Ed Crane
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Kicking Leaf
Pic. from my iPhone (I remembered it this time ;)
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When You Wish You’d Brought Your Camera
No pics. I forgot my camera :(
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 10: Fire power
A short but significant one this time (image of Wild Boar courtesy Wiki commons)
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 9: Reality
The good days were as fleeting as a summer shower. In June 2101 our community numbered 3284. On my seventy-fifth birthday, seven years later, we had...
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TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 8: A Good Start
It was lucky the “The Big Green” (as our people called it) occurred in June. The summer perfect; a wonderful mixture of warm sun-blessed days and...
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Hi Deb
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2015
The more I hear about the NHS, the more I am convinced it needs to be broken up and the whole health system in the UK re-structured. Unfortunately I am also convinced whatever they did the UK government would find a way to **** it up.
It...
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Hi Bee
Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2015
Many 'relaxation pundits' say the mind is as big as the universe if you use your imagination. Certainly I can see an example of this in this poem, you have been travelling without limits.
Excellent stuff.
Ed x
Read full commentPosted in Back to Beach
Beautiful dream sequenced poem,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2015
with such a positive message in there. Luverly!
Ed xx
Read full commentPosted in The Life Saver
Hi Bee
Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2015
So much sadness and so much beauty.
Excellent
Ed xxxx
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Hello Deb,
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2015
Love-writing talks of a roller-coaster of emotions.
However, after reading you have accepted Chemo, I have to tell you; you are in for a roller-coaster ride, but hopefully one that has a happy landing. My thoughts are with you on this and...
Read full commentPosted in A Lonely Place
Nice one!
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2015
Excellent atmospheric piece.
You won't believe it, but I was in the Dominican Republic when Katrina passed by, but it was just a strong storm - lots of rain and wind. After three months on the island I'd seen a few storms before and this...
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Really good work, Luigi
Posted on Sat, 04 Jul 2015
you captured the atmosphere of a hot and sticky night and intermingled it with the emotions of a man wounded by life. In fact you manage so summarise the human condition with these three brief peeks into our society.
Like Bee, I feel it...
Read full commentPosted in A View from the Top (Poetry Monthly)
Nice one Bee (pun sorry)
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2015
I like the idea of putting scientific discussions into a poem. Would have made my school lessons interesting.
If it's true, one of the most sensible things (perhaps the only one) Adolf Hitler is supposed to have said was something like,...
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This really touched me,
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2015
I spend a lot of time in Mumbai fifteen or so years ago. This really screams Mumbai life. I know the places you mentioned and had similar experiences on its streets. A place of such extremes of wealth and poverty and yet curiously welcoming to...
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A beautiful poem about a beautiful animal
Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Rather underestimated, Lacewings are the gardeners friend, along with Ladybirds. Both species have aphids on the top of their menu. So fitting that, as you say, these living works of art keep a natural balance in nature. We must never let them be...
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