Levitation
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A great read with vivid imagery, a few comments below:

(07-02-2017, 12:23 AM)Keith Wrote:  The kitchen was always in winter—its pantry                         Was always what in winter? It feels that the first sentence is missing a word after always
full of shadows, odours washed in damp soil
and bagged in the fields, picked-at,                                     I feel that the comma after "picked-at" is unnecesarry here. 
white boned carcasses draped                                                
in tea towels set aside to rest.                                             

Thin air wafted a sweetness that drizzled
on cooling cakes and offered up
a promise of fresh buttered bread.                                         Gorgeous stanza!

The worn down work tops cut away to hands                        Perhaps cut 'the' in this sentence
that rolled out pastry, and set liquid jelly
outside to cool in the drifting snow.

A bottomless Belfast sink bubbled above
a makeshift step, positioned to giggle child-                        
labour onto chores.                                                           Adding an adjective to 'Chores' that reflects with 'giggle' would improve the final sentence while also filling                                                                                            it up

Its walls gleamed with fired green tiles crafted                       
flat, almost without seams. Stood in the doorway
between two poems, a child looked along their
mirrored finish, cast a spell—one arm one leg,                         Perhaps add apostrophes so the reader knows that these are the words that are being said
the words said, his body lifted off the ground.                             
I hope you agree with the few comments that i've listed. 
Thanks for sharing this, Keith - it's a lovely piece!
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Messages In This Thread
Levitation - by Keith - 07-02-2017, 12:23 AM
RE: Levitation - by The Four-Eyed Cat - 07-02-2017, 12:48 AM
RE: Levitation - by Keith - 07-13-2017, 02:40 AM
RE: Levitation - by vagabond - 07-02-2017, 01:33 AM
RE: Levitation - by CRNDLSM - 07-08-2017, 10:04 AM
RE: Levitation - by Solstice - 07-15-2017, 08:13 AM
RE: Levitation - by Keith - 07-15-2017, 08:59 PM



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