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Opinion - Five Reasons for Rhyme
The feet of free verse can be flat But rhyme can scarper like a cat. Beauty, spirit, elegance, Form mirrors feeling - come let's dance. Poetry to...
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Other Non Fiction - We Did It Ourselves! (Women's Story from the Dawn of Time to Today)
When bold Lilith * near Adam lay He tried to force her down that way And she put up resistance.. Her backlash came of rage and fear And she's the...
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November
The clocks turn back, soon dusk will start at four And guttered pumpkins bulk the wheelie bins. Geese fly from Canada on exhausted wings And summer...
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The old Heifer and the Two old Bulls at Peace
‘It’s not age, it’s what comes with it’ The time to cook and to eat well and talk. I have breathed in Pete’s garden His hardy geraniums and forty-...
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Autobiography - To Revolution Singing
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You weave the reality of
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2015
You weave the reality of Sellafield and its impact on your stretch of the Irish coast very neatly into your story. I like your description of the river becoming old and frail too; a real sense of place here.
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I am much the same age as you
Posted on Sun, 07 Dec 2014
I am much the same age as you Forest and I too feel Christmas can have its limitations. I feel it is there for a reason, many of the main religions have a festival at this time which is about light and people coming together at the darkest time...
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Real bitterness and anger,
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2014
Real bitterness and anger, well expressed. I can relate to your poem.
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The way the experience is
Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2014
The way the experience is presented; the factual build-up to the running away, the sensations, the images,then the woozy distorted unreality of the horror; the mind of the storyteller again attempting to run away and escape...One of the best...
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Rich, we have done it
Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Rich, we have done it together! I am delighted that this is pick of the day, cheers scratch.
Read full commentPosted in Video: A Re-working of Woody Guthrie's Hobo's Lullaby written by Elsie Katz
Very well timed Tina, there
Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Very well timed Tina, there was a care home inspector on the news the other day saying she saw a lot of''awful care'. Yes more staff and better pay would help. What is wrong with the world of work? So many people are under pressure to do the work...
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Real-seeming and I like your
Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Real-seeming and I like your use of layout, Josh. It makes me feel that both characters are young and yet the woman could be well into her forties and the man could be even older. Uses the right number of words too.
Read full commentPosted in are you ready yet?
Good opening line and stays
Posted on Sun, 03 Aug 2014
Good opening line and stays good, Lenchenelf. Sharp, rhythmic, gives us a biting taste of emotional starvation and does the rare thing that only poetry is open to of showing an expansive canvas and a vivid atmosphere with very sparse words. ...
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I think AM would have liked
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014
I think AM would have liked your update. What texts would I Iike you to look at? My non fiction,when you have time, some of this is in my book reviews and interviews collection. Two of my non-fiction pieces have won me complimentary copies of...
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This has got some good
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014
This has got some good qualities,Alphadog and you are right about us often stuffing our lives with mind-numbing trash. The poem reminds me of Adrian Mitchell's poem 'To whom it May Concern'. AM was the first poet I saw live and he made a strong...
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