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my old friend autumn

2022-09-04
May you reap the rewards of a love well tended, like the farmer on his crop at harvest.


Who needs a spell chequer anyway

2022-09-04
No, set it free to explore and learn some more.


To choose

2022-09-04
Words, every single time, they have transformative power .


My Little Mum

2022-09-04
For all of us who have missed their own Little Mum, thank you.


Brief Departure

2022-09-04
My home too!


Image and Likeness

2022-09-04
Ooowf. Poetry⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ right there folks


AS I WALK UP THE STEPS

2022-08-06
And all us other square pegs hail your return.


Arthur Lawrence to his wife Lydia

2022-08-06
I love the idea of a family being provided for by the toil of his shovel, that is a fantastic phrase. Hard graft for those you love. I can see him walking in after the pit, weary, hungry, clothed in a coat of coal. His good lady shoo- ing him to the tin bath.. brilliant concise writing


Senryu: August

2022-08-06
Ooh, this could be a report on my night habits too


ALMOST NAILED IT, BUT SCREWED UP?

2022-08-05
Almost Nailed it, but screwed up?


NO MORE SMILES AT EVENSONG

2022-08-03
I can only guess at how many layers this has been buried beneath, this has grit, realism and honesty. The innocence next to the hardship. What an emotional read.


sunday mornings

2022-08-03
I agree with the other comments. You've captured that Sunday feeling for sure. I relate. Top poeting is evident when the author, the words and the audience connects. 👏👏


How'd That Happen?

2022-07-31
And I bet you're a better singer in there too, huh?


Interior Space

2022-07-31
Careful Banquo,
The man sees what will become,
He is to be ruined by a multitude of dark ills,
The like will be the beginnings of your ending


DOUBLE ENTENDRES

2022-07-26
I'm filled with memories of the Carry On dynasty, Dick Emery and Bennie Hill (aka Ernie, who drove the fastest milk cart in the west)


Memory

2022-07-26
Ah, that, is divine


GIVING BLOOD

2022-07-24
It's a difficult grief to overcome.


UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS

2022-07-10
Love a bit of silly musing.


among women

2022-06-15
Just getting on with things I guess, day after day, doing what needs to be done, unsung, except for your words of acknowledgement x


JELLY BEAN

2022-06-15
Ah, the Jelly Bean Blues. Maybe a Sherbet Dip Dap Dance or a Hubba Bubba hustle will lift the mood.


Prairie Grass

2022-06-14
And that's exactly how I felt when I saw Wyeth's Christina's World for the first time. Wowsers, fabulous how you can stir memories with your writing.


This Awkward Dance of Ghosts

2022-05-15
I'm not familiar with Stockhausen, but I like your description of the abrasive effect , sand between teeth, dreadful feeling.


ME AND BOOKS

2022-05-01
There is something comforting about books. I am not a great reader, but I love the comfort of the library, I feel safe, knowing my brain could, if it desired read anything.


i am lynn

2022-04-30
So, Lynn enjoys the music and the poetry. Lucky Lynne. Mornings in my house are the best time, before the cocophany when everyone wakes up . I have learned to flow, absorb, detatch....write it out...


COMING HOME

2022-04-30
Good to know that though the place is gone, there are good memories here, places to escape to, adventures to be found, imaginary kingdoms to lord over, good people to hold dear. The place you were formed, where you learned silent skills of choice, decision making, risk, negotiation, how to fight, and apologise, so many more.


SHE NEEDS FEWER ECHOES

2022-04-29
She speaks his name with such care
gently wrapping her lips around
the letters like baby kisses
so as not to break each dream....

How pretty is that , so delicate, so full of love.


plain language

2022-04-29
O , very
More laaaaaaaah, I would think. 😁


jeunesse

2022-04-29
A good tour of recommended reading, Seamus Heaney broke my heart with his grit. and Dylan, he's another story


Sometimes 1 - 3

2022-04-29
See myself enjoying your journey and the style it is written


Father

2022-04-26
Nicely done, waves of the ocean like the fluidity of dementia - being present, coming and going, remembering, recalling the solid memories. Love does endure, this much I know x


THE POLITICIANS

2022-04-24
Aw Ken, wouldn't it be ideal if that happened, no more lies, no more corruption, no spin, sadly, politics is beyond , disconnected from the average Joe or Joline. My faith in them is non existent.


En ce moment (with translation)

2022-04-24
Yes, I've felt this over the years, with my children, with friends, with absolute strangers, of late, particularly the Ukrainian devastation.


Sitting under the redbud tree

2022-04-24
It goes like this when I read ...

Read read read,
Smile,
Breathe in,
Breathe out
And relax


Spring

2022-04-24
My my, you have been observing very closely and the use of French adds a delightful delicacy, so reflective of Spring's lightness after Winter gloom.


No title

2022-04-24
Fantastic piece of work, the title doesn't matter, the words are everything


Family

2022-02-27
And there you show us how most of us are a mix of nature/nurture. I see your parents, I see you , so cleverly interwoven to a sonnet loving Dylan seeker. Fabulous.


forest, snow, sun

2022-02-27
I hope the peace you see in this scene brings comfort to all involved. Nature should be an ambassador for peace


in domum

2022-02-22
Succint


Swifts

2022-02-21
I wish I could speak bird and find out all their stories from their travels


Duality

2022-02-19
It is cool and crisp and effective. More words are not needed here.


UNWORTHY

2022-02-19
Hmm. I'm wondering who truly is the unworthy one? They that cry the tears, or the subject of their fascination. For the writer still grieves so for them, despite being treated unfairly, I deem the taunter unworthy of such tears.


Sage

2022-02-13
I like how you soften the rocks to a smooth flowing ribbon. Makes me see them in a different way .


La Bise

2022-02-11
Yes I agree , it's like wearing a comfy jumper. Thank you. I feel restored.


Clear and Generous

2022-02-11
Now then,

This line alone "under clear and generous starlight" is the one that brings it all together, ever so skilfully and truthfully.. I may steal that line at some future point. I am also brutally honest with my intent.

Well done.


Random Rhyme

2022-01-19
My mouth just had a workout. Awesome


centering

2022-01-15
There's an art to being understated, true things do not need trumpets to announce their existence, and here is a truthful description.


Done to Death

2022-01-15
Oooowf, so many references. There was at first a quick read through, praising myself thinking yes, yes I know that, or that, thinking to myself, this is charming, sing-a-long...but, as the vernacular goes " missy just got educated!" Rather, in Dublin's case, illuminated. So, on further inspection I'm happy to say it's not so much a biddy,biddy,bum poem, more Sonny, I've been bad a binged to death

Now, after that comment, I think I need a lie down.


ONE FOR THE GIRLS

2022-01-13
One sandwich short of a picnic basket,


IN OUR TWOSOME KITCHEN

2022-01-13
Missing anything is a hardship, more so people, pets, but I could see you in your kitchen. Well reflected .


MAYBE AD INFINITUM?

2022-01-13
Hopefully not, imagination is the truest escape. I'm thinking of Mandela in his cell,