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Lost Words

By jennifer on Fri, 23 Oct 2026

Lost Words Jennifer Pickup, 23.10.2026. Is there something that you wanted to say, But ran out of time before the words came? Were they caught within...

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If (Just a Fantasy)

By jennifer on Tue, 01 Sep 2026

If (Just a Fantasy) Jennifer Pickup, 01.09.2026 If I had a magic wand, A genie’s lamp, a crystal ball, I could undo time itself, Unwind the threads...

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Apocalyptic

By jennifer on Tue, 30 Jun 2026

Apocalyptic Jennifer Pickup, 30.06.2026 Heat wave on heat wave Portents everywhere Hailstones like golf balls Unforgiving air A string of dead dogs...

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Dandelions

By jennifer on Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Dandelions Jennifer Pickup, 24.04.2026 Those yellow flowers on the lawn, intruders that did not belong, she dug their souls up one by one using a...

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It's always a dangerous thing...

Posted on Thu, 09 Jan 2025

....to ask what someone else is thinking.

You may not like the answer. Sometimes it's best not to know!

I love a sonnet, and this one is so atmospheric.

'taking his silence as separation' - Yes, this line! So well...

Posted in Sonnet in Silence

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Thank you!

Posted on Tue, 01 Sep 2026

I think that is by far the best compliment I have ever received.

J x

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That moment in Harry Potter

Posted on Sat, 27 Dec 2025

That moment in Harry Potter when he sees them in the mirror... I remember being reduced to tears by the scene in a packed film theatre. But it hit so much more after I lost my own dad. I see echoes of him everywhere. Like little clues. I like to...

Posted in An Ocular Deception

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This has echoes of...

Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024

...so many things. But I'm getting 'Wuthering Heights' vibes.

How wonderfully atmospheric.

'breath like intense tempest' - love this line, both the imagery and the sound of it when read aloud, the rise and fall of the words....

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So true!

Posted on Thu, 10 Oct 2024

I've written four villanelles now - this one most recently, one called 'Another Art' in July this year inspired by ‘One Art’ by Elizabeth Bishop, 'Unsaid' in February this year (not sure of the inspiration, think I just based it loosely on the...

Posted in Mad Girl’s Heart Song

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So glad...

Posted on Sun, 11 Aug 2024

...I'm not the only one that does this.

Love the final stanza.

J x

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Thank you!

Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024

The train metaphor comes from my dad being a steam train enthusiast - throughout my childhood, we spent countless hours as a family riding on steam trains, exploring steam musems, going to model railway exhibits, and train spotting! The family...

Posted in Last Train

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Wonderful!

Posted on Fri, 05 Apr 2024

The imagery is so evocative, how beautifully done!

Saw a pair the other day - spectacular!

J x

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True!

Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024

The poem does admit that at the end, though!

J x

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First time...

Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023

...that I've written about this. Hardest poem I've ever written, it took me nearly two weeks on and off, and weirdly I finished it on World Mental Health Day, which I'll be honest I didn't even know existed until it popped up on an NHS campaign...