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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
As a long suffering victim of
Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021
As a long suffering victim of the after effects of anaglypta, I particularly liked your line ...
a dominant, assertive tone that could tear anaglypta from ceilings.
And your characters seemed so lifelike. They may be...
Read full commentPosted in A Lorry Load of Sleaze
This is very good reading. A
Posted on Thu, 04 Nov 2021
This is very good reading. A simplification of the complex mess that humanity has got itself into today. One day the buildings will get so tall that they fall over completely and then we will all have to start again from the beginning. We will...
Read full commentPosted in tall storey
I enjoyed your poem Jenny.
Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021
I enjoyed your poem Jenny.
Your lines ...
Of course pavements have their own mystery,
I wonder! What tales they could tell of footsteps
taken and conversations passing.
really caught...
Read full commentPosted in Inspired Walk
Excellent words that could be
Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021
Excellent words that could be describing the sad plight of any of hundreds of small towns in the North of England or the former industrial bits of Britain.
I have nothing against horses but your line 'there was even a place to turn horses...
Read full commentPosted in A Northern Song
I re-read parts one and two
Posted on Sun, 31 Oct 2021
I re-read parts one and two immediately before reading this, part three, and found the story in its entirety quite gripping.
I particularly enjoyed your descriptions of John’s mangled body, the crow and the eerie place where they met. This...
Read full commentPosted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)
Hardworking daughters and
Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021
Hardworking daughters and unscrupulous driving instructors. We have experience of this in my family too.
Good luck to Meghan with the new job and any future driving instructors, and good on you for being the caring parent.
Read full commentPosted in That's R$CH!!!!
Your poem really creates an
Posted on Sat, 30 Oct 2021
Your poem really creates an atmosphere of mystery, anxiety and fear.
I was just about to go outside to get some logs for our wood burner but your words
Jumping back in fear; feeling sticky –ooze
of sap cloying at...
Read full commentPosted in Forest Terror
'but October ends, damp'
Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021
'but October ends, damp'
If my memory serves me right, all months end damp in Britain but October even more so because the dampness is absorbed by the carpet of dead leaves that stick to your boots and go with you everywhere.
I...
Read full commentPosted in Before Rhythm of Hours Change the Beat
A rare commodity!
Posted on Sun, 24 Oct 2021
A rare commodity!
Too many well known men (and women) aren't easy going but those who are fully deserve to have a poem written about them.
I like to think I am easy going but I'm not really well known.
I enjoyed your poem....
Read full commentPosted in An Easy Going Well Known Man
Anybody there?
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
I hope Alfred Muggins found some shops open for business when he got to the town centre. This terrible blight seems to be killing more than just people.
Read full commentPosted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town
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