Stephen Thom
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Stephen Thom
Carrbridge/Edinburgh
Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante
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Pins (4)
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Aura (32)
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great work! very entrancing,
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2015
great work! very entrancing, repetition worked fantastically.
Read full commentPosted in look away ..... .... ... .. . . . . . ."Poetry Monthly"
thought this was really
Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2015
thought this was really pretty. transferring these thoughts onto clothing works well, kinda liked the 'f' sounds in the 2nd stanza (fibres, fall, fragrance) and the 's' sounds in the last (senses, salty, spicy, essence), tied in well with the...
Read full commentPosted in There you are
like how adaptable you are...
Posted on Sun, 11 Oct 2015
like how adaptable you are... keep pushing the envelope... can see the constants of great use of sound and sense again... really liked the sun: 'I can almost hear it vibrating'; the swishing and lingering, coils and cracks in this stranger...
Read full commentPosted in My Problem with Peyote
hey! this is wonderful work.
Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2015
hey! this is wonderful work. you certainly achieved a feeling of momentum in it, pacing along on the rolling commas and 'y' sounds. i liked the way the commas increased at the end, framing 2/3/4 word bursts, as if in a sprint finish, whilst the...
Read full commentPosted in running in the rain
good work, gothic atmosphere
Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2015
good work, gothic atmosphere twisted up right at the end. nice stylised descriptions&lovely moments scattered throughout - 'playing pitter patter in the back of her tired mind' later, and 'waves of sadness crashed up on the shore'...
Read full commentPosted in Weeping Willow
effective piece... projects a
Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2015
effective piece... projects a level of feeling well... some lovely poetic prose moments weaved in eg. 'until my remaining days became remaining hours.'/'glow of the moon gently wash over my skin' i agree with the above comment re: metaphors, the...
Read full commentPosted in Soft Men Don't Stay
v lovely, liked the
Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2015
v lovely, liked the repetitions of 'and then'- changing finally to 'but then'- and 'the key of evening/curtly tuning/the calcified stone.' is a beautiful moment. wonderful level of feeling. :-)
Read full commentPosted in And then us
lovely to read more of your
Posted on Fri, 14 Aug 2015
lovely to read more of your prose :-) little flourishes like 'watched a mist that slowly rose to fill The Devil’s Punchbowl.' add so much, it is a v evocative, thoughtful piece and interesting to hear of social dynamics at the time. the chemical...
Read full commentPosted in Breaking the Code
yeah really enjoy being
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2015
yeah really enjoy being transported into your wanders, there's so much to appreciate in this poem - 'steep green sloping mounds surround' has such a (again transportive) roll to it, 'chaffinch or chats darting from the gorse/ and on the top a sea...
Read full commentPosted in Disgwylfa* Hill
this all came together really
Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2015
this all came together really well! liked the spark to try something and the execution. think your writing always feel v vivid and alive - lots of little attentive details 'crumples limply in my mouth.' from part 1, use of sound throughout - `...
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