Stephen Thom
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Stephen Thom
Carrbridge/Edinburgh
Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante
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Good work, very effective.
Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2016
Good work, very effective. You describe these feelings and events with empathy and great attention to detail and it translates in the reading... liked the anthropomorphic shadow too, worked well.
Read full commentPosted in Eighteen part one
Loved.the control of words
Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Loved.the control of words and use of sound throughout, particularly s sounds pulling me into the environment... some lovely compounds too, cloud-bursting weirs, pressure-whoosh, excellent work :)
Read full commentPosted in The Softening of Storms
I liked the feel of this, and
Posted on Sun, 31 Jan 2016
I liked the feel of this, and the thoughts amongst the water images. Particularly enjoyed Where shuddering grasses(lovely)/Offer yellow jewels to the sun(also lovely)/And muddy waters pass/As though I'd never been or gone, v lovely final line....
Read full commentPosted in Seen from a distance
Germans it is! Cheers insert,
Posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2016
Germans it is! Cheers insert, will sort that later (or start a new genre, historical (-ly inaccurate) fiction)
Read full commentPosted in As long as sea beats on stone
this was really effective.
Posted on Sat, 09 Jan 2016
this was really effective. people work in patterns huh? so it's easy to fall into patterns and feed off/mirror the people around you emotionally. structure was neatly done and brings out the content v well. hope you're well! :)
Read full commentPosted in Mother, mirror, daughter
very lovely and lyrical and
Posted on Sun, 10 Jan 2016
very lovely and lyrical and uplifting. the way it was set out supported the message well. liked the run of 'b' sounds in 'But buried under acceptance/Beats a childhood desire'. great work :)
Read full commentPosted in In A Lifetime...
enjoyed this, very well
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
enjoyed this, very well written, it came together really well. liked the word choice scattered throughout the first two viewpoints, ramped up the disdain...smacking, suck, squelch, revolting, greasy. Shifts felt like something different, and I...
Read full commentPosted in Lovebirds
marvellous, marvellous visual
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
marvellous, marvellous visual and fantastic, ethereal transportive quality, loved moments/phrases 'skies of the blackest lace', 'trapped behind wires' and 'sadness overwhelmed your wings'. v imaginative, swells to an uplifting ending
Read full commentPosted in Free (Poetry monthly)
wow this is a sensory treat..
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
wow this is a sensory treat... you must become very attuned to sound, naturally, over time... seems v effortless - here at the start there is the sharp 'k' sound 'ivory-musk drifting in the fickleness /of a dally-day dusk', & also the d...
Read full commentPosted in On Preparing a Fruit Salad
good work, enjoyed this, felt
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
good work, enjoyed this, felt like being pulled around on an epic journey. interesting sweep of thoughts, too, liked lines like 'In non-existing colour/In non-existing time'
Read full commentPosted in Infinity
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