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'...little tales of love, loss and regrets...'
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Heart Songs ( Poetry Monthly )
…I lit a candle today in memory of you I remember the bed of Marram grass on hot shifting sands your head gentle on my heart shush… you said I hear a...
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Heart Songs ( Poetry Monthly
apply no CPR or defibrillator take this heart of mine give to another squeeze it please it make it sing songs full of joy let it hum along the notes...
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Sunday Lunch
Howard hissed in exasperation at the fly hovering above the dining table. The napkin flicked at the unwelcome guest missed, snapping the fragile stem...
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Bedsits
…up on the roof illegal highs and dreams of flying wrapped in blue tarp Icarus fuelled on fentanyl leaps towards a dark moon probation tag check on 2...
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Triptych
three soiled and torn mattresses crumpled against a wall a triptych of bedsit DNA awaiting incineration ethnic cleansing the stains of humanity a...
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Hello sand lady.
Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2014
Hello sand lady.
A late dip into your tales (login probs) and what a delight to read this knitted yarn.
A proper jumper I say whatever the label tells you
Regards
ps When are you to be seen wearing the Christina...
Read full commentPosted in Always Read the Label
Agree with insert re the word
Posted on Tue, 06 Mar 2018
Agree with insert re the word count and how you were treated. I dispair when people have to fight their way through bureaucracy. Let the CAB help you next time
Send in more soon
Regards
Read full commentPosted in Daniel 2016.
I enjoyed this little beach
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2017
I enjoyed this little beach scene, very theraputic I thought.
I'm fortunate to overlook the sea and often wander along the beach when its really quiet and deserted.
This also reminds me that when I'm next in Scotland to stop off and...
Read full commentPosted in The Beach
First time for me in reading
Posted on Mon, 18 Jan 2016
First time for me in reading your tales AE. I did learn the meaning of "...sentience..."
ps Can I suggest you condense ( only a suggestion)the text with less line breaks. For me it makes for easier read
Read full commentPosted in A Priori
swarming stars and "...to be
Posted on Sat, 16 Jan 2016
swarming stars and "...to be with my daughter one of these tumbling days..."
a lovely memory to cherish.
best wishes sandlady
Read full commentPosted in Beginners, Please...
Lots and lots I liked in this
Posted on Tue, 01 Dec 2015
Lots and lots I liked in this one sand lady.
Plus two new words for me "...ambergris..." and "...Sara-Orange-Tip..."
And I have been privileged to witness "...a murmuration of a million starlings..."...
Read full commentPosted in What Am I?
I hope this piece isn't what
Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2015
I hope this piece isn't what I think it is.
Abuse and the cover up presented to the children "...Silly daddy I will say..."
A false front pretending all is well
Read full commentPosted in Happy families
For lots of reasons this is a
Posted on Sat, 23 May 2015
For lots of reasons this is a real delight to read sand lady.
Thought provoking I thought.
Kind regards
Read full commentPosted in Poem Unread
Posted on Sat, 16 May 2015
"...I know that you keep some rooms Closed..."
That's me hiding behind the barn door.
Read full commentPosted in The Therapy
Next time I'm walking in the
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015
Delightful.
Next time I'm walking in the hills and pause to drink from a stream, I shall think of this poem and save a few drops to sip later
Read full commentPosted in Where wild water flows
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