VeraClark
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A beautifully conveyed scene
Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2014
A beautifully conveyed scene of the totally surreal.
Read full commentPosted in Collecting Samples
I've just finished Vanessa
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2014
I've just finished Vanessa Gebbie's 'Storm Warning' and a short story featuring soup parallels with this. Eclectic images in fish lens detail make very vivid poetry, particularly colour.This is a fine example of ambiguity making your reader...
Read full commentPosted in 'Poppies in the Snow'
Is this for Movember? Your
Posted on Sun, 02 Nov 2014
Is this for Movember? Your work never fails to make me laugh. Amusing but there's always an undercurrent to unpack.
Read full commentPosted in Facial
Wise words and wish more
Posted on Sat, 01 Nov 2014
Wise words and wish more people had those morals.
Read full commentPosted in The Wrong Side of the Track
It's startling in beauty. The
Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2014
It's startling in beauty. The mythical aspects that you draw out from her ageing face, then that egg is such a crushing symbol and you've conveyed loss as a new concept in an ordinary world.
Read full commentPosted in She had not aged well
The crucifix motif is
Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2014
The crucifix motif is exceptionally powerful as a symbol of lost belief in death. Add to that the warmth of his skin, the location of his home, the shatter of war and you've got agony in palmed hands. An exceptionally strong piece of work on the...
Read full commentPosted in The Power and the Glory
Like the two character's
Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014
Like the two character's internal monologues, Lindy - they contrast off each other with humour and you've got the back story in through their stream. You could definitely risk being more offensive and I felt I needed to know who Jake was. I hope...
Read full commentPosted in The Past Revisited
The ghosts convey the
Posted on Mon, 20 Oct 2014
The ghosts convey the unchangeable layering of circumstance delicately and that unshakeable longing to alter, to tweak the scenes that play on repeat in our minds. A multi-faceted lens on the past that feels floaty and semi-permenant in places,...
Read full commentPosted in All the Ghosts of Us
Crikey, an unexpected ending.
Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2014
Crikey, an unexpected ending. Your title has a typo 'beginnings.'
Read full commentPosted in New Beginnings
Disease - cell division came
Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2014
Disease - cell division came to mind. It's a beauty anyway, Jennifer.
Read full commentPosted in Riddle (2nd October, 2014) – for National Poetry Day
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