Hi Sue,
You have learned how to prune your work down to a fine art. There is great skill in such very short poems done correctly.
There is a strong feeling of philosophical reflection in this. Even a certain surrender…
Excellent work.
Hi Alison,
Thank you so much for such a kind comment it means a great deal to me to know you thought so well of it.
August here has been so cold and dull it gives the feeling that autumn is but a step away and although I love the autumn, the older I am becoming the more precious warmth and light seem to be. Sue xx
Hi Trevor, thank you for your comment I am very pleased you enjoyed this somewhat brief poem, it was going to be longer but as it had already said all I needed it to I didn’t want to clutter it up so to speak.
I’m dog sitting at my daughter’s country cottage ( 1650 ) and we are surrounded by beautiful traditional countryside and life at the moment is pure joy. Sue.
I much enjoyed this one, I’m so pleased you continue to write. I know at times you have found it hard, but there seems to be a contentment in you now of sorts. You have found yourself in poetry, a place where you are appreciated, a place where you belong.
Mike XxX
Thank you so much for reading and giving me such a lovely comment, and compliment Mike. I am truly pleased you enjoyed this so much and you are right, I have found it difficult to write with so much that is precious being ripped apart and destroyed around me, but somehow the words find their way back. You have taught me so much in the few years I have been on here that I do feel this is finally the real me, thanks to you I can hold my head up and say with confidence I have found my place… Read more »
Hi Sue,
You have learned how to prune your work down to a fine art. There is great skill in such very short poems done correctly.
There is a strong feeling of philosophical reflection in this. Even a certain surrender…
Excellent work.
Alison x
Hi Alison,
Thank you so much for such a kind comment it means a great deal to me to know you thought so well of it.
August here has been so cold and dull it gives the feeling that autumn is but a step away and although I love the autumn, the older I am becoming the more precious warmth and light seem to be. Sue xx
Hi Trevor, thank you for your comment I am very pleased you enjoyed this somewhat brief poem, it was going to be longer but as it had already said all I needed it to I didn’t want to clutter it up so to speak.
I’m dog sitting at my daughter’s country cottage ( 1650 ) and we are surrounded by beautiful traditional countryside and life at the moment is pure joy. Sue.
I much enjoyed this one, I’m so pleased you continue to write. I know at times you have found it hard, but there seems to be a contentment in you now of sorts. You have found yourself in poetry, a place where you are appreciated, a place where you belong.
Mike XxX
Thank you so much for reading and giving me such a lovely comment, and compliment Mike. I am truly pleased you enjoyed this so much and you are right, I have found it difficult to write with so much that is precious being ripped apart and destroyed around me, but somehow the words find their way back. You have taught me so much in the few years I have been on here that I do feel this is finally the real me, thanks to you I can hold my head up and say with confidence I have found my place… Read more »