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This is not strictly what was requested for IP. I imagine it was more a 'fresh start' request than this, but I latched onto the word hope so I'm still claiming it meets the IP criteria...
The photo is of a splendid fairy wren. I was doing a bit of reading about them and then read all the updates for this morning about the bushfires and found the koala videos very upsetting.
So glad you enjoyed, Luigi. :) I always revel a little when you use words like refined and elegant as I am neither refined nor elegant as a person, but I do enjoy the reflection of the compliment about my poem! Thanks for reading it. Rachel x
I agree, the philosophical drift of this from one thought leading to another and deepening made me feel sad and hopeful alternately. Love potential and experience, I wonder if it could be calculated like an equation for being. And yes,...
I want to read quirky stories with gay characters in them. As pointed out in the linked article, mainstream publishers are missing a trick. Also when I think about how important reading was (still is) to me as a child, mainstream publishers are...
There is a sad hollowing to
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020
There is a sad hollowing to this and it's perfectly circled for me in the 'there, there'. Full of vulnerability, of subject and writer.
Read full commentPosted in Lepidoptera
I have really enjoyed your
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2020
I have really enjoyed your use of language in your latest poems. Nice images here too, as Jenny said. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in The Ocean
So glad you enjoyed, Luigi. :
Posted on Thu, 21 May 2020
So glad you enjoyed, Luigi. :) I always revel a little when you use words like refined and elegant as I am neither refined nor elegant as a person, but I do enjoy the reflection of the compliment about my poem! Thanks for reading it. Rachel x
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I love the personal elements
Posted on Wed, 13 May 2020
I love the personal elements of this that emphasise its sadness somehow. Very moving indeed and beautifully written.
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I agree, the philosophical
Posted on Tue, 12 May 2020
I agree, the philosophical drift of this from one thought leading to another and deepening made me feel sad and hopeful alternately. Love potential and experience, I wonder if it could be calculated like an equation for being. And yes,...
Read full commentPosted in Out of body rambling
Sounds very scary Jenny. I'm
Posted on Sun, 10 May 2020
Sounds very scary Jenny. I'm sure they can feel like they are terrorising an area when they do this. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in Racing Madness
Totally brilliant. Love it. :
Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2019
Totally brilliant. Love it. :)
Read full commentPosted in Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel
Seeds of suspicion is such a
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
Seeds of suspicion is such a clever take on the IP. Great. Rachel x
Read full commentPosted in Planting the Seed
I want to read quirky stories
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
I want to read quirky stories with gay characters in them. As pointed out in the linked article, mainstream publishers are missing a trick. Also when I think about how important reading was (still is) to me as a child, mainstream publishers are...
Read full commentPosted in Flamingo Dreams
Startlingly brilliant and
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2020
Startlingly brilliant and very moving. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in All the lost places
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