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gloaming
Charcoal-soft dark calls, silk wings oil-easy under cinder blue. Llightless, sky heavies falls to tall birch tops' black lace twigs, pillared on slim...
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thoughts in the small hours
as the most intelligent species it is our right to destroy this planet we are the only creatures here to have self awareness and understand concepts...
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layers
Day's doorway closes, people rush along pavements, time cut short as thoughts before sleep ; a car slams shut, cocoons a growing warmth whose wings...
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starlings
a dashing sky scatter of black stars swirl, mass spread, film fine specks lead, loop, pass swoop round; rain-sound wings mimic the world's mind (...
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appeal
on amber sheen of polished wood apricots spill, cheek soft and sweet and from a terracotta pot geranium flowers lift hearts when days sink down in...
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Argh! How can she be so daft!
Posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Argh! How can she be so daft! Poor Gwladys!
Read full commentPosted in Parting (Episode 29 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
These holiday journals are so
Posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2025
These holiday journals are so good :0) I remember when we went to Ireland, when I was little, my brother being allowed to choose which shillelagh we took home, with great seriousness picking one up and swinging it and a grown up hastily grabbing...
Read full commentPosted in Shillelagh Shopping
Herbican is a lovely name,
Posted on Sat, 18 Oct 2025
Herbican is a lovely name, but his character is not so! I worry, reading this, that I am a bit like him, as I love both Autumn AND Spring. Autumn, to me, seems like Nature's big party/dance before a battle. I hope I do not meet anybody like...
Read full commentPosted in autumn
Yes, Mr Ben was my hero for a
Posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Yes, Mr Ben was my hero for a long time :0) In Primary school, when a child says they want to be a writer or artist, teachers seem to think that's wonderful, but this becomes less and less so as adult world looms nearer. As a reader I am very...
Read full commentPosted in At Home in the Pause
Enjoyed this very much, Thank
Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Enjoyed this very much, Thank You :0) And your land/sea scape photos are FABULOUS!!!
Read full commentI have heard about flags, must be very intimidating. Is a bit ironic they are not making them locally and supporting local workers, but supporting...
Posted in Finding Fionnuala
Bringing a Viking shipbuilder
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
Evoking a Viking shipbuilder's inspiration, this vivid poem is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Floki's Viking Spirit
That's a wonderful IP
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
That's a wonderful IP response, Rhiannon :0) Agree about Victorian hymns being great fun, the unity found in all the voices, doesn't matter if a person (eg me) can't sing, the feeling of joy, being uplifted, the shell of the walls filled with a...
Read full commentPosted in Perfect Home
I saw Floki in Vikings, but
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
I saw Floki in Vikings, but not any of what your amazing imagination found! I love :
"Silent billows drift – clouding veil that
twinkles brink, distant span without a
bridge...far out of reach."
Magical poem, brilliant...
Read full commentPosted in Floki's Viking Spirit
Ooooh! Still really exciting
Posted on Sat, 11 Oct 2025
Ooooh! Still really exciting :0)
Read full commentPosted in Ghigau 16
What a cliff hanger! Hope
Posted on Tue, 07 Oct 2025
What a cliff hanger! Hope Willow is ok! That is a great twist after Dillon's confession
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 33
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