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April shower
Sun is shattered by dark tree branches, splinters glint scattered on twig tips, diamond- dusting downy oval honescuckle leaves' warm green-blue,...
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Win
this meeting of trees and rushes glows, peaceful as a holy place warbler songs shimmer warm blue air where speckled wood butterflies dance from spine...
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Guernica, Stalingrad, Grozny, Aleppo, Mariupol...
Reporters list atrocities suggesting which might qualify as war crimes, while Western leaders' words slide over blood, too afraid of falling in to...
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Listening to the News 2/3/22
Does sound of our clapping drown out the bombs exploding in your homes? Our politicians stand shoulder to shoulder with ambassadors come to beg for...
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"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the Earth" Albert Schweitzer
we breathed each other's breath. It was enough once you sheltered within me. We were one before fences. I grew to know burning, soon you chose to...
What an Inspirational poem!
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025
What an Inspirational poem! Thank you! i will write it out to put by my laptop :0)
Read full commentPosted in Float Downstream.....
Agree with Claudine - GREAT
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025
Agree with Claudine - GREAT cliffhanger from stepping off the kerb :0) I liked your descriptions of the green grocer's too. And the pressure of people's lives and possibilities on the bus
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i love how always you weave
Posted on Thu, 29 May 2025
i love how always you weave time into your poems about Ireland. Seeing your photo made me think of those poor bodies found buried since the Bronze age, the brown water you describe must be much the same do you think, as it was then? All the...
Read full commentPosted in Tan Remembered Toes
So Emily is at the start of
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
So Emily is at the start of her story!
Read full commentPosted in A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Eight
I am so impressed at how you
Posted on Sun, 25 May 2025
I am so impressed at how you are making all your research come alive!
ps
Uncle Hugo had arrived home late. His virtuous demure hadn't changed
should this be virtuous demeanour?
Read full commentPosted in A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Six
a romance :0)
Posted on Mon, 26 May 2025
a romance :0)
Read full commentPosted in A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Seven
That is so sad. But adds to
Posted on Fri, 23 May 2025
That is so sad. But adds to my admiration for your Dad. Was this when record players were becoming popular? Maybe people did not feel it was so bad if they could have music in another way? Only less about gatherings and sharing
Read full commentPosted in 10 Life Lessons. Number 8.
The Hall is exactly like the
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025
The Hall is exactly like the one at my son's school was here :0) Though no ropes from the ceiling, or stage. I got my son to read all your lessons so far and he enjoyed them very much too. Though Scottish Dancing was NOT the same for him at all,...
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Every sense covered! Great
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025
Every sense covered! Great descriptions, and I learned a little too, Thank you
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Am enjoying this very much, I
Posted on Tue, 20 May 2025
Am enjoying this very much, I love historical novels but sometimes they can be a bit dry, unlike your story, which feels like you are there! Your description of Emily's dressing room is wonderful. And Emily's mother taking her to see the...
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