I had a real struggle with this #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire and binned a lot of angry pieces but here’s my more domestic take. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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The gentle homey dual images in the middle stanza surrounded by the tension, fear, and brute reality.
aug 15, 2025, 2:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Thanks, John. Your kind words are always appreciated
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Tears like water cannons, speech like rubber bullets. Hits hard and stays. Much enjoyed, Carolyn.
aug 15, 2025, 2:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you so much, Paul. It means a lot
aug 15, 2025, 3:27 pm • 1 1 • view
I tell it like it is. Can't do owt else, as I'm Yorkshire.
aug 15, 2025, 3:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 15, 2025, 4:13 pm • 1 0 • view
ah, your language of diplomacy. In reality, until one *appears* to concede ... i think ? 🤔 😉
aug 15, 2025, 3:21 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you so much, William
aug 15, 2025, 3:24 pm • 1 0 • view
very clever! 💔
aug 15, 2025, 10:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you, Ulrica 😊
aug 16, 2025, 8:08 am • 1 1 • view
It's very tricky subject, it's so huge - poems can spiral out forever. But think you've done a great job here, it feels so apt and true and now, especially as peace negotiations don't even involve the country that was invaded! Such strange times, you've show that so clearly here, excellent
aug 16, 2025, 8:24 am • 1 1 • view
Thank you so much for your very kind words, Peter 🙏💙
aug 16, 2025, 8:29 am • 1 0 • view
‘tears like water canons’ catches so much, the sting, the force, the inevitability. I love how you stage the fragility of peace in the quiet domestic gestures before the sky falls. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire
aug 15, 2025, 4:17 pm • 2 1 • view
Thank you so much, Alan. It’s really appreciated
aug 15, 2025, 5:08 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm all for the domestic take. Nice one!
aug 15, 2025, 4:32 pm • 1 1 • view
Thank you so much 🙏
aug 15, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
A very controlled capture of this all too familiar domestic nightmare. Great work, Carolyn.
aug 15, 2025, 9:50 am • 2 1 • view
Thank you, Sue - your kind words are always appreciated
aug 15, 2025, 10:49 am • 2 0 • view
Always welcome, Carolyn 💙
aug 15, 2025, 10:53 am • 2 0 • view
This is a most fascinating description of a domestic ceasefire… loved it! These seemingly innocent lines “One cooks their favourite meal; the other arranges flowers,…” describes the lull before the storm with perfection.
aug 16, 2025, 2:46 am • 3 2 • view
Thanks so much 😊 Delighted you enjoyed it
aug 16, 2025, 8:07 am • 2 0 • view
Absolutely! My pleasure!
aug 16, 2025, 8:20 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 16, 2025, 8:44 am • 1 0 • view
An uneasy peace held in domestic rituals, where diplomacy is as brittle as bone china. Ceasefire here is neither love nor resolution, just a pause in the choreography of ruin.
aug 15, 2025, 11:16 am • 1 0 • view
Thank you 🙏
aug 15, 2025, 12:56 pm • 0 0 • view
This is so good, Carolyn! (I think I've missed yours recently.) I can imagine this domestic scene; each line so precise, the tension held so tightly until it bursts like those stars exploding. It's still angry, but it's controlled anger.
aug 15, 2025, 11:16 am • 1 0 • view
Thanks so much, Merril. Really appreciate it 🙏 I haven’t managed to get anything done for the last couple of weeks but back in harness now 😊
aug 15, 2025, 11:18 am • 1 0 • view
You're welcome, Carolyn. Sometimes I don't see all the responses, so I'm glad I didn't miss yours. 😊
aug 15, 2025, 11:53 am • 1 0 • view
A taut, compact, impactful account of the human condition in the key of conflict. Great work! 👏👏🪶💫
aug 15, 2025, 10:51 am • 4 2 • view
Thanks, Jan and for the repost 😊 You’re always so generous! Haven’t seen one from you today - have I missed it?
aug 15, 2025, 10:54 am • 2 0 • view
Most welcome! Yes, I have a dog in the race today. Longish poem about a Harz legend - with much invention, speculation from me. 😁 Image of a Wild Man & a witch! 😁
aug 15, 2025, 11:01 am • 2 0 • view
I’ll seek it out 😊 Wild men and witches do it for me 🤣
aug 15, 2025, 11:04 am • 2 0 • view
Yes, it's also about neighbours turning on each other. 😁
aug 15, 2025, 11:07 am • 1 0 • view
Like a modern martial take on the Wife of Bath’s talk of maistrie. Excellent Carolyn
aug 15, 2025, 9:59 am • 2 1 • view
Thank you so much, Paul, it means a lot 😊 - I’m chuckling at your delightful analogy 😆
aug 15, 2025, 10:48 am • 2 0 • view
You really managed to capture the fragility of this ephemeral state, the tension pulled through the lines until it eventually gives way for the cruelty that has merely been halted, a dam designed to break.
aug 15, 2025, 9:41 am • 3 1 • view
Thank you very much, Matthias 🙏
aug 15, 2025, 10:47 am • 1 0 • view
now this is a great poem. The use of alliteration in the first stanza was masterful but the fourth stanza with the repeat "this will" really hammered the horror home. I'm fan boying!!
aug 15, 2025, 10:53 am • 1 1 • view
Thanks so much, Dave 😊 I don’t think I’ve ever been fanboyed before but I’m charmed 😁
aug 15, 2025, 10:56 am • 1 0 • view
It was a struggle for me as well. Lots of rage without direction. Lots of ache at the thought of others and their unnecessary suffering
aug 15, 2025, 12:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, it’s really hard. Thank you so much for the repost 🙏
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The near inevitability of the mutual destruction of a relationship is so vividly realised here
aug 15, 2025, 5:49 pm • 2 2 • view
Thank you, David - much appreciated
aug 15, 2025, 6:34 pm • 1 0 • view
This is the life we lead while it still matters, I fear. Good poem out of the angry bin, though.
aug 15, 2025, 8:12 pm • 2 1 • view
Thank you, Paul
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