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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...
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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.
There is a Mary Poppins feel
Posted on Wed, 27 Jan 2016
There is a Mary Poppins feel to this, Tina. An eclectic arrangement that works very effectively with sound and the imagery, so delicate and pretty.
Read full commentPosted in Bird (Poetry Monthly)
Such satisfying half and full
Posted on Wed, 20 Jan 2016
Such satisfying half and full rhyme here. A stunning paradise and then the close so unsettling with its admission of his untruths. Unusual words give it more Tropicana. Apologies for the brand name, could have said the man from Del Monte....
Read full commentPosted in Sarsparilla Dreaming
Some very detailed scene
Posted on Sun, 17 Jan 2016
Some very detailed scene setting.Welcome to ABCTales, hope you write some more of your story.
Read full commentPosted in First date story extract 1
Why, you robbing scounderel.
Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2016
Why, you robbing scounderel.
Read full commentPosted in I stole this poem from Vera
I love the Russian doll style
Posted on Sat, 09 Jan 2016
I love the Russian doll style of this, the inside- outness that takes you to that haunting. It works even better for the compact run-on structure - no stanzas or white space. A very novel way of telling history via landmarks.
Read full commentPosted in 'The Way Through the Woods'
Richly animated and original
Posted on Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Richly animated and original writing
Read full commentPosted in The Serene Fellowship 1 The Green Serene Part Two
This is lovely. Seemingly
Posted on Sat, 26 Dec 2015
This is lovely. Seemingly light, an expert of his trade and yet the vulnerability rarely seen. Homelessness is the main political issue that I get on my soapbox about and have to be carried off still yelling about it. Social attitudes in the UK...
Read full commentPosted in The Guy Pushing Big Issue
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