I have 231 stories published in
0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 937171 times
and 449 of my stories have been cherry picked. 507 of my 2,855 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 550 votes
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.
A lot to take in, as airyfairy said, but things that stand out straight away - the outsider does not yearn to be tolerated and inclusion is not the same as belonging. Rachel :)
I love the bombardment of this. Quite a walk. I enjoyed it very much. Has some great lines too, 'the sweat of labour, the sweat of love' just for one. Rachel :)
I have been back to read this wonderful poem a number of times for the light and shade in its imagery and metaphor, and for how it reads as if it is full of secrets. It is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share if you like it...
Such beautiful, grief-laden, weighty lines in your poem as well as images. And as well as being very erudite. I know very little about Lacan. I haven't processed the horror of what I think and feel about what happened to George Floyd yet. I found...
Ha ha. That's the perfect solution, Luigi! I think I will take your advice and when people ask what the rattling noise is coming from them, I'll plead ignorance. Rachel x
Very lovely Di, you have
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2020
Very lovely Di, you have captured all the different moments of a walk so well: wonder, excitement, sadness, light and shade. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in june 20th
A lot to take in, as
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
A lot to take in, as airyfairy said, but things that stand out straight away - the outsider does not yearn to be tolerated and inclusion is not the same as belonging. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in Outsiders, and the clubhouse door
I love the bombardment of
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
I love the bombardment of this. Quite a walk. I enjoyed it very much. Has some great lines too, 'the sweat of labour, the sweat of love' just for one. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in This year's walk...(08)
Love this one, Luigi. So sad
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2020
Love this one, Luigi. So sad that he's not here anymore. Like the reflection on mortality. Rachel x
Read full commentPosted in Independence
I have been back to read this
Posted on Sun, 10 May 2020
I have been back to read this wonderful poem a number of times for the light and shade in its imagery and metaphor, and for how it reads as if it is full of secrets. It is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share if you like it...
Read full commentPosted in Cinderella river
I love the idea of the wind
Posted on Thu, 04 Jun 2020
I love the idea of the wind as a vagabond of change and the water of goodwill. Some lovely images. Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in Gliding Through Woods
Such beautiful, grief-laden,
Posted on Sat, 30 May 2020
Such beautiful, grief-laden, weighty lines in your poem as well as images. And as well as being very erudite. I know very little about Lacan. I haven't processed the horror of what I think and feel about what happened to George Floyd yet. I found...
Read full commentPosted in #BLM
Ha ha. That's the perfect
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020
Ha ha. That's the perfect solution, Luigi! I think I will take your advice and when people ask what the rattling noise is coming from them, I'll plead ignorance. Rachel x
Read full commentPosted in Anger
This is a sweet idea, I
Posted on Wed, 27 May 2020
This is a sweet idea, I suppose having just posted a poem about anger that listening to them would do me good! Rachel :)
Read full commentPosted in Look For The Good
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
Pages