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- Sun May 12, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: In later life the cartographer said
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17
Re: In later life the cartographer said
Much enjoyed Phil. ‘Studded’ and studied’ (I like studied sulk very much) seemed together a little overwrought to me. It may just be me though. Do you need ‘uplifted by late spring’? I really like ‘a flock of dandelion seeds’. I’m seeing this a lot in my backyard at mo. I might finish it at backyard...
- Sun May 12, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: Abandoned
- Replies: 3
- Views: 58
Re: Abandoned
The word ‘dissimulating‘ also gives the reader the freedom to open and link up the image.
Enjoyed this poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Enjoyed this poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Fri May 10, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: Back To Black
- Replies: 6
- Views: 96
Re: Back To Black
I suppose they is a difference between a fictional person and one who most of us remember.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Noon Journal of the Short Poem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 107
Re: Noon Journal of the Short Poem
Much enjoyed your short Phil. NOON is such a quality venue for short poems. Probably the best.
Many congrats!
Cheers,
Tristan
Many congrats!
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Snakeskin (May)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 67
Re: Snakeskin (May)
Many congrats to Ray, David, Fliss and John. Enjoyed all your poems. Another great edition of Snakeskin from George.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: That Old Familiar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 147
Re: That Old Familiar
Hi Ray, enjoyed this poem and the irony of the end - worked really well I thought.
It also reads well and I like many parts of the penguin.
No comments for improvement.
Cheers,
Tristan
It also reads well and I like many parts of the penguin.
No comments for improvement.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Black Nore Review
- Replies: 9
- Views: 133
Re: Black Nore Review
Really like this one Phil. Some of your best work I think. Love the sound of ‘into pelagic light’.
Many congrats.
Cheers,
Tristan
Many congrats.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:30 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: The Seventh Quarry (1)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 140
Re: The Seventh Quarry (1)
Many congrats Phil. Love the word ‘Mumpsimus’ and how it came into being. Fantastic find.
Thoroughly enjoyed the poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Thoroughly enjoyed the poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Byways (Arachne Press)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 123
Re: Byways (Arachne Press)
Many congrats Phil. The book looks lovely. A well deserved inclusion, I’m sure.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:19 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: In The Ekphrastic Review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 94
Re: In The Ekphrastic Review
Many congrats John. Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: Spirit World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 152
Re: Spirit World
Hi John,
I really enjoyed this. The imagery is great. The poem made me think of Bruce Chatwin’s ‘Songlines’.
Maybe you slip a little into cliche here: ‘like some thief in the night’.
A very interesting poem. I’ll think more about it.
Cheers,
Tristan
I really enjoyed this. The imagery is great. The poem made me think of Bruce Chatwin’s ‘Songlines’.
Maybe you slip a little into cliche here: ‘like some thief in the night’.
A very interesting poem. I’ll think more about it.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: The Punishment of Marsyas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 288
Re: The Punishment of Marsyas
Hi John, These lines are both excellent and horrifying. Now, the easy hand that plucks the lyre, the drinking cup, the bow, peels Marsyas the way one peels a fruit. I have to admit my ignorance of Marsyas’s and Apollo’s story, but wiki soon put this right. Enjoyed the poem and researching its mythol...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: A Good Day for God
- Replies: 11
- Views: 424
Re: A Good Day for God
I like the idea that possibly God having a good day and singing somehow set all the planets, galaxies and electrons in motion. Enjoyed the poem John. It has your usual easy readability in terms of fluidity and flow, but not necessarily in terms understanding of meaning.
Nice poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Nice poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: A Crop Has Taken Root
- Replies: 4
- Views: 394
Re: A Crop Has Taken Root
Hi John,
I like this poem. I read it out aloud and liked its rhythm. Highlights for me are: ‘from the long / descent to evening’ and ‘a spark /leaps from a cathode’.
Lots more to like, too, of course.
Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
I like this poem. I read it out aloud and liked its rhythm. Highlights for me are: ‘from the long / descent to evening’ and ‘a spark /leaps from a cathode’.
Lots more to like, too, of course.
Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: Even Better than the Real Thing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 465
Re: Even Better than the Real Thing
Hi John, When I read this I thought it was a parody, but then I read your comments to Phil and found out it was your reaction to the popularity demotic language in poetry. I fully agree with your viewpoint, but I’m not sure this is the best way of expressing it. Of course, you are right, the registe...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: He is taken in for his appointment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 362
Re: He is taken in for his appointment
Nicely done David. As others have said, this poem gently sings. Thoroughly enjoyed.
If this poem is written from personal experience, I hope you have recovered.
Cheers,
Tristan
If this poem is written from personal experience, I hope you have recovered.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 563
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Pleased you enjoyed it John, and liked that sentence. I can understand why poets enter comps, but for me they are a waste of money when I could be buying a po mag or book. I’ve been reading through the latest edition of Long Poem Magazine and there’s so many interesting things people are doing in po...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:04 pm
- Forum: Forum News and Support
- Topic: Renewal Time!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 786
Re: Renewal Time!
Made a contribution yesterday.
Cheers all,
Tristan
Cheers all,
Tristan
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 563
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Hi Phil, I have to confess that I have entered po comps in the past but not for a long time. Pleased you found it convincing. But as you imply, you’d already come to the pieces conclusions. Hi Fliss, Pleased you enjoyed the piece. Po comps are definitely better when there are no entry fees involved....
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 563
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Many thanks Mac and Celeb. Many congrats to David, Fliss, Ray and John! Excellent poems all round.
If anyone is interested I’ve had a short essay published in Litter Magazine about poetry competitions (https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/11/ ... oetry.html).
Cheers,
Tristan
If anyone is interested I’ve had a short essay published in Litter Magazine about poetry competitions (https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/11/ ... oetry.html).
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: Forum News and Support
- Topic: Future of the Forum?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1750
Re: Future of the Forum?
I’ll wait too for the October post.
Hope you are doing well Kris.
Cheers,
Tristan
Hope you are doing well Kris.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Streetcake (1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 437
Re: Streetcake (1)
Hi Phil,
I enjoyed this poem a great deal. It implies much about communication for me. Great image.
Cheers,
Tristan
I enjoyed this poem a great deal. It implies much about communication for me. Great image.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: Dead Reckoning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 158
Re: Dead Reckoning
Hi John, I enjoyed this retelling of Shackleton’s incredible journey and eventual rescue of his men, and all those ‘might bes’. I also liked the ‘Dead Reckoning’ idea as their method of navigation and that it can lead to an accumulation of errors as in the recounting of stories - clever stuff. Enjoy...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Snakeskin 308 July
- Replies: 12
- Views: 504
Re: Snakeskin 308 July
Hi David,
Not to worry at all. Pleased you liked the poems.
Cheers,
Tristan
Not to worry at all. Pleased you liked the poems.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Snakeskin 308 July
- Replies: 12
- Views: 504
Re: Snakeskin 308 July
Many thanks all and congrats to Michael. Much enjoyed your poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan