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Golden Hair
Some people like to think they have golden hair. But those people got nothing on me. And honestly, I have no idea how it came about, why an ordinary...
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Daffodils
There I am again, running through the field picking daffodils. I never change. Well, no, this part of me changes. This part of me has those sixty-odd...
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The Things We Think We Know
They tell me I am human, with a past and a family, with a life I don’t remember, and with reasons to take up life again, and live it fully. I look...
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Eddie's Day
I didn’t think it was a good idea for Eddie to be the best man. I told Shane as much. “But look, he’s my best friend. He’s been my best friend for...
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Too Early for the Apocalypse
You get woken up before your alarm clock. It should be dark outside, but the darkness is mixed up with lights. They wobble and hover – yellow-white,...
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Lovely. Beautifully captured
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
Lovely. Beautifully captured portrait of abuse and its scars. Those last lines finish it on a strong note.
Read full commentPosted in forgive
Actually, on its own I think
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
Actually, on its own I think this poem says a lot. At least to me it speaks about the analysing and over-analysing of literature/art until its leached of all its beauty and whatever it's really trying to say. Tidily and cleverly expressed.
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Love it! The rhyming and
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Love it! The rhyming and rhythm are first rate, and it's hilarious. But is this a bit more about the kind and mind of a male than I ever needed to know? I may never look at one in quite the same way again...
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Beautiful stuff. As soon as I
Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2019
Beautiful stuff. As soon as I caught that bit about the 'drunken filigree of midnight', I knew i had to read this poem. It's power-packed and full of energy and evocative, challenging writing.
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Nice, well written. Getting
Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2019
Nice, well written. Getting the rhythm and rhyme to come together naturally, and with a point to make, without sounding at all forced is not an easy task.
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Well, it looks like progeny
Posted on Sat, 14 Apr 2018
Well, it looks like progeny of pepsoid is a prodigy...
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Ooh, perfect. So much to
Posted on Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Ooh, perfect. So much to like in here, just this great collection of perfect little mini-descriptions of life. An excellent of "jingle of words" indeed.
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soft, charmed; the sort
Posted on Sat, 25 Aug 2018
soft, charmed; the sort length works with the simplicity to make this poem stand out as something 'extra.' Very nice.
Read full commentPosted in The rift between us
Cute, funny, topical. Great
Posted on Fri, 04 May 2018
Cute, funny, topical. Great poem. Casting my vote for the Orang-utans too. And rainforests. And continued life on Earth and so forth....
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I like the moody blue shadows
Posted on Sun, 31 Dec 2017
I like the moody blue shadows. Nice poem.
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