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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
Shane MacGowan
Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023
I feel the same way about him Di. It's impossible to write something that does justice to a person who could write a million times better than I will ever be able to.
His passing so near in time to the passing of Sinéad O'Connor goes...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half
Your poem covers brilliantly
Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023
Your poem covers brilliantly the things that this bird brings to our lives. I only wish I could fly away in winter as he does. I love the skylarks' 'not staying here - see you when it's warmer' approach to life.
The words
where...
Read full commentPosted in Hope Of The Skylark
The memories stay
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2023
Animals are wonderful things to have around the house but sadly, unless they're a giant tortoise or a blue whale, they don't stay as long as we do. The memories stay for ever though.
And not only did Jessica Fletcher catch her culprit and...
Read full commentPosted in My angel
It's good to get out on a
Posted on Sat, 02 Dec 2023
It's good to get out on a chilly day and it's good of you to share the experience in a poem.
Read full commentPosted in Up to the Hoar Frost
I'm surprised that nobody is
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
I'm surprised that nobody is surprised at Israel's brutal approach. Its ability to be brutal has increased year on year since the creation of the Israeli State in 1948, and its government and military forces have made no attempt to hide this....
Read full commentPosted in Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions
Lenin's ghost
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
He's everywhere... I'll ask him.
Read full commentPosted in Reasons to Be Bulgarian… Naz-dra-vee!
Fur and snuffle
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Aha, you've got it almost spot on, except it's a house full of fur and snuffle rather than a lap full.
Many thanks to you for taking the time to read and comment.
Read full commentPosted in The Targovishte Quandary - Part 3 of 3
There was a Sydney Pollack
Posted on Wed, 29 Nov 2023
There was a Sydney Pollack film about this sort of event. It was called They Shoot Horses, Don't They? I'll have to try to watch it again and think of you.
I searched on Google for START Charity and was taken to a website that...
Read full commentPosted in Crazy! Crazy Days and Nights
Reading your evocative words
Posted on Wed, 29 Nov 2023
Reading your evocative words has made me shiver.
I pity those avian visitors, but I suppose they know what they're doing.
Read full commentPosted in Black and White Survival.
I imagine you sitting alone
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2023
I imagine you sitting alone on a rock on a deserted seashore as you write this. There's nothing there except the nature that your words describe so beautifully.
I particularly liked lavender sheets which brought to mind those grey...
Read full commentPosted in at dusk today
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