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Terence Mullan
In the movies, the people who are writers only ever drink coffee and write. I could do that. They never have to work in their garden or take their cat to the vet or go shopping in Kaufland.
The hope and fear being the
Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021
The hope and fear being the hope that the recipient of the gift likes it or hasn’t already got one and the fear of not being able to remember where we have put the receipt.
Your second two lines bring to mind stillness but with the...
Read full commentPosted in W is for Wrapping Paper and Wind (another go at this)
I suppose when I was wee my
Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021
I suppose when I was wee my first signs of doubt that Father Christmas existed where when I questioned whether someone could live in a place as deathly barren as the North Pole. All the rest of the storie seemed quite feasible.
This is a...
Read full commentPosted in The Otherworldly Visitor of Oscaloo
I enjoyed reading this
Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021
I enjoyed reading this Rhiannon.
I really like the rhyme and rhythm as they continue throughout ... like clockwork.
Read full commentPosted in The exact time for dozing!
This is great Paul.
Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021
This is great Paul.
Very well chosen words to conjure up the atmosphere of the wintry forest and an ending to keep us wondering.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in A Company of Wolves
I was born in the wagon of a travelling show ...
Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021
Right then Jenny, that's my earworm selected for today!
Poppa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done ... tra la la la laaa ...
Read full commentPosted in If I Could Turn Back Time
Ah now there's a thing of
Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021
Ah now there's a thing of magic ... voices at Christmas, especially kids singing carols or those really haunting voices. When I listen to Enya singing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel it sends a shiver up my spine every time.
And the...
Read full commentPosted in V is for Voices
I don't believe that the
Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021
I don't believe that the world will ever come to an end but the day when man ceases to live here is approaching, slowly but surely. Beyond that, the world will continue to revolve on its axis around the sun and it will regenerate, as it has done...
Read full commentPosted in Rising Waters and Fear of a Great Flood
Cat chaos!
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Oh, don’t worry. I immediately understood the difference in what you were saying in the two separate two line bits. I certainly think you should leave it as it is. Also, I think we write these things largely for our own amusement and satisfaction...
Read full commentPosted in U is for Under the Tree
Under the Tree is clever. I
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Under the Tree is clever. I wouldn’t have thought of that though, from some of the festive season revellers I have known, I might have gone for Under the Table.
And your line …
gives small creatures cover...
Read full commentPosted in U is for Under the Tree
Bravo Rhiannon, you've done
Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021
Bravo Rhiannon, you've done it! And I enjoyed every line.
But with
I've got the key of the door, never been twenty-one before
just lurking round the corner, aren't you tempted to go one more day?
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