this meeting of trees and rushes glows, peaceful as a holy place warbler songs shimmer warm blue air where speckled wood butterflies dance from spine...
Thankyou for this, Rhiannon. I love the kindness, gentleness you evoke, both in the elderly man whose autobiography your husband printed, but also the landscape in which he lived. And that the family friendship came because of your husband giving...
Really enjoyed this holiday diary, and your wonderful photos, too. Best of all is your spirits battling against the liquids of sideways rain, dampness in the musty rustic cottage, and tea trickling from leaky teapot - helped by the liquids of...
I am glad you let him in :0) Wondering if perhaps, his people might have moved recently, and being in new territory, added to the fear of the noise, might have made him run too far to find his way back? Do you have a local facebook page you could...
"There, for a good while, we took pleasure from watching the oystercatchers catching oysters on the mudflats. Oysters, I’d noticed, didn’t run very fast so they didn’t take much catching." Brilliant...
I like the rushing feeling the rhythm of your poem brings, just like the swift changes - in colour, and how many leaves are left, and temperature every day at this time of year. And your words are wonderful, too - I love "crisped by breeze"
With your great writing, I feel sorry for him, too, though? It must be really hard to know there's a way to stop feeling old, but he is going to be too tired and sore even to try soon, swallowed up by the inevitability of time falling suddenly...
Thankyou for your wonderful
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
Thankyou for your wonderful IP response, so interesting how your experience with the steam train shaped the direction of your life's journey
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Thankyou for this, Rhiannon.
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
Thankyou for this, Rhiannon. I love the kindness, gentleness you evoke, both in the elderly man whose autobiography your husband printed, but also the landscape in which he lived. And that the family friendship came because of your husband giving...
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I LOVE "looming
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
I LOVE "looming
Unhurried in Stillness and settling"
Read full commentsuch a feeling of immensity in stone and time
Posted in Old Man Of Storr
Really enjoyed this holiday
Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025
Really enjoyed this holiday diary, and your wonderful photos, too. Best of all is your spirits battling against the liquids of sideways rain, dampness in the musty rustic cottage, and tea trickling from leaky teapot - helped by the liquids of...
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I am glad you let him in :0)
Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2025
I am glad you let him in :0) Wondering if perhaps, his people might have moved recently, and being in new territory, added to the fear of the noise, might have made him run too far to find his way back? Do you have a local facebook page you could...
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Enjoyed this one so much!
Posted on Sat, 08 Nov 2025
Enjoyed this one so much! THANKYOU :0)
"There, for a good while, we took pleasure from watching the oystercatchers catching oysters on the mudflats. Oysters, I’d noticed, didn’t run very fast so they didn’t take much catching." Brilliant...
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I like the rushing feeling
Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025
I like the rushing feeling the rhythm of your poem brings, just like the swift changes - in colour, and how many leaves are left, and temperature every day at this time of year. And your words are wonderful, too - I love "crisped by breeze"
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I feel sorry for him, too,
Posted on Fri, 07 Nov 2025
With your great writing, I feel sorry for him, too, though? It must be really hard to know there's a way to stop feeling old, but he is going to be too tired and sore even to try soon, swallowed up by the inevitability of time falling suddenly...
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This is Poem of the Week!
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
This is Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
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This wonderfully rich prose
Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025
This wonderfully rich prose-poem from Rask Balavoine is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
the image is from here :
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