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by Mark
Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:28 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Cling
Replies: 8
Views: 7712

Re: Cling

I don't understand the poem, all I get are fragments I can't connect from my POV, so I can't really comment. I do like the creative imagery in the last three lines.
by Mark
Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The other kind of hero
Replies: 16
Views: 18459

Re: The other kind of hero

Redemption of a WW1 soldier. I like the combined grittiness of his bastard-hood and martial instincts; it adds dimension to the character study which is the core of the poem. In this regard, I wonder if alcohol could not be worked in as a common layer, the wife-beating and the literal "Dutch courage...
by Mark
Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Small Town Dreams & Those Who Live Them
Replies: 14
Views: 13623

Re: Small Town Dreams & Those Who Live Them

Yeah, nice read. A longish poem, tilting toward a narrative style, which can perhaps open a few technical soft spots.For me, the piece works via the tone of the almost dichotomous feel of the narrator caught between nostalgia and the remorseless slide toward physical dissolution and the sense that t...
by Mark
Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:42 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Boo
Replies: 4
Views: 4045

Boo

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Boo

Who knows what thoughts are wrought
when wordsmiths write about slaughter
with words which are whimsical and trite
and inimical to the sanctity of human life.
  
by Mark
Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:25 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: She offered
Replies: 6
Views: 4926

Re: She offered

Sounds like sex in the bushes.
by Mark
Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:11 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Sou’easter
Replies: 2
Views: 5046

Sou’easter

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These silly little leaves are a problem for me
when wind blasts the town from off of the sea,
they skitter in past the door so freely and easily
and unfortunately, I won't just saw down the tree.

 
by Mark
Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:31 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
Topic: Erm...
Replies: 3
Views: 17729

Re: Erm...

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Thanks Ty. Too kind, you are.

I'd like to write an epic manifesto this year, to save humanity and the planet. Just kidding. Sort of. Things are looking terrible.








 
by Mark
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
Topic: Erm...
Replies: 3
Views: 17729

Erm...

Hi, I'm Mark and I used to write poetry.
by Mark
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
Topic: Hello, I'm Trish Saunders... from Seattle/Honolulu
Replies: 6
Views: 17023

Re: Hello, I'm Trish Saunders... from Seattle/Honolulu

Welcome Trish. I remember you from PC.
by Mark
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: A cloche of cliche
Replies: 1
Views: 2477

A cloche of cliche

There are many gardens in this world, some beautiful and some unkempt. A lovely garden is a labour of love - an appreciation of nature’s gifts; the soil as foundation, the sun as the engine of creation, rain is the blessing from above. Seeds obey the seasons as kernels of germination, flowers are th...