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010: FOR SOMEONE I KNOW It's the end of the world, today, she said, tears in her eyes, shaking her head, whatever I had, I know I've lost, nobody knows but me. … Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 24, 2014
August Rain Silent three-one-one, gliding East tonight in rain. Fall, hard August rain. Soaked, smiling, you stood. Gentle glance, as if we could halt… Started by Lee Wilde	1	Aug 21, 2014 Reply by Dermott Ryder
009: AMANDA My friend Amanda wrote today, her young son, Alfredo, ran away, to join the brothers in the cause, to fight against oppressive laws. Bl… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 20, 2014
008: AUTUMN IN HYDE PARK Hyde Park, waiting for a friend, on a cool, late autumn afternoon. The park is teeming with activity. An unkempt itinerant evangelist haran… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 18, 2014
007-104: ENCHANTED STUDIO REVISITED I wrote the much shorter original version of ‘Enchanted Studio’ in Paris some years ago. Over the intervening years it has grown, became m… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 15, 2014
006: FROM MY GARDEN GATE I can see the old familiar hills from here, mottled green and blue, with bramble-berried slopes, they rise beyond a patchwork quilt of cot… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 14, 2014
005: A GRAVE EXPERIENCE I stood near his simple grey stone marker and wondered what attitude I should adopt. He was after all a famous and loved poet. Should rev… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 12, 2014
004: HOME THOUGHTS For David Idris [Taffy] Williams Why do pretentious new-wave Bardic evangelists, rage about the travails of ancient heroes ad nauseam?… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 10, 2014
003: REUNION For a poet with God in her typewriter… I heard the recorded words of a great poet, the media, as the bones, now turning to dust. The dev… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 9, 2014
002: AS DARKNESS FELL For Detective John Kent Matheson NYPD Like a swimmer bursting ever upward from the indigo darkness of the depths, thrashing, struggling,… Started by Dermott Ryder	0	Aug 8, 2014