Poetry Forum

Enjoyed Ray. Had a Cooper Clark vibe (at least in my head).

Congrats

Phil

Things That Won’t Stop Until They Stop My heart won’t stop doing the jitterbug. I’m not sure why it’s so much alive, constantly moving like a hyperactive child. This is my old age, time to relax, so why is part of me always at a dance? It needs to conserve itself for important things, like when tha...

Agree with Kris on the excellent ending, though perhaps a quieter touch on the sibilance and canopy/haphazardly/floaty could do with one less. Liked the shimmer of cars and buses, lets hope the summer haze comes soon!

Champions League next season!

I like the tone of the poem.

I have to confess, I'm not that interested in God Caleb.

I'm glad they wander again. I feel it is human to wander.

Congratulations John. The champagne has been delivered at PP

Cheers Caleb.

I was coming from a show. Happy, warm entertainers danced and sang, celebrating the wonder of being alive, of being young, of having a bed. It seemed that this lost soul was staging her own show. The window of the modern church was waist high, with a ledge for her to climb on, a place where every p...

Yes, I remember that poignant poem John. Heaney was a thinking man, and also a thoughtful one because he felt his experience.

Cheers John. My Shakespearian influence