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brambles

By Di_Hard on Sat, 21 Sep 2019

blackberries, swollen seconds full of sun I pick, to burst sweet on my tongue, now and now. In overgrown long disused school ground brambles slow arc...

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wings, late summer

By Di_Hard on Sun, 15 Sep 2019

Blue mussel shell halves sea and sky, within shining nacre clouds water colours burst bloom, rainbows prism- prison free. Eight swifts rejoicing in...

wall

By Di_Hard on Tue, 03 Sep 2019

We're the biggest stone in the wall but we don't sit straight, almost fall each time we ask why are we here? This is our free will, to feel fear yet...

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airmail from the amazon (august 2018)

By Di_Hard on Thu, 15 Aug 2019

surrounded by green everywhere I walk through Life, breathe leaf breath only the wind comes guiltless messenger of our destruction

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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...

Posted in Shillelagh Shopping

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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...

Posted in autumn

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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...

Posted in At Home in the Pause

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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!!!
I 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

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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

Posted in Floki's Viking Spirit

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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...

Posted in Perfect Home

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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...

Posted in Floki's Viking Spirit

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Ooooh! Still really exciting

Posted on Sat, 11 Oct 2025

Ooooh! Still really exciting :0)