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A Woman's Prayer

A Woman’s Prayer Jennifer Pickup, 18.02.2026 Please do not touch or stand to crowd, Don't get too close or talk too loud, Listen to me when I say 'No...
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Waiting for the Light

Waiting for the Light Jennifer Pickup, 17.02.2026 We have been here before I keep trying not to cry My heart aches to hold you And I can’t yet say...
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Funeral

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...
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Time

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...
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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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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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...

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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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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

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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...

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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,...

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Posted in Wolves

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