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The false friend

Posted on February 21, 2020 by H.M. Goodchild

Another silkie (well, one glimpsed a couple of weeks ago) and another villanelle. Silkies don’t usually fare well upon the land and this one is, I’m afraid, no exception. The false friend I took his skin and put it on, … Continue reading →

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Lovers’ vows

Posted on February 16, 2020 by H.M. Goodchild

It’s a couple of days too late for this to be a Valentine. Beneath the tree (Lovers’ vows) An apple tree beside the sea, It grows for you and grows for me, And, in the shade, beneath the tree, A … Continue reading →

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These are the margins. A (possible) pantoum.

Posted on January 22, 2016 by H.M. Goodchild

I’ve not tried a pantoum before. It’s another form where lines are repeated, changing their places – and their meaning too, if the versifier is clever enough – between stanzas. There seems to be some freedom with the structure of … Continue reading →

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