Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Reminiscing (Headland, Hartlepool, January 23rd,2020) Comments

Rating: 5.0

At this ancient, battered headland my gaze
Is seaward and merges with the cold blue
Tainted moments of surreal mid winter.
The soft, unbroken vowels of the tide
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Shaun Cronick 09 June 2020

Great poem Dominic! I must admit there are echoes and shades of Dylan Thomas in reading your fine poem. Just soft key notes that resonate with me.10++ and added to my reread cabinet. Thank you for sharing your great gift Dominic. For you are one of the few poets on here I make a bee-line for.

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Dominic Windram 10 June 2020

Thanks Shaun...yes indeed I'm inspired by the work of Dylan Thomas, ' when summer was still green and gold promised' was possibly influenced, subconsciously at least, by Fern Hill such a great poem about childhood.

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