Again... lots of fun. They should give these away with your first internet connection purchase (laughs). h.

Hi, I enjoyed that... The plot is tight and I like he idea of the Mongol warriors building a shrine to honour a revered enemy. I'd liked to have read more of the characters dress/armour and appearance in general. You seemed to have concentrated on the emotive content of the story, and left the idiosyncrasies of the scenery and the smells and sounds to the readers imagination. One more thing that might have made it all the more poignant could have been if you set it on the actual day of the we...

I enjoyed this. I loved the lines about imagining kissing the fiddle player. I know that feeling well and you expressed it perfectly. It's a strange thing that I've noticed over my years as a reader of fiction (and non-fiction for that matter), that very few writers can really nail a description of a pub or a bar, and make it feel like somewhere I've been or somewhere I'd want to go. Ian Rankin, Mike Carey are two that seem to have done it for me in the past. You also have that ability. The s...

This is great. The relaxed flow of the words seems to parallel the attitude of the woman we are following. Confident and controlled, knowingly sexy, and above all smart. There where a couple of brand references I didn't get (Motrin, Negro Modelo), being from the UK I guess, but that just adds to the colour for me, like hearing Tom Waits talk about "Mickey's Big Mouths" etc or Bukowski using specific street names. I loved the line: "There’s less distraction for direction, less disruption of di...

I like this. You've produced a very evocative poem with a really spartan set of images. The only quibble I would have would be that without the knowledge that you had both "lived there" (past) and spent time there recently the mixture of tenses may confuse the reader. Due to the first line saying "For nineteen years I LIVED in" which sounds like past tense, where as the rest is in the present tense. Making it "I have lived in" or changing the words "bangs", "don't" and "sounds" etc to "banged...

Hi, I'm not usually one for end rhyming poetry but the subject matter kept my interest up and to be honest the rhyming lent it a "lyrical" quality overall. Great sentiment, well executed. No pun intended. h.

I loved this. I probably could do with a revision or two to nail the final wording. But in essence it is right on the money. “There’s no magic when you know all the tricks.” and the last line were perfect. ...the whole idea of running away from one circus to another smacks of "metaphor for life" in so many different ways it's painful. Great. h.

Despit or perhaps in spite of your flagrant rule bending (laughs) I liked this. It sums up a perfect, and more often than not, private moment perfectly. Great. h.

I'm not sure what I enjoyed more, the actual Haiku or the idea behind them. Excellent work. I'd love to see a website or magazine that simply produced reviews of everything from film to products in Haiku. I can even see the traditional back page three panel cartoon being in the same format. Great stuff. h.

Very clever... I'm surprised at no reference to tears though, but perhaps that is for the best. Great. h.