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You've nailed Sunday Night
Posted on Thu, 14 May 2015
You've nailed Sunday Night Syndrome and made it so much more final with death. Very well done. I thought Sundays were just full of fly-stamped joints and stained uniforms in my childhood.
Read full commentPosted in A Small Ceasing to Be
Captured something
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015
Captured something irretrievable, here. Difficult to pin down a specific time in life and a moment in words with any ease, Tina, plus that gut-aching regret when you can't go back. It's expressed distinctly here.
Read full commentPosted in Now Blooms the Magnolia
The buggy photo , the grown
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015
The buggy photo , the grown up boy crying with his balding head, the word economy that leaves you to imagine. Made me tearful. A poignant piece.
Read full commentPosted in Big
This reminded me of a book I
Posted on Sat, 02 May 2015
This reminded me of a book I had in childhood called 'Druscilla.' The themes of growth and death are steeped in sour blackberries, the child's minds wild as heathens against the religious backdrop. Made me desperate to find the book. A glorious...
Read full commentPosted in Measles
Animated dialogue and comes
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2015
Animated dialogue and comes full circle with the tragic fish gazing - the residents are fish - it all comes back to deterioration and time passages, ageing is a waiting process and fish witness our olds doing nothing in nursing homes all over....
Read full commentPosted in Surface Tension
Your repetition takes us with
Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Your repetition takes us with you and it echoes with the ghosts of the past. Much enjoyed.
Read full commentPosted in CITY
You make history palatable
Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2015
You make history palatable for me, Luigi. You've a light touch, always informative and the embedded nature of the past is cleverly conveyed.
Read full commentPosted in History Beneath Our Feet
Very strong piece. Serenity
Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Very strong piece. Serenity of the tree seems chosen for its calm and then you contrast it with that abrupt, unnatural paring down. My mum's motto, amongst many others, is 'Not all willows will weep.'
Read full commentPosted in Tree Me
This is gorgeous. So personal
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2015
This is gorgeous. So personal and yet so accessible because of the rustic farm imagery, a man that reflects the cycles of the seasons. This man's a dream.
Read full commentPosted in A Woman Wants...
Put me in mind of Angela
Posted on Sat, 18 Apr 2015
Put me in mind of Angela Carter's character 'Fevvers.' The make up medium is really effective for transporting your reader through cancer treatment in an accessible, theatrical way.
Read full commentPosted in Pick a Colour...Any Colour
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