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Re: heavy dreams & lofty responsibilities
Ooh, I like #17 - you've got a wonderful, tangible metaphor there - I can almost feel it!
Apr 15, 2018 -
Re: a garden of stars and cats
I like #17 - such a lovely, clear image of all these boats drifting and sinking on the water :)
Apr 15, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#15 or, Introvert Goes to a Party This room is filled with (the heat and the scent and the sound of) excellent half-strangers; my shirt is drenched and I am ...
Apr 14, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#14 I know you-- ---- in this place among these desks ---- trading Kinder egg toys and sharing burritos I know you-- ---- 'twixt lines of code and bug reports ...
Apr 13, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#13 I always forget to leave some calendar squares white for my battery levels to catch up with all the good things.
Apr 12, 2018 -
Re: 2018 Reading Challenge
When I'm really motivated, I devour books at speed! And this challenge was a really good motivation at the start of the year. I might be overestimating how many I ...
Apr 12, 2018 -
Re: 2018 Reading Challenge
I am 17/50 on the challenge! Plus several rereads I wasn't counting, and one book I couldn't fit into the challenge categories. Most of the 17 were in January, though, ...
Apr 12, 2018 -
Re: mama didn't know the forest was magic
I love following all the threads you've driven through the whole series of poems - like the wolf, who keeps showing up. I'm getting a sense of slightly unearthly magic ...
Apr 12, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#12 Some days, you watch every second tick past on the clock above the list of timekillers you've made yourself. Some days, the morning races past in a series of ...
Apr 11, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#11 Atop the chrome-glass forest, this hazy canopy obscures the glistening heights of geometric giants. In translucent air, all sight is dimmed; colours lose vibrance, shapes definition. The sky is ...
Apr 10, 2018 -
Re: Rydia's Retalliation
This looks like it's a tough one to write. The first stanza is very powerful, even if you're not ready to finish the whole thing yet.
Apr 10, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
#10 The tarmac gleams fire of streetlights in shattered ripples of rain thrown up by passing tyres. I tilt my face up to catch the falling sky and leave my ...
Apr 9, 2018 -
Re: skipping the footnotes
You have some really cool stuff going on here - I like the interesting structures you've gone for in 5, 6 and 8. Also, #3 made me laugh, and I ...
Apr 9, 2018 -
Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon
Thank you, Stella! ^_^ #9 I walked across Hampstead Heath in the rain and though it was light and fine, just drizzle, it washed out the tension from my shoulders. ...
Apr 8, 2018 -
Re: desert rain
Hooray, first NaPo! You're doing great so far, keep it up! :D I really like meteor shower , it's got a lovely duality to it.
Apr 8, 2018
