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Triptych 3: Souls
Children nod heads at the priest as he instructs them on sin and the soul, they arrange their faces to radiate understanding, as they might for an...
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Triptych 2: Virgins
Madonnas of the bus, balance babes on denim clad limbs, all bones and angles, not soft and milky like renaissance paintings, their eyes are luminous...
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Triptych 1: Mass
Mother in a mantilla rubs her spit dampened handkerchief across a child’s face, not clean enough for God, who lives inside and judges us all. She...
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Love Song to the Universe (Poetry Monthly)
i am small a tiny dot shrinking beyond < invisibility... at the centre of the screen ♦ after all the lights are off YOU would not miss me even if...
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The Maths Tutor (Poetry Monthly)
How to e s c a p e halitosis and frac/tions torture inflicted on a torpid brain~ scratching equations at a desk + {(in a window) / over a gift shop}...
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How wonderfully restful.
Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2017
How wonderfully restful. Really nice use of rhyme too.
Read full commentPosted in Soothing
Haha, serves him right!
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
Haha, serves him right!
Read full commentPosted in The Errorphobe
Haha! I have long greyish
Posted on Sat, 10 Jun 2017
Haha! I have long greyish hair too - if you do yours I'll do mine.
Read full commentPosted in Not Going With The Flow
Such a strong, lilting voice
Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017
Such a strong, lilting voice in this sad, thought-provoking piece. Some things should not be forgotten. Well done to your father, Elsie - this is our facebook and twitter pick of the day.
Read full commentPosted in Shlamek
A great sense of immediacy.
Posted on Sat, 15 Apr 2017
A great sense of immediacy.
Read full commentPosted in The Stone Fish
A lovely sense of words
Posted on Sun, 19 Mar 2017
A lovely sense of words blowing about us here and a great sentiment too.
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Slick writing and a great
Posted on Wed, 22 Feb 2017
Slick writing and a great ending.
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Beautiful imagery. This poem
Posted on Wed, 08 Feb 2017
Beautiful imagery. This poem would work for Poetry Monthly too.
Read full commentPosted in Winter Dispossessed.
This is such a poignant piece
Posted on Sun, 05 Feb 2017
This is such a poignant piece, delicate and touching.
Read full commentPosted in Mother, Mother, Everywhere
Rich in gorgeous imagery!
Posted on Wed, 11 Jan 2017
Rich in gorgeous imagery!
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