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WWW
August 23rd. The Woods. Strung across all paths, intricate, unseen webs split space into gossamer satellite dishes till afternoon sun's gold caress...
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logging evidence of us
Diesel tang rank above sweet grasses' long soft tongues, broken. Small birds' fear shrills still in re pooling peace. Within woods' broached haven...
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part 14
Broken trees under a trail of slime, a squelching sound nearby, growing nearer, nearer, the huge slimey red lips of the giant slug reared up and onto...
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sound escape
Earth's first touch for reaching sun, iron age hill fort looks out over ground held in molten blue, above all sound, save wind's unseen tongue...
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part 13
When Mary was finding a place in the basket on Regn's arm to fit a purple mushroom like a small frisbee, Regn moved at last, "PERFECT" . They went...
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I felt colder reading this!
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
I felt colder reading this! Very glad to be inside :0)
I liked "scrawny" with "stark",
and "shake" at the end of the line with the added buffets of repeated "a" sounds in "gale" and "lashing".
And then you end with an echo...
Read full commentPosted in Turn of the year ’scape
This is wonderful :
Posted on Fri, 10 Dec 2021
This is wonderful :
Sultry and still the sweet night air.
Latin music. Crickets chirping.
Like a favela in Rio or anywhere
But for the sound of Geordies burping.
and :
And the cards are...
Read full commentPosted in Hotel Mediterraneo
I cannot imagine how
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
I cannot imagine how indigenous people from forests must feel, the woods are so important to me, but it cannot possibly be the same as for them. This is the appeasement stage, where those in the know are aware there's something terrible out there...
Read full commentPosted in Drilling Out Blame
Have just read this aloud as
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
Have just read this aloud as was irrisistable :0)
I can imagine children loving it, particularly
"Anaconda large and long
with a squeeze that’s very strong"
It is such fun to say all through!
Read full commentPosted in Big River, Big Life
Was totally involved, you
Posted on Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Was totally involved, you have great details, like the bathwater washing over the edge, and the kitchen chair scraping, Bruce going round and round before curling up. It was very moving to read, particularly when he was in the bath. And the end/...
Read full commentPosted in With or Without You
Enjoyed this very much! Is
Posted on Sat, 08 May 2021
Enjoyed this very much! Is the birthday of the narrator significant? All the details are brilliant, particularly the bit about intern for Markle :0) I wonder whether in a populist system Elgar would be played over loud speaker? Maybe latest...
Read full commentPosted in Ingerland My Ingerland
Hi Isabel :0)
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Hi Isabel :0)
Well Done! being brave and posting about how you feel, this is not an easy thing. It is what a strong, hopeful person does, someone who wants to make things better! There has been lots of advice from members of the site who...
Read full commentPosted in How do you forgive a parent?
This is so exciting to read!
Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2020
This is so exciting to read! How many poems about wind there must be, but you have made it new. Particularly liked
"Watch it climb a house in a second like an upside down waterfall,
Watch it ballroom dance with a plastic bag And...
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Watch The Wind Dance
A terrible memory to be
Posted on Tue, 14 Jan 2020
A terrible memory to be carrying in you. I can only echo Insert and Rhiannon? I hope your shoulder stops hurting. I know what it's like to be near the bottom. The important thing is to find your choices, to know you are where you are because you...
Read full commentPosted in The policeman sat in the armchair
"Stars seeded"
Posted on Thu, 15 Nov 2018
"Stars seeded"
"they passed taxis, night buses, lonely punters stumbling on the long walk home."
"the Firth of Forth moving in glittering sheets below them. The bridge lights were reflected in the dark water as if a row of...
Read full commentPosted in Aura (19)
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