tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post8473270493596566453..comments2023-04-17T01:32:00.068+10:00Comments on Project 365 + 1: Robert Verdon, #220, untitledACskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110367021710057605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post-60816216805616597102016-07-28T16:21:51.490+10:002016-07-28T16:21:51.490+10:00StartlingStartlingLizz Murphy Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054842807907134650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post-82602620740664534632016-07-28T12:12:29.451+10:002016-07-28T12:12:29.451+10:00Wow. "..bled...into white bowls/
sweet as sug...Wow. "..bled...into white bowls/<br />sweet as sugar beet..."<br />these lines alone are perfect and bittersweet in their condensed condemnation of how the peasantry of the Midlands became factory fodder for the potteries, fresh blood for the Industrial Revolution. I lived near its birthplace (Telford, The Potteries and also the mills of Darby etc) and your poem evokes it all brilliantly for me. They are such pretty places now. Efi Hatzimanolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353535863228831260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post-68291884612172078192016-07-28T08:06:22.036+10:002016-07-28T08:06:22.036+10:00Thanks Susan, Anna — really nice when the poem ...Thanks Susan, Anna — really nice when the poem 'works'. I was thinking of the industrial revolution, the rise of capitalism, and the horrific history of western 'civilisation'.Robert Verdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977672281912900625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post-3610914872614715302016-07-28T08:00:36.574+10:002016-07-28T08:00:36.574+10:00That's really interesting, evoking the industr...That's really interesting, evoking the industrial revolution!ACskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110367021710057605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361304586075259487.post-3688914052782777482016-07-27T23:39:51.079+10:002016-07-27T23:39:51.079+10:00Terrific poem, Robert.Terrific poem, Robert.Susan Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333515454554905385noreply@blogger.com