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Carols at Midnight
Carols at Midnight Light from a votive candle flickers – candescent, smells of incense permeate church pews. Beyond a prayer book stone floor seems...
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Santa Pause
Santa Pause John Jones hated his name, its mundanity matched only by the inane notion of Christmas. In truth, it hadn’t always been this way. A...
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Christmas Skies
An homage to John Betjeman and inspired by his poem written in 1954 called ‘Christmas’ Christmas Skies Chiming church-bells peal from afar, summoning...
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Where Maps End
Where Maps End Rays of maple light shimmer at sunrise, Dawn’s horizon cast on a glass sea below. Enveloping nascence, A quiet overture of birdsong...
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
For Halloween 2024 Who Wants to Live Forever? Fritz Erlinger was a name that came to haunt me, torture me as my life unfolded. Yet, in the beginning...
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I know nothing at all about
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
Most of us have been there
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024
Most of us have been there but how many have made it back intact?
This wonderful piece is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
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"Contentment is precious, at
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
"Contentment is precious, at peace, with ‘enough’"
We live in a capitalist society where advertisments everywhere are designed to make you feel inadequate. It takes a long time to work out what's important. 'Having enough' is a great place...
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"...an acknowledged war hero
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
"...an acknowledged war hero and a humble witness all over the world, to the Saviour..."
A fine tribute to somebody I wasn't familiar with it until I read your poem. I looked up her details via the power of Google. It made very interesting...
Read full commentPosted in Remembering Corrie ten Boom
That's another evocative read
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
That's another evocative read. You capture the splendor and history of the sites you visited adroitly. I would say it's unusual for a group to bond so well like that. The tour I went on in India with about 30 or so other people was marred by many...
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"Is it too late
Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2022
"Is it too late
to find a purpose …
even now?"
Enjoyed the juxtaposition of photos taken years apart. The question asked in the poem is one many ask themselves. Often the answer is no. A thought provoking piece, for sure. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Two Photographs, 30 years apart…
Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff
Posted on Fri, 23 Sep 2022
Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff. The first moves of the new chancellor does seem to scream "trickle down economics" which, as we already know, doesn't/don't work. We are all party to a huge casino-style gamble with the country's finances. Strap...
Read full commentPosted in The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)
Nicely done, Rhiannon. That
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
Nicely done, Rhiannon. That must have taken a lot of thought with the immaculate rhyming and rhythm. I certainly enjoyed reading it. You are a highly skilled poet. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Any Hard Task
Yes, congratulations on
Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2022
Yes, congratulations on completing a novel-length story. Beautifully crafted throughout. Whimsy and drama. You could definitely edit and publish this if you chose to. Paul
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 32 ( Conclusions Part 2-- the ending)
Chains of daisies as an
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
Chains of daisies as an analogy of unity, strength yet peace. The world needs more of this thinking. Nicely done and enjoyed your poem. Paul :)
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