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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.
Good stuff! Your poem made me
Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2023
Good stuff! Your poem made me smile.
And it reminded me a bit of ...
Now Ernie loved a widow
Read full commentA lady known as Sue
She lived all alone in Linley Lane
At number twenty two
They said she was too good for him...
Posted in The Sinisterish Milkman
These are terrible, terrible
Posted on Wed, 18 Oct 2023
These are terrible, terrible times Ralph. I've tried writing about this horrific situation myself but I can't find the words to describe the horror and dread that I feel inside.
The last two lines of your poem are perfect.
Well done...
Read full commentPosted in Tide
This is a gorgeous poem
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
This is a gorgeous poem Socialeaf. It brings back memories of similar experiences with my own kids and my own parents.
If I were to write my version it would include the words tears, clinging and worry. Yours is much nicer.
Read full commentPosted in Parting with my 11-year old daughter halfway to school/ on change, death and attachment
Great writing Jane, to the
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
Great writing Jane, to the extent that you're making me feel like I'm at a point somewhere between inadequate and obsolete.
So I'm going out now to cut the grass.
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 3
Nice poem! Nice story!
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
Nice poem! Nice story!
But did his uncle always carry a screwdriver in his pocket? It sounds to me like it may have been a bit uncomfortable.
Read full commentPosted in A Hazy Memory of an Uncle’s Trick
There are many people,
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
There are many people, organisations, places, etc who will offer peace and serenity and enlightenment, and good on them. Each to their own is my philosophy. But I find that nothing in this world brings me the contentedness that I need more than...
Read full commentPosted in The Other Side of Paradise
Lovely words Jenny.
Posted on Mon, 09 Oct 2023
Lovely words Jenny.
They make me think of our dog, Snezhinka. We rescued her from the street when she was a pup so she's still a bit wild, spending a lot of time alone in the forest. I'm sure she has delusions of grandeur.
Read full commentPosted in Through Wolf Eyes
Don't let go of that flimsy
Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023
Don't let go of that flimsy branch Jenny. A bit of mulch round your roots and a mild winter and you'll be grand, I'm sure.
I completely agree with what's been said here about escapism. Reading the words of others and writing my own takes...
Read full commentPosted in Curious Magic
Great story! I enjoyed this..
Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023
Great story! I enjoyed this... both parts. But I'm worried that if there is a part three it might be set in a JML women's refuge.
Vanessa should make him listen to 'The Gift', the song by the Velvet Underground. That would make him think...
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 2
'Tis better to have written a
Posted on Mon, 16 Oct 2023
'Tis better to have written a poem and be told that it's crap than never to have never written a poem at all' as Alfred Tennyson's Auntie Elsie once said.
Read full commentPosted in Risk Averse
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