catherine poarch
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catherine poarch
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Becoming
Noone famous. My mother's mother.
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Van Gogh and the Spaceman
I wanted to write something about the poisonous blue of Thatcherism. But went off completely somewhere else and consoled myself that she didn't own the colour.
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Only one Song
There was only one song in the woods
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Out of the Land of Nowhere
Meant to be a picture story really.
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Backalong
I saw on the internet that Backalong was a Somerset or West Country word for a long time ago, although my dad (Somerset born) says he knew it also as meaning 'back over there.'
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Made me laugh, thank you.
Posted on Wed, 18 Jan 2023
Made me laugh, thank you. Bring back laughing.
Read full commentPosted in Bring back Blair
Two midnights in a jar!
Posted on Fri, 13 Jan 2023
Two midnights in a jar!
Magic.
Read full commentPosted in You Know Who You Are But You Don't
Beautifully small and
Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2022
Beautifully small and accurate. I loved the 'round and through and round and through' which seemed to add silence and timelessness to it.
Read full commentPosted in COLD
I love the colour against the
Posted on Fri, 09 Dec 2022
I love the colour against the coldness in this.
Read full commentPosted in Afterglow
I'm so glad you said yes, Di!
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
I'm so glad you said yes, Di! I wanted to reply before and say woohoo and go for it! I hope your students love it too, animan.
Read full commentPosted in to a pear
Hopefully not contraversial
Posted on Sun, 06 Nov 2022
Hopefully not contraversial to say I liked it! Especially the medals on the dressing gown.
Read full commentPosted in On Ainley Top Looking Down
The photos drew me in and
Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2022
The photos drew me in and your words matched them. Looks and sounds like a beautiful place.
Read full commentPosted in Golden Valley* in October
Thank you for the lovely
Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2022
Thank you for the lovely comment. Yes, as a non-driver it's all walking and bussing for me. And you're right, they're being cut and the sneakies are saying the bus fares have gone down while at the same time abolishing the three-stop hop!!...
Read full commentPosted in Down Pigsty Hill
I think I missed any news of
Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022
I think I missed any news of these floods completely. What an experience and I'm so sorry it got into your home as well. I liked the little touch of the nurse at the back of the shop who had no idea what was happening at the front.
Read full commentPosted in You Never Know
I found it so interesting to
Posted on Fri, 14 Oct 2022
I found it so interesting to read what is guess is a prose version of your poem. We don't usually explain what we've written - I'm not sure I always can - but you've done it so succinctly that the two stand side by side. And as I think TJW was...
Read full commentPosted in tree time
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