Love it.❤

Hi miss finch hope this new carreer is going well xxx -frances

Love it. ❤

Gorgeous!!! Creative and oh, what fun it would have been to have been there 💚

Lovely! Skylarking is romantic and dreamy, “the color of swans”!

Scratched by the pushback of too many chairs. Each time I am drawn into another line. As I said earlier, YOU are glorious Sue, thank you for being a star Stormer 🌟🙏😘

Love this 👌👏👏✍️📖

Utterly ( utteredly) remarkable in conception and expression! Congrats on its nomination!

How wonderful that this says that a report does not need to be you as a person because you are more than words written by someone else on a page, maybe someone who does not know you and your inner thoughts. Let the report age whilst you as a person grow. I loved the thoughts that it evoked.

I loved this poem. It reminded me of the time my eldest granddaughter, Lily, fell into a neighbour’s pond as we were there for a barbecue. Whoops, how soggy she was but no dog blankets just a quick dash home, change and back for the food. How resilient children are although she did say “Please don’t tell Mummy and Daddy.” I loved the description of the grey dog hairs as I could just picture the scene.

Beautiful ❤

Poetry. No other words.

This is so relaxing.

Where do the ideas come from for such an unusual poem, so serious in parts and yet amusing in parts. Giraffes are so elegant and yet so gangly. A poem that brings out all sorts of emotions and visions as well, superb writing!!

What a lovely poems with so many ‘what if’s. The picture painted of the snuffling badger is so real as is there a flask of tea or not..... I loved it!!❤

Always gives me the shivers this poem. Still love it though. Xx

Haunting and beautiful. X

What a moving and thought provoking poem. I loved it and immediately listened again as it said so much...... beautiful. The lights by the way were an added bonus as was the lovely tree!

'The treasure of it was temporary ' such powerful words . 💜💜

What a delightful poem read against a beautiful background. The descriptive language was a joy and I was held captive right to the last word anticipating what would come next. A sheer delight!

Beautiful

I love this poem and Elvis too. So good to see you reading your poems.

How weird, as a child I always wondered why the numbers stopped at ten so my sister and I made up new rules and ways of playing Hopscotch. We would look for the strangest stone possible and then discard the rest. The impermanence of the chalk the chalk meant that we were allowed to draw a frame on the driveway as it could be washed away but we were not allowed to draw a frame outside on the pavements as the neighbours did not like it. I loved this poem and all the memories it has brought back, good ones actually.

Wow, how on earth did a blade inspire such a poem. The descriptions are just so real. I love this poem, brilliant.

𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖 🤩

This was a poem with such depth and feeling. I found it very moving and one which I could not get out of my head.

Just a delightful poem. It made me listen, made me smile and above all it made me feel the love that it exuded.

Yet another piece of poetry where the descriptive language is a highlight in the enjoyment of the piece. It demonstrates the power of descriptive language in setting scenes and scenarios, brilliant.

Now there’s a question, can I name this feeling and currently I cannot but what a great poem. I shall think about it and see if I can name a feeling. Thank you for sharing this thought evoking piece.

The title fascinated me so I waited until I had the time to sit and listen, really listen. How pleased I am that I did. It was a poem that wanted me to hear it again and again and each time it evoked different images in my mind. I guess it showed that things go on no matter what, differently maybe but they do go on. I really enjoyed this poem and the time of relaxation I had whilst listening to it.

Oh my goodness, how I enjoyed this - the lead up,to the poem and the poem itself. It was all just brilliant. Thank you for for the emotions you made me feel, truly wonderful. I have to say that the way the poem is read adds to its magic, fantastic.

Gosh. More than intriguing.

I love this poem and its evocative descriptions.

Thank you! Love this poem!

What an array of fiddlehead ferns and the prospect of garlic and rock salt tickles the taste buds and leaves a feeling of anticipation of what it might be like. Add caterpillars and lemon zest and the mood changes but the idea of changing a way of eating is still there. Really thought provoking about how we change our eating habits.

Oh this is just wonderful. It brings back such memories of Whitby, a place I love. It is written so that you feel that you are there and in the moment. I love this poem, it might just have to be one of my favourites.

That is so beautiful

Just read so movingly and with such feeling, beautiful.

I love it. It is so atmospheric, beautiful.

So beautiful, Sue. Thank you. It transports me. Deeply grateful.

Love it - mesmerising

Well, I read the title and sat there ready to listen. What I heard was nothing that I had imagined that I would. I loved the poem, a poem that needs to be really listened to so as to really feel what it is saying. I loved the feelings that it portrayed in such a knowing way, they had such depth and sincerity. It is a very moving and evocative poem, one that lingers long after hearing it.

Reading your poems from your wonderful book is great but to close my eyes and hear you read them is magical, thank you.

Great to actually hear it. I have enjoyed reading it in the book though which is wonderful.

What a great poem, I loved it! So simple but so effective and brought a smile to my face on a dismal dreary wet Thursday. The village I used to live in had resident peacocks which wandered freely and could be seen waiting at the bus stop, walking to the medical centre, high up on rooftops or in a favourite tree, strutting up and down the roads and wandering around gardens. I have a very soft spot for them.

Very lovely, Sue.

It made me smile, it made me think and the evocative language brought visions that I would not normally have thought of or seen. A really powerful poem in more ways than one.

cool.

I loved reading this with a coffee this evening. It made me smile and made me think. ‘I wonder if we will ever be sociable again after this.’ How powerful a sentence is this and it is going around in my head. Really great poem. I enjoyed reading it and the images it created in my mind.Thank you.

I just love this poem, it might even be my favourite!! You are so clever at creating illusions and magical scenes. This poem made me drool over the description of some of the foods and the title made me smile as it made me think of emails pinging in your box and the lack of them ‘when I am gone.’ Great poem.