The Poets' Graves Workshop

Congrats again Not...

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mac

I have one appearing here:

http://www.millerspondpoetry.com/index.php?page=vol24web1-2#Phil Wood

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Thanks Not. And best of luck for you too in your ventures!

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mac

An antidote to the festive cheer, I have one appearing here:

https://dmdujour.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/phil-wood-the-rambler/

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mac

Put down my paintbrush this morning. Your chapbook has arrived

Not too impenetrable then I'm not into hierarchical comparisons, tastes are subjective, but from my viewpoint your poems I'd group with Callin/Crook/Nash for interest. Not sure what my future plans are for workshops, but thank you for your generous words.

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Thank you muchly Tristan. I've always enjoyed your poems, including the latest, and will keep an eye out for your future publications!

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mac

Life beyond PG. I have one appearing here...

https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-phil-wood/

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mac

At last! Congratulations David.

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Well done Not!

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mac

an arctic frenzy
across the tundra a bear
pisses with vigour

hi Trevor The more I read your poems, the more I've gotten to like them: the domestic/parental context and theme threads on language/identity/legacy. Native Tongue Carrer d’Orosi, Tarragona I speak to Spaniards who sand the ends of their words....like the tangible/intangible mix; the insight on anot...

Thanks JJ. I do have a lot of A5 paintings, great hobby, should have picked the 'best'...but they are all on the same plateau

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mac

No probs at all Amadis. No offence taken.

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mac

Nice ambush to end on Amadis. genuflect confused me since it suggested an act of submission. Perhaps scratches?

Metaphors are often challenging, but understood ones, are like waking up in a morning shower (to use a simile they clear the cobwebs - when not a cliche )

This is a poem by Ann Drysdale called Perfect Binding:

https://abegailmorley.wordpress.com/category/ann-drysdale/

Thanks Tristan. As Terry Pratchett wrote, cliches are the nuts and bolts of communication, especially in genre writing

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Who hasn’t thought of throwing the first stone when no-one’s around? This is from a poem by Ed Meek called Sympathy for the Vandals : https://acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-by-ed-meek/ Of course, there are always consequences to behaviours, which seems the prompt to these poems...the moral of the ...

A feature of watercolour painting is the 'happy accident'. It's the use of water. This poem by Sarah Cave called out on the water reminded me of that: http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2020/11/out-on-water.html?view=timeslide On another issue: There is some sort of correlation, it seems to me, betw...

This is wrong, this is right. Assertion is endemic to a style of critique, often reflecting a mind blinkered and locked in a personal aesthetic or worse, an 'educated' one. Does this limit an understanding of a poem...I feel it does :) This poem is a reminder of what is lost... https://www.theguardi...

Yes, that time of year still exists, a Christmas invite... http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?page_id=23 We are now open, from 13th-22nd November, for Submissions for 2020’s 12 Days Of… Christmas feature! Please email us with your name and Christmas in the subject line. General Submissions rem...

Response time is one week via publication. If your poem doesn’t appear online within one week, consider it rejected.

A most efficient submission process.

https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/submission-guidelines/

Enjoyed Joyce's The Dubliners , a bit chilly and distant, can't say I connected emotionally with the characters, but the narratives engaged. Started reading his novel Ulysses , love the diction surprises, may finish the read this time! Tolkien's Lord of the Rings felt unchallenging in comparison, pr...

the last clutch of eggs
will bring fresh forest voices
wakes a sleepy mole