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I would be very reluctant to suggest any changes.  This poem has what I've come to 'hear' as your authentic voice, the younger Indar looking both forward and back at the same time.  It has the 'feel' of a sepia tint photograph, where you can guess at the colours but never be certain. If you've alrea...

EVERYTHING.  A simply useful and functional search utility.  Does what Windows 'search' ought to, but doesn't. As far as I know this only works on Windows, but it doesn't give a damn which version you're using.  I'm sure the Apple and Linux crowd have their own equivalent, probably with a 'funky' n...

As Voltaire said : "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one."

Gyppo

But who defines their perfection?  Them or you?  Often perfection  - like beauty - is in the eye of the beholder ;-) Think of those couples who fight like cat and dog, but have been together for years, and who will seamlessly transfer to a united front if any third party dares to criticise either of...

If you want to keep the tenth line then 'bin' is definitely the sticking point.

May I suggest 'cage' instead.   That's why my ashes will be scattered and freed when the time comes.  Logic tells me that ashes cannot feel claustrophobia, but what if I'm wrong?

Gyppo

I thoroughly enjoyed this poem. I think quite probably more than one or two of us will relate to this, Indar.  But the older I get the less inclined I feel to try and be a different kind of person. It's taken me years to get this far.   Sometimes we just have to embrace what we are and enjoy our own...

How does writing thirty poems in thirty days work?  It's an odd event and having taken part a few times over the last several years I may have some useful advice for newcomers.  Some of this will be contradictory, so feel free to choose what works for you, or at least looks promising, and ignore the...

Redolent I bought a book about palmistry, a fairly ancient book. Black and white line drawings showing different hands. None quite like mine. Thick coarse paper. It sat on a rack outside the shop and, as ancient books sometimes do, it called to me as I passed. I opened it at a few random pages, not...

Tracy, I would advocate not 'tinkering' anymore with the existing poem.  But writing a 'companion poem' or two based around the same theme from different viewpoints could be fun. I was tempted to play with the theme myself.  Please forgive me... ===== The De Walt bag waits in vain on the high shelf,...

QWERTY:  BSA Road Rocket, 650 twin.  High comp pistons etc.  Averaged 50,000 miles a year for about eight years.  Not bad for an 'unreliable' old Brit ;-)  A bike for riding, not polishing.  Had a light box sidecar on there for about half the time, until I broke the sidecar chassis through over-enth...