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This interesting piece,
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2018
for trying something different, for looking different, for being different, is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share or retweet it if you like it too.
you for the roses.
This is artfully done. For me it would be even better if you didn't give the answer to the riddle in the poem itself.
Lovely imagery and phrase-making.
However, it needs a good "going at" for punctuation. Or you could not punctuate at all and leave everything in lower case, which might well suit the content. The problem is that some punctuation is worse (in terms of meaning) than none. One thing...
outstanding writing. As allusive (and perhaps elusive) as a long poem by Eliot. I'll be reading this over and over today picking out all the references.
You have a typo
"When at home, I read a book every day...
I think Jack's picked up on a couple of things, (I admit I didn't notice them).
It's interesting that you chose to write "risen mounds". If there is some idea of autonomy here, fair enough. I like the idea that they've risen like loaves....
at least two poems on the page: the one the writer wrote and the one the reader understands (or not). Poetry truly is the infinite art, since its meaning is open to infinite interpretations. I know many people who do not enjoy this nebulous...
person narration is notoriously difficult to pull off, but you've managed it well. What I like so much about what you do is the vast swathes of subtext, the gaps between the lines that are so tempting to fill and that we are unlikely to get wrong...
This interesting piece,
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2018
for trying something different, for looking different, for being different, is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share or retweet it if you like it too.
Image source is...
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Clearly
Posted on Thu, 04 Jan 2018
You have done some research. However, the RPI changed its name in 1883, or rather reopened under another name that year.
"In September 1881, the Royal Polytechnic Institution closed, marking a transition to new ownership and a new era...
Read full commentPosted in The Second World War: PART 1 - Roger Farrier - Dunkirk (1940) #2
Woof! Woof!
Posted on Tue, 26 Dec 2017
Gold digger alert! We men are such fools, I imagine Donald believes Melania finds him irresistible, (just like Ivana and Marla did too).
Interesting piece.
best
Ewan
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Thank
Posted on Thu, 23 Nov 2017
you for the roses.
This is artfully done. For me it would be even better if you didn't give the answer to the riddle in the poem itself.
Lovely imagery and phrase-making.
Best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in My Lady Of Damask
Really liked this.
Posted on Wed, 08 Nov 2017
However, it needs a good "going at" for punctuation. Or you could not punctuate at all and leave everything in lower case, which might well suit the content. The problem is that some punctuation is worse (in terms of meaning) than none. One thing...
Read full commentPosted in City Breath
I see
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2017
what Jack means.
"beyond make-do-and-mend"
or even
"beyond make-do-and-mending"
I like this.
Best
Ewan
Posted in Broken
Truly
Posted on Wed, 18 Oct 2017
outstanding writing. As allusive (and perhaps elusive) as a long poem by Eliot. I'll be reading this over and over today picking out all the references.
You have a typo
Read full comment"When at home, I read a book every day...
Posted in The Black Book Restored: Fragments 1A to 33 (second half)
Splendid.
Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2017
I think Jack's picked up on a couple of things, (I admit I didn't notice them).
It's interesting that you chose to write "risen mounds". If there is some idea of autonomy here, fair enough. I like the idea that they've risen like loaves....
Read full commentPosted in Yellow Ribbons
There are always
Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2017
at least two poems on the page: the one the writer wrote and the one the reader understands (or not). Poetry truly is the infinite art, since its meaning is open to infinite interpretations. I know many people who do not enjoy this nebulous...
Read full commentPosted in time travelling
2nd
Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2017
person narration is notoriously difficult to pull off, but you've managed it well. What I like so much about what you do is the vast swathes of subtext, the gaps between the lines that are so tempting to fill and that we are unlikely to get wrong...
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