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- Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:23 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Spectacle of Death
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11110
Re: Spectacle of Death
A good funeral home director is worth everything in the short window available to the family. If he or she isn't there, it's another kind of hell. This pretty much covers the second option. I agree. I've seen several different aspects, approaches, and personalities, thus the spectacle. I went to a ...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 3:32 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Spectacle of Death
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11110
Re: Spectacle of Death
The cold-hearted bastard priest passed the collection plate at my grampa's funeral. Strong effort on a hideously difficult topic, Deb. Cheers. T That's about as low down as you can go. I hope you were able to withhold payment on his services or that no one added a dime to the collection plate. Un...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:13 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dancing With My Demons
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3736
Re: Dancing With My Demons
Gyppo, this is a delightful dance, even with demons. There's a word that won't come to me now but I'll bring it back when it does. This is an enjoyable and relatable read. Nicely done, as usual.
~Deb
~Deb
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:09 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Ink
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7968
Re: Ink
Colm, I really like this. It speaks to me on many levels. Have you played with changing up "good parent" once in the last S? Perhaps, attentive, engaged, caring, devoted, or are you using repetitive words as labeling here? We do hang on to stupid things and some of us have stupid attachments to th...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:33 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: sign language
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3810
Re: sign language
Dave, You've done a beautiful job of cleverly weaving the drought theme. I enjoyed this and will return to read it again. I wonder if leaving out, "the" in the last line would give it a punch. Just a thought. It works fine as it is. You've painted a colorfully, somber image. Wonderful writing. ~Deb
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dark Matter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4447
Re: Dark Matter
Colm, your poems ring deeply personal. I gather your father is languishing in the last months or weeks of his life? I found this one profound in getting to the core of what's happening in your mind as you see it and in empathizing with this person. A stark, moving piece. All the best to you and your...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:13 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: TEN CHARACTER SKETCHES: (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7844
Re: TEN CHARACTER SKETCHES: (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
Hi Poet-e, I agree with Dave on using, "They say." I was wondering who, "They" were. That aside, I liked the dive you did into each character. There are some witty and insightful lines. At first, it was obvious to me that this "place" was an asylum or mental institution of some sort, or a place of ...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Waiting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5441
Re: Waiting
Colm - beautiful, moving, powerful. S1 totally sets the stage... last stanza a well done bookend. metronome... silent... drops of time... vivid and tangible. Been there, done that - your writing puts the reader by the door. Scene and the moment well painted. Be well. Aj I couldn't have said thi...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:55 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Waiting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5441
Re: Waiting
Colm - beautiful, moving, powerful. S1 totally sets the stage... last stanza a well done bookend. metronome... silent... drops of time... vivid and tangible. Been there, done that - your writing puts the reader by the door. Scene and the moment well painted. Be well. Aj I couldn't have said thi...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:49 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: The Scrinch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4290