Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Wolves Comments

Rating: 3.6

I do not want to be reflective any more
Envying and despising unreflective things
Finding pathos in dogs and undeveloped handwriting
And young girls doing their hair and all the castles of sand
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Louis Macneice
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Wolfiina whitepaw 22 January 2020

This was a beautiful piece of work

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Maria Gonzalez 11 November 2015

This is very well-written piece of work. Descriptive and emotive. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Susan Williams 11 November 2015

Like Bovey Belle said...I loved the suggestion of the wolves of water howling along the coast. I think he has never forgotten that childish notion that something is behind the curtain, or under the bed, and if you turn round quickly enough, you may just see the bogey man...

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Seema Jayaraman 11 November 2015

Keep focussed on the near furure, whatever is achievable niw and let the wolf waters of far future take over later. Thanks

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Rajnish Manga 11 November 2015

Yes, the life has in store all kinds of emotions for us to enjoy and to lament about but we must not get bogged down by negativity. Inspiring poem. You have rightly resolved: to keep my eye only on the nearer future And after that let the sea flow over us. Join hands and make believe that joined Hands will keep away the wolves of water

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