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Early lunch – chocolate bars on a draughty rock;
scoops of cloudless water from the peristalsis of a stream.
Mid-morning it is fresh in the umbrella of the pines.
Groundwater bubbles through the sweating,
detritus-soaked soil.

It is an hour as the hawk flits,
two as the lizard bolts,
three for the lovers who clamber
up the stony meander,
arms t…[Read more]

I know a few VERY rude limericks – but I can’t post them here.

CC

I prefer the Basement Jaxx version :P

It doesn’t seem to have been edited or even proofread, which is sinful in prose writing. It reads to me like a bad attempt at virginal erotica.

Sorry but… where is the passion, where aren’t the cliches? There isn’t even a vivid scene-setting of this most traditional tryst to enjoy.

The one bit I liked…[Read more]

The rhymes’ strictness went away as the piece progressed; so you should either tighten that up or abandon them altogether; or work in a looser rhyme scheme throughout.

The use of tree as personal metaphor is well-worn but powerful nonetheless, a good choice.

It reminds me of the Ents in Lord of the Rings.

CC

Well, this is extremely moving. Well done for getting it down.

Thanks

CC

William

This is a simple appeal, and it really does come off. I liked it a lot.

Thanks

CC

Well in the case of the grey squirrel that’s not entirely true, as they’re not a native UK species so they didn’t initially have any “land” we could “encroach on”…

My mate has suggested the following anti-squirrel-on-bird-feeder devices:

1. Electrify the pole, insulating only the top bit where the birds flit.
2. Get a .22 rifle.
3. Spike the…[Read more]

Angelwolf

Get a squirrel-proof feeder: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?RedirectEnter&partner=35421&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7746172042

Or you can make your own, apparently by fixing two hemispherical hanging baskets together, provided that the spaces in the baskets’ mesh are smaller than…[Read more]

A rare beauty, indeed :P

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CC

2. Collecting

Last year’s graffiti tags are mould
necrotising the cutting’s buttresses;
decaying carriages shake
outside the train care depot,
never to be allowed back in;
an ATM doesn’t pay out,
though you pound its sticky keys…

This is a friendless place for collecting.

Alert, chirpy platform managers try their best:
revising the day’s d…[Read more]

He probably isn’t, James

:wink:

CC

Pamma a lamma loo doo?

(it has a certian ring to it.)

CC

Hi
Your original relier did have a point thoug, regardless of whether you accept it or not…

x

CC

Whewee!!

I read this out to myself in the style of an American movie announcer on dope, and boy was it erotic!

Thanks

CC

Thanks you both – you’re Angels!!

(but I guess you knew that)

CC

Hi, MHOs

Fave Books?..

London Fields (Martin Amis). The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)

Fave Authors?..

Martin Amis

Books to Film..

1.The Plague Dogs is an excellent film to an excellent book.
2. Never read LA Confidential, but American Tabloid by the same author, James Ellroy, is wicked.

“The Concordance Of Nicola Six’s Kisses” is the best…[Read more]