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- Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Neglect
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12719
Re: Neglect
Loved the way you handled this. Can relate to everything you said, been there with our cats/dogs/fish/dwarf hamsters etc. Parents, sometimes we're too soft with our children, and sometimes we're oblivious to their needs. You can try to spread the 'load', but ultimately it all falls back on the pare...
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Greetings Poets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6900
Re: Greetings Poets
Hi and Welcome Janet.
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:33 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dirty Laundry
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12308
Re: Dirty Laundry
Time to move house.
Really enjoyed reading this, great final stanza.
This one demands a live performance.
Really enjoyed reading this, great final stanza.
This one demands a live performance.
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:25 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Hurricane
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13206
Re: Hurricane
Fab poem Sharon, so much to appreciate here...I love the '11 between the brows' line.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:27 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: three short poems of metaphor
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6478
Re: three short poems of metaphor
Hi July, You are trying too hard to make them sound poetic. Metaphor is such a powerful tool, but it requires restraint. And you need to ground poetry in some sort of reality...'night' doesn't 'yawn'. The shape of clouds on the horizon could have the appearance of a person yawning. You've decided ...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Fresh Start
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5128
Re: Fresh Start
Hi indy,
I'm wandering around here trying to get used to my new surroundings.
I'm sure I welcomed you somewhere here...if I didn't I will flay myself...if I did I might
just give myself a little flaying anyway
I'm wandering around here trying to get used to my new surroundings.
I'm sure I welcomed you somewhere here...if I didn't I will flay myself...if I did I might
just give myself a little flaying anyway
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:15 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: hi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4839
Re: hi
Welcome Matty.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Ahoy there!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14225
Re: Ahoy there!
OK, time to fess up...drab (bard) was a childish idea for a name. But in my defence I was only about 46 when I started writing/posting poems...so I was only a child really :lol: Soon after I became an internet Reverend (because I heard a dog became a Reverend) and attached Rev. to drab. It often (n...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:35 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Hi
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6228
Re: Hi
Hi MC,
Your muse might be right here, hiding in our tangled branches.
You're very welcome.
Your muse might be right here, hiding in our tangled branches.
You're very welcome.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Me
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5233
Re: Me
Hi Tim Brennan,
That's a good Irish name.
Pull up a stool by the fire.
That's a good Irish name.
Pull up a stool by the fire.