of us who have had the fortune to meet a true kindred spirit - and to embrace and hold them in our hearts, however distant in time and space, are truly blessed.

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Posted in The Touch of Words…Touch

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An enchanting story, Marica.

Posted on Sun, 16 Apr 2023

An enchanting story, Marica. Is it a recollection? Did you once make a space where you and your grandson sat and painted still-lives of fruit, taking big bites to reward yourselves? I'd love to know - and to think that he still remembers XX

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Posted in Fruits in the Attic. (Ip) by MarciaMarcia

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Well painted evocative. You

Posted on Sun, 23 Oct 2022

Well painted evocative. You didn't need a camera.

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Posted in When You Wish You’d Brought Your Camera

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Point taken, Insertponcey. I

Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2022

Point taken, Insertponcey. I've only included the song title.

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Posted in THE SQUID SISTERS - Part 2

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And the same is true of a

Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021

And the same is true of a painting revealed by its maker to other eyes, or a song shared for the first time with an audience. The wish of most creators is that their artwork, once liberated, will continue its life in the hearts and minds of...

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Posted in “of a piece “

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A rolling, rhythmic evocation

Posted on Wed, 21 Jul 2021

A rolling, rhythmic evocation of life's cyclic, branching dance through time - as natural as nature.

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Posted in a fork in the road. IP. By MarciaMarcia

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This poignant poem is your

Posted on Thu, 10 Jun 2021

This poignant poem is your way coming to terms with the sad unravelling of the one you love. This is something many of us will have to face. I found it terribly moving.
There are so many lovely lines. "What is is present, gone. What might...

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Posted in The Breach

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Oh darling, I know how much

Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020

Oh darling, I know how much you adored your little Irie. May she play forever in your garden.

Perhaps it is a little comforting that this was picked as Poem of the Month, and to know that somehow, somewhere, Irie is very pleased for you!

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Posted in Iriecat

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We feel the maternal pleasure

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2020

We feel the maternal pleasure it gives you to spell out loud the letters of your daughter's name, like a magical incantation: "sweetest of letters sounded slow in wisps of air". "In gentle roll as ebb and flow arches in on itself" brings to mind...

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Posted in my child...my D..o..r..o..th..y

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Beautifully, tightly written

Posted on Sun, 05 Apr 2020

Beautifully, tightly written
Not a word out of place, and hilarious from start to finish. You have a way with animals! I can't wait to read the whole book.

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Posted in And? The polar bear and the rowing boat

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