My condolences too at this time. Poetry does help.
Take care
Phil
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- Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: We Sold His Grandma's House
- Replies: 6
- Views: 173
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:40 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: On Loon Lake, 1983
- Replies: 8
- Views: 195
Re: On Loon Lake, 1983
Hi Sharron,
A seductive, refreshing write, both artless and artful.
very much enjoyed reading and re-reading
best
Phil
A seductive, refreshing write, both artless and artful.
very much enjoyed reading and re-reading
best
Phil
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:07 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Silence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 122
Re: Silence
Enjoyed this AT. The L1 imperative grabs the reader and the subsequent phrasing and reflection keeps the reader hooked.
best
Phil
best
Phil
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:53 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Feck that!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 213
Re: Feck that!
I enjoyed this too Colm. The testosterone male expletive narrows the poem, devalues the tone of reflective wisdom, but perhaps that was the intention. A viewpoint on idle gods.
cheers
phil
cheers
phil
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:17 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Jammie Dodger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 174
Re: Jammie Dodger
Cheers Colm. That is a spot on reading. Appreciated.
all the best
Phil
all the best
Phil
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:23 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: the book of love
- Replies: 7
- Views: 618
Re: the book of love
great image DaveThe ice in your whiskey melts,
becomes an off- colour skin.
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:14 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Just Patterns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 204
Re: Just Patterns
Love this T. Your poem allows the reader to have the experience that prompted the write.
best
Phil
best
Phil
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 6:13 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Jammie Dodger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 174
Re: Jammie Dodger
Thanks T. and Indar for your sensitive reading. Never sure how much vernacular communicates. The life of a poem depends so much on a reader!
best
Phil
best
Phil
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:13 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Jammie Dodger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 174
Jammie Dodger
He scribbled a note for Liz, left it under his mug: meeting boyo - the Lion, left the pug - for you. He didn't get far, what with his bladder ready to burst. Stopped off at the Halfway. A dearer pint, needs must. Liz hugged the dog that brought its chain to tug her heart: simple love - like the brok...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:08 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: My Godmother's Shack
- Replies: 5
- Views: 748
Re: My Godmother's Shack
I found this write very readable, fluent, with details that made it feel authentic. At times I felt there was material here to focus on in several poems, but then I enjoyed the whole. The wartime slogan 'waste not - want not', was a necessity, not a trendy mantra. With the growth of food banks, I'...