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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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Happy Birthday Ewan!
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026
Happy Birthday Ewan!
"I dare not say, "they could be worse." made me smile, too
I hope you got a lovely walk in the sunshine with your dog to cheer you up
Read full commentPosted in Birthday Blues
Hard hitting and clever
Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2026
Hard hitting and clever rhymes. When I was little it was the sound of mosquitos and worrying if would get bitten in the night - cannot imagine the constant sound of watching drones which might murder my family and destroy my home on the whim of...
Read full commentPosted in The Winds of Wars
If things are moving, that
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
If things are moving, that might show the anti biotics worked! Did your doctor advise you to eat live yoghurt to help with your microbiome? My son's favourite when he's had anti biotics is Yeo Valley Strawberry, but it is VERY EXPENSIVE usually,...
Read full commentPosted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )
and the daffodils trumpet
Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2026
and the daffodils trumpet their joy in the way
Read full commentthe days are now lengthening, warming for spring,
the snowdrops glow pleasure their flow will begin
the growth after winter’s cold frozen days;
and bluebells convey their soft...
Posted in Listen to the flowers!
Hi Jenny, thinking of you and
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
Hi Jenny, thinking of you and wondering, how are you? Hope you are sleeping better xxx
Read full commentPosted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )
Your poem is beautiful, too,
Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2026
Your poem is beautiful, too, thank you for posting
Read full commentPosted in Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers
I love the contrast between
Posted on Sun, 08 Mar 2026
I love the contrast between petals which hold light and fingers made to curl round packing boxes. And all the ins and outs - inside a fig, looking at the outside of the woman's face
Read full commentPosted in A Language So Old
What a DREADFUL experience!!
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
What a DREADFUL experience!!! I would have been terrified, you are SO BRAVE :0)
Read full commentOur hospital here is lovely compared to that! But I think you might have done the right thing, getting up and asking to leave? The time when I conked out,...
Posted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )
Snezhinka looks like she's
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
Snezhinka looks like she's smiling at you :0)
Read full commentWasn't quite sure what shih tzus look like, so Googled; they must struggle wherever they live, poor little things! You and Sofi are so kind to take such care. It said they come from Tibet, which...
Posted in When Your Snow is Deeper Than Your Dog
Jenny, I hope so much you are
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2026
Jenny, I hope so much you are feeling better soon. This Diary entry sounds so stressful, and frightening, to have a conversation including TB and cancer, and all the waiting and worrying, surrounded by others suffering. I hope very much the...
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