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The antibiotic tee full of
Posted on Sun, 13 Dec 2015
The antibiotic tea full of mould, the apologetic phonecall, the up before the down - seemingly unrelated until the close. Very well done. We (collectively) join the dots post suicide. A very true piece that does much deeper work than apologies.
Read full commentPosted in Life is a Book of Apologies
It's a feast for the eyes. It
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
It's a feast for the eyes. It must have taken some arranging. Has real impact and I like how you've clustered words too.
Read full commentPosted in Sprayed Words (Poetry Monthly)
Welcome to ABCRales. I liked
Posted on Thu, 10 Dec 2015
Welcome to ABCTales. I liked this story, full of sensory detail and the flashback device works well.
Read full commentPosted in System Reboot
Love it. Absolutely love this
Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015
Love it. Absolutely love this. It's small, strong, statemented, shapely, says something, carries lots of weight, like the gorgeous mother and babe up there being shocking, like the sharp dual profile of both a baby sucking and a breast.
Read full commentPosted in Flesh in Profile (poetry monthly)
The present tense gives it
Posted on Sun, 06 Dec 2015
The present tense gives it immediacy and as far as I can see, you stay on track. Some lovely description and a sense of drama. You could perhaps reduce your use of adjectives in some parts so it doesn't feel too overloaded as it ends up reducing...
Read full commentPosted in Ice Heart Prts (1-4)
Hypnotised me! Superb.
Posted on Sun, 06 Dec 2015
Hypnotised me! Superb.
Read full commentPosted in Solemates (Poetry Monthly)
Had a very interesting
Posted on Sat, 05 Dec 2015
Had a very interesting discussion about plot and the surreal in stories. Thought of your work. Sometimes you can have startling ambiguity in a piece and that sense of not necessarily being given the pencil to join all the dots because it doesnt...
Read full commentPosted in Lord of flies
Oh it's lovely Marcia. Your
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2015
Oh it's lovely Marcia. Your language is delicate, very soothing to see, too. Really excited you've had a go. The repetition in this strikes me - the gulls gulls gulls. My favourite is the use of brackets - rays of sun? I think so. If you tag it...
Read full commentPosted in look away ..... .... ... .. . . . . . ."Poetry Monthly"
Horridly painful, an
Posted on Fri, 04 Dec 2015
Horridly painful, an unbearable device to use before and after in that interchangeable way which we know isnt so. A powerful, well drawn piece.
Read full commentPosted in Preparing to Meet Your Goliath
This is simply put but has
Posted on Wed, 02 Dec 2015
This is simply put but has universal connections. I like how it ends unfixed.
Read full commentPosted in Dark Places
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