Hi Gyppo
A spider poem! Muchly enjoyed too, especially the notion of the radio antennae searching for intelligent life.
cheers
Phil
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- Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:57 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Nature's Spirograph
- Replies: 2
- Views: 876
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:51 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Happiness (revision4)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2066
Re: Happiness (revision2)
Reminds me of this one time when a big black and yellow rain spider set up shop in the kitchen of this raggedy house we had in the bush. Left it alone as a flycatcher. Used to feed it live insects and it got quite tame. Sold the place to a renovator and had to take the spider, Millie, with us when ...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:48 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Going home
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2855
Re: Going home
Hi Mark,
I'm seeing would/went for the change. My sympathies for your loss.
all the best
Phil
I'm seeing would/went for the change. My sympathies for your loss.
all the best
Phil
- Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:14 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: I could walk
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1418
Re: I could walk
Engaging, relatable, and I enjoyed the wry tone. Works for me.
cheers
Phil
cheers
Phil
- Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:21 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Untitled
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1884
Re: Untitled
Notes from Underground Motes crushed invisible gather where least expected or wanted, you cough, you wheeze, you freeze lungs shut against dark memories. Title made me think of Dostoevsky. I read that N. being ambushed by the past. Still breathing in that past despite all the mechanics of resistanc...
- Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:19 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Happiness (revision4)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2066
Re: Happiness (revision2)
Thanks Dave. Appreciate the tinkering. I've expanded with some more elements.The question that was nagging me is why some spiders don't move on when the rest of the food chain does.
cheers
Phil
cheers
Phil
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Happiness (revision4)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2066
Re: Purpose
Thanks Colm. Yes, I like those lines too.
best
Phil
best
Phil
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:26 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Happiness (revision4)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2066
Happiness (revision4)
revision4 A spider repairs its web; the man in the ketchup vest has moved on, and that furtive cat befriends elsewhere. Diptera, incidental in arachnid art, rarely visit. No matter. The spider threads. Order survives, is satisfied. ------ revision3 A reclusive spider repairs its fraying web; the sl...
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:44 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Washing cars
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2311
Re: Washing cars
Found the contemplative tone, the reality and honesty pegs, engaging, not overdone. I know, but I forget what I know, and learn again. Just being human I guess. Liked how the poem wasn't railroading thoughts. Writing the poem was a good use of Colm time. And reading time for Phil
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: Fevers of the Mind
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6553
Re: Fevers of the Mind
Thanks Colm. Appreciated. I shall pass on the feedback.
Cheers
Phil
Cheers
Phil