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- Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Winter Comfort
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2224
Re: Winter Comfort
Yum! Now I really want some. This poem is a delectable little bite, perfect in its moment of comfort and safety. The flavors practically waft from the page. (screen?) I like your liberal use of 's' sounds throughout, just right for the simmering subject. Funny to close the curtains so neighbors won'...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:07 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Big Orange Sun
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10166
Re: Big Orange Sun
Hi Trish, what a treat to read your work here on TTB! I found this captivating, it does instill an urge to seize the day for certain. I enjoy the tone here, not disdainful but instead pensive, with a yearning for life. The title and opening image warm the entire poem, for me, creating a strong sens...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:50 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Hello, I'm Trish Saunders... from Seattle/Honolulu
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17835
Re: Hello, I'm Trish Saunders... from Seattle/Honolulu
Hi Trish, and welcome! So glad you're here
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:49 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Double locking. (A lighter moment.)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4517
Re: Double locking. (A lighter moment.)
Really enjoyed this, and it's likely just me and my single woman/introverted neurosis but the first stanza was actually pleasingly satisfying to me (the action and sound of the first four lines, of the locking...nice) I adore the sensation of safety. Love the entire!
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:42 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: A poem that lost its voice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4849
Re: A poem that lost its voice
Wonderful, kept wanting there to be some allusion to the waters being "shallow" too
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:25 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: When the last ship sails
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10322
Re: When the last ship sails
Hi Colm, another fine contemplation on mortality here - the death as journey trope threatens toward cliche but you nimbly avoid that here. I couldn't help hoping the n would rip up the ticket and throw it as confetti in the final stanza! Finely wrought
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:17 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Island Fiction
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13006
Re: Island Fiction
Hi Phil, Love this. A "knitting voice"... Fantastic, I wish I'd written it. I'm struck by the lilting motion here throughout, echoing the rocking of the sea, and such lovely, pleasing sonics. A joy to read I could murder a cuppa mutters a knitting voice, her claws purling patterns the Fair Isle w...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:52 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Glove Box
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11366
Re: Glove Box
Captivating, honest, real. I love the orange peels tossed line, brings to mind the old wive's tale of tossing a complete peel over your shoulder and the way it landed would spell the initial of your true love (or was that an apple peel? No matter. The insinuation was there and appropriate in this lo...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Holiday Woe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6057
Re: Holiday Woe
Lots of fun, I could almost hear the music. An honest look at the post-holidays letdown. There's still some in my hometown with christmas decor on the housefront/lawn.
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:37 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Neighbors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8558
Re: Neighbors
An excellent study, its all there in its gritty glory. Always enjoy your pen, never over-written, but focused in the best way. I didn't see it pre-edit but as it stands now it's powerfully ended on the tactile slap of paper in calloused palm. Bravo