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Please Follow My Instructions ( For This You Will Need a Blood Orange)
i) There is a blood orange on the table but it is not for eating. Citrus sinensis. Blood oranges are the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation...
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I thought this was inventive
Posted on Thu, 17 Nov 2016
I thought this was inventive and beautiful, Catherine. It's rural and plump. I dont think kennings have to be easily identifiable, part of the historic interest was in the new sounds and what was gained in the process of deconstruction. You can...
Read full commentPosted in Ladenbox
The coastal imagery combined
Posted on Thu, 17 Nov 2016
The coastal imagery combined with history and the fable are intriguing. A really well spun story so far and I hope there might be more.
Read full commentPosted in A Woman's Story at a Winter's Fire (2/2)
It must be unspeakably
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
It must be unspeakably difficult. I think of you and Bee so often. The lioness metaphor is gorgeous, a stark contrast with the stilted climate of neglect in the final stanza. The voice of care and caution lives on.
Read full commentPosted in Invincible
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Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Read full commentPosted in A Fathers Advice.
A valiant effort, Ed. I love
Posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2016
A valiant effort, Ed. I love leather cloth, cackle stones sea dust double you wig gods, it's rich and the rhythm is poetic. You can argue the toss over what stacks up as poetry for eternity, the piece is inventive and its cryptic elements engage...
Read full commentPosted in The Leather-Cloth Wars (Poetry Monthly)
What a mythical treat. I
Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2016
What a mythical treat. I adore the story of Boreas. Some delicate language, very escapist and seasonal now that cold's setting in.
Read full commentPosted in Winter Fantasia
I have read and seen the film
Posted on Tue, 01 Nov 2016
I have read and seen the film. It's tricky to get my head round the slang but I think it's great that you have focused on something really quite complex to do and interpret a modern social slant on it. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in A videsat from Alex
This is so film like - the
Posted on Sat, 15 Oct 2016
This is so film like - the mise-en-scène manages to sequence the internal and external aspects of mental health and addiction with a colourful brevity. It's such a striking piece of work.
Read full commentPosted in Branwell Clinic
A lovely adaptation with a
Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2016
A lovely adaptation with a gentle humour.
Read full commentPosted in Owl and the Pussycat
This is so moving with its
Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2016
This is so moving with its collision of colour against horror.
Read full commentPosted in The Grief of Gaziantep.
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