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Funeral

By jennifer on Sat, 27 Dec 2025

Funeral Jennifer Pickup, 27.12.2025 When I wandered into the church, Someone held open the glass door, Made a little conversation, I’d never stepped...

Autobiography

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Time

By jennifer on Tue, 23 Dec 2025

Time Jennifer Pickup, 23.12.2025 Time will not wait, Does not love or hate, Shows not neglect or care, Has no reason to be fair. Time ebbs and flows...

Love

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Pray

By jennifer on Mon, 27 Oct 2025

Pray Jennifer Pickup, 27.10.2025 for 11.11.2025 Pray for the fallen, and pray for the brave, Pray for the lives that they managed to save, Pray for...

Spiritual

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Snake

By jennifer on Wed, 22 Oct 2025

Snake Jennifer Pickup, 22.10.2025 There is a snake, here in the grass, A friendly snake, it smiles and laughs - With skin as smooth as silken thread...

Autobiography

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14 of my comments have received 15 Great Feedback votes

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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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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....

Posted in Stormy Night Of Passion

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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

Posted in Leonard & Co-hen

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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

Posted in The Red Kite (bird of prey)

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True!

Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024

The poem does admit that at the end, though!

J x

Posted in Superstition

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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...

Posted in Anxiety Rules

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Wow!

Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023

Thank you - what an honour!

It was hugely enjoyable and challenging to write - not just understanding and then following the structure of the poetic form, but addressing the subject matter. Personal and yet also the experience of others,...