The Tangled Branch Discussion Forums

Loved the way you handled this. Can relate to everything you said, been there with our cats/dogs/fish/dwarf hamsters etc.  Parents, sometimes we're too soft with our children, and sometimes we're oblivious to their needs. You can try to spread the 'load', but ultimately it all falls back on the pare...

Hi and Welcome Janet.

Time to move house.
Really enjoyed reading this, great final stanza.
This one demands a live performance.

Fab poem Sharon, so much to appreciate here...I love the '11 between the brows' line.

Hi July, You are trying too hard to make them sound poetic. Metaphor is such a powerful tool, but it requires restraint.  And you need to ground poetry in some sort of reality...'night' doesn't 'yawn'.  The shape of clouds on the horizon could have the appearance of a person yawning. You've decided ...

Hi indy,
I'm wandering around here trying to get used to my new surroundings. 
I'm sure I welcomed you somewhere here...if I didn't I will flay myself...if I did I might 
just give myself a little flaying anyway 

Welcome Matty.

OK, time to fess up...drab (bard) was a childish idea for a name. But in my defence I was only about 46 when I started writing/posting poems...so I was only a child really  :lol: Soon after I became an internet Reverend (because I heard a dog became a Reverend) and attached Rev. to drab. It often (n...

Hi MC,
Your muse might be right here, hiding in our tangled branches.
You're very welcome.

Hi Tim Brennan,
That's a good Irish name. 
Pull up a stool by the fire.