VeraClark
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Very affecting. Colloquial
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2016
Very affecting. Colloquial tone is effective, child-like lens too.
Read full commentPosted in Too Cold for Snow...
This is so sharp. I really
Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2016
This is so sharp. I really like it. The contrast of IT and field mouse is well drawn, the power of nature and literary word too. You touch on the the three blind mice nursery rhyme, and perception beyond visual sight, extended with wit and pizazz...
Read full commentPosted in Mouse.poem
This is really beautiful. Two
Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2016
This is really beautiful. Two things: One, you captured the person inside the anonymous and stereotypically perceived homeless guy, one, you've used a pen portrait in unusual colours to restore social hope. It's a very strong piece of work in my...
Read full commentPosted in Painting the Homeless Godly
A celebratory sort of regret.
Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2016
A celebratory sort of regret. So well paced and minutiae of your original details gives it potency.
Read full commentPosted in Anniversary
Some lush detail here. Felt
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016
Some lush detail here. Felt slightly confused if it was by a river or a sci fi scene, the perspectives seem to shift.
Read full commentPosted in Travel Talks
In Nottingham there used to
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016
In Nottingham there used to be a street busker, a guy. He played the xylophone. He reminded me of a spider monkey. This raised memories of him somehow. Some soft language here that conveys not only a moment but sounds of nostalgia,
Read full commentPosted in The Lady that Played Piano
Just come to this one, Airy.
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2016
Just come to this one, Airy. Richly detailed, significant things brought to the forefront with confident storytelling. A clear voice.
Read full commentPosted in The Net Caster (Part Four)
I look forward to part two.
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2016
I look forward to part two. Lots appealed to me, the short sentences (such a sucker for commas and brevity), very colloquial narrative voice, the deep poison arrows of pain you managed to balance in the trio of betrayal. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in Play, You...Play Me
The house concept coupled
Posted on Thu, 04 Feb 2016
The house concept coupled with the confessional narrator makes for a seemingly light recollection yet each house carries more emotional weight through to that penultimate stanza. Interestingly, I think you can get two very different settings and...
Read full commentPosted in My Father's House
I really like folk tales.
Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2016
I really like folk tales. This is refreshing, takes you on a trip. The old images have been re worked, too.
Read full commentPosted in The Baobab Tree.
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