Monday, July 31, 2006

An Early Night Comments

Rating: 5.0

He said he'd ring as soon as he returned.
At nine, indulgent of her eagerness,
She settled down with joy to wait and turned
Her chair to face the 'phone. At ten the stress
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Mary Spain
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Edmund Calleja 14 December 2010

Beautiful. So down to Earth.

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Jennifer K 06 July 2010

absolutely beautiful. Youre writing is a thrill to read. Lovely, sad, and profound to teh human psyche. Great work

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Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee 11 February 2010

Beautifully presented the crisis. Psychological depth is mingled with poetic experience..beautiful poem and enjoyable reading.

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Rachel Butler 04 November 2009

'Imagining some dire calamity' Rachel Ann Butler

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Patrick A. Martin 18 September 2009

And so the deception goes on but who is decieved him or her? ? ? good poem I like it a lot. Earthy stuff.

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Siddharth Singh 21 July 2009

simple piece with a subtle twist. Very nice. get a 10.

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Pablo Cruise 19 March 2009

Simple narrative transformed into quite an intriguing piece. Very clever, Mary

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Christos Rodoulla Tsiailis 19 January 2009

I take it further, I see it as the loneliness of waiting human affection, or even a turn of light in our life, yet we do not admit it to others, not even to ourselves...

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Samanyan Lakshminarayanan 14 December 2008

a lie he would'nt believe even - anice narration of incidents-10

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Kesav Easwaran 17 October 2008

a poem typically feminine...and a lovely one in that...every line there makes you anxiously on the wait... and in the end a happy lie of the apprehensive mind...10+ for you, Mary

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Sulaiman Mohd Yusof 07 October 2008

He should have said ' how to payback? yesterday you had an early night, but i swear, tomorrow will be from dusk to dawn...............'

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Sarwar Chowdhury 17 September 2008

...a fine expression indeed.........10

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Ashraful Musaddeq 08 September 2008

An interesting piece.10 for it.

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Paul Hamer 15 July 2008

Mary Mary meat me in Spain i shall arrive like a knight in the night: all man with no name, then, on the breath of a whisper i shall drive you insane

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Paul Hansford 01 July 2008

Not the most profound of sonnets, but very workmanlike, and a real change to have this form with a gently humorous touch. The rhymes are very natural, and a good rhythm too. Well done.

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David Taylor 25 March 2007

Nicely written, my wife would not be so forgiving! Perhaps false politeness breeds bad manners? Love from David

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Marvin Brato 09 November 2006

Very good poem Mary, you make most men feel guitly you know. Its factual and happening to most. Thanks

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Alison Cassidy 04 August 2006

Mary Spain, What a beautiful poem written in a form that most of us on this site couldn't handle in a million years. And I love the theme - so understated and so timeless. Loved it. Welcome. Alison xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Joseph Daly 04 August 2006

This is a very touching narrative Mary. The manner that you have captured an incident such as the one described is truely majestical

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Catastrophe King 02 August 2006

Mary... The way you have used your words.. one can really picturise her waiting.... good work and very factual! ......10/10

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