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Christine Ann Clatworthy
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Different Strokes...(I.P.)
Only goes to show, one never can tell.
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Anniversary
And so, it's that time of the year, again, a time I don't want to remember...nor forget, if that makes any sense.
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The Lady that Played Piano
A potted palm sits, stalwart, atop her piano, an ancient upright, unquestionably seen better days, taking me back in time...
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Play, You...Play Me
Mmm...this is nice; a roaring log fire, my favourite tune. Unexpected, at the very least...no, don't stop.
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Pink with Purple Peonies
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Just beautiful, lw....that is
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2015
Just beautiful, lw....that is, until the 'dead fox', and the 'lips, red and swollen'. A good juxtaposition of the idyllic and the not so idyllic side to nature, creating depths and layers in this meangful poem of yours.
Tina
Read full commentPosted in Barley, growing in a field.
My sister-in-law had breast
Posted on Fri, 05 Jun 2015
My sister-in-law had breast cancer and fought it with chemo, and the whole damned shebang. Fourteen years later she is still going strong...still traipsing round stately homes, and the hills and dales of the Ribble Valley, making jewellery,...
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Thank you, so much, Vera..
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2015
Thank you, so much, Vera...and I do hope that through my poem you were afforded, at least a few minutes peace and quiet through my words...From recollection, peace is something that, as a commodity, is in short supply for parents of youngsters. ...
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Thought I'd missed you, so
Posted on Sat, 02 May 2015
Thought I'd missed you, so welcome back
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And I enjoyed the Wye, too,
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015
And I enjoyed the Wye, too, Rhiannon. Thank you for taking me with you. Don't think I've ever come across Jack by the Hedge, before. Maybe you would be so kind as to refresh my memory as to what it looks like....
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Missed this one before, ld.
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2015
Missed this one before, ld. A gem.
Tina xx
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Great writing, Rhiannon, for
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2015
Great writing, Rhiannon, for all the reasons Bear so eloquently mentions.
I remember...back in the seventies now, we had just moved to Germany...hubby and me and two kids. We hired a yellow Volkswagen and drove to Switzerland, one...
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My interpretation was a death
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015
My interpretation was a death in a child's family, and the body of the deceased ensconsed in the said, front room, with all the curtains drawn, and then, the ensuing cremation. Certainly, when I was a child, 'death' was never spoken of, and when...
Read full commentPosted in I thought it to be fire
You see, tibi...you are far
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015
You see, tibi...you are far more 'cleverer' than what I am
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tibi - I would never describe
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015
tibi - I would never describe your language as 'rusty'. Not in a million years...
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