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Re: A Dragon of Carefully-Chosen Words
#28 Don't think too hard about it, just try to let the feeling exist; let it fill up the room from the floor right to the ceiling.
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#27 Here's a tip: find the room with the dog in, curled up like a hairy throw cushion, and sit with him while the rest of the house is frantic ...
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#26 It's ten years since I first used dye, and sometimes people still ask why I would choose to spend half a day faffing around with goo that stains my ...
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#25 Tonight's special: three hours of connection (over sorbet and prosecco) with strangers you may never meet again.
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#24 I can't tell if the translation is on your lips or in my head, but the sentence I heard wasn't the one you said.
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#23 'Twas a bright April morning, in the pale green of spring, A bright day that shattered with a battle-horn's ring; With gleaming new armour, blade fresh from the forge, ...
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Thank you, @paperforest, I'm so glad you like them! That last couplet of #13 is a favourite of mine, too :) #22 It takes three candles (and the door cracked ...
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Re: NaPo 2019? Omg It's 2019.
Ooh, yay, lots of beautiful structured poems! I've actually learnt a couple of new structures just from reading this thread - and now I want to try a cywydd llosgyrnog, ...
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Re: permafrost
Messshhh. I love all your poems, always, even the ones you haven't finished yet. #8 has that powerful specificity that really packs a punch. And I'm really into the direction ...
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Re: to bend shadows into light
Ooh, I really like that last poem, and especially the final lines - what an excellent illustration of the way other people seem so effortlessly confident and in charge sometimes ...
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Re: fairy tale denouement
Hey EternalRain! Nice work so far on your first ever NaPo! I hope you're enjoying it :D I like the fairytale theme you're running with here. I think (ii) is ...
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Re: ...and here we go, again!
Hey Audy! That picture of where you are looks incredible - I have barely dipped my toes into that kind of real, remote, phone-free wilderness, and I hope you're having ...
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#21 Standing in the dapple gold by the rushing river broad, breathing in lungfuls of sweet wild garlic (tiny white stars dotted on aromatic waves of green) bathing in unexpected ...
Apr 21, 2019 -
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#20 On soft, silent wings Pale face in the dead of night Fieldmouse's demise Last night's poem - now that I have the internet connection to post it
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#19 Tail-wagger Ball-squeaker Food-snaffler Toe-warmer Dog
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