Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Late Love Comments

Rating: 4.7

How they strut about, people in love,
How tall they grow, pleased with themselves,
Their hair, glossy, their skin shining.
They don't remember who they have been.
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Jackie Kay
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MAHTAB BANGALEE 17 January 2023

Love is always alive; love is always present; love is always active; it can't be a being of late! inspired; nice to read

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Mary Oxforth 16 January 2023

Very moving poem. People change, when they are in love. Brainwashed

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Chinedu Dike 16 January 2023

Powerfully and movingly penned with conviction.....

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Bruk Renwick 16 January 2023

Too many single people mistake infatuation for responsibility which is love. Infatuation only ever lasts a short time for everyone.

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Adam522 27 November 2020

The Makar is a communist, lesbian, black, woman because she's communist, lesbian, black and a woman. And before you say " Oh, don't be so cynical" ask yourself if it didn't come up in the board room. Nobody mentions that she's a black, LGBT, woman? Her poetry is gash, man. I'm a working class bloke, but I like poetry, and I've finished reading her stuff now, and I don't understand any of this. It's written for the intellectuals not the Plowman.

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Grace 06 November 2018

Great work and an amazing effort

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John Mckormak 06 November 2018

I am a very good writer and I am planning on starting to write poems, any tips?

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Grace 06 November 2018

Perfectly wrote an amazing poet

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Grace 06 November 2018

Touching I wonder where the lateness comes in?

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Grace 06 November 2018

Very emotional and touching, favourite poem I have ever read

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Chris 05 November 2018

Touching poem, lovely work and a very talented writer, thanks for the read

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Bill Wright 26 September 2016

I wonder where the lateness comes in?

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Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay

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