Thursday, October 6, 2016

Moonlit Night Comments

Rating: 5.0

This Autumn night
There will be moonlight in Fuchow,
And there she will gaze alone,
With the children now asleep,
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Tom Billsborough
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Bri Edwards 18 October 2016

nice. favorite lines: Standing side by side at the window, Looking at the moonlight with dry eyes. thanks for the Poet's Notes, which became more clear after i read some of your responses to comments, below. otherwise i would think you are fluent in Chinese. i know kung fu and rice-a-roni! AND Tang. wasn't that the orange drink of U.S. astronauts? this shall go into Section B of October's 'a showcase for PH poets'. thanks. bri ;) ah, Annette, Annette. Tom and I shall have to get her an editing machine. but she is a very fine poet despite sip. ha ha. Tom, you buy the machine and i'll deliver it. deal?

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Tom Billsborough 19 October 2016

Yes, or advise a Spell-checker! Of course there would be an outrageous charge for Editing! Hopefully!

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Annette Aitken 12 October 2016

A wonderful piece Tom it made my heart sip a beat, , so full of feeling and sentiment...beautiful....

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Tom Billsborough 12 October 2016

I'd like to tackle a few more of Tu Fu's poems. They are very beautiful. I was sent a book of his poems from China in Mao Tze Tung's era in response to my favourable comments on Mao's book, The long Road to Freedom, which tells of the long struggle against the Japenese during the 2nd World War.

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Unwritten Soul 09 October 2016

When you start inking the space with the words, and with that nice inspiration...you inspired another pen to write another...its been a while im not reading you and when i read it here, it reminds me of old past..lovely one

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M Asim Nehal 07 October 2016

The pain of separation and waiting is nicely expressed in this poem........Awesome interpretation..10+

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Edward Kofi Louis 06 October 2016

Innocent dreams. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Tom Billsborough 07 October 2016

Thanks, Edward. I'm fond of Chinese verse. I think it suits my Imagist views on poetry.

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Tom Billsborough

Tom Billsborough

Preston Lancashire England
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