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Every Picture Tells A Story
Dear diary...Photo I took on a woodland walk, of an old uprooted tree. Just had to capture my thoughts in a poem. Been taken in by expressionless...
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It's Too Late For Things Missed
Dear diary...recalling my walk with my partner across the cliffs of St Ives in Cornwall, from so long ago. In my mind we are there again, still miles...
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Blackberry Moment
Dear diary... Recalling foraging along the woodland trail; where clearly on backdrop of diverse leaves, blackberries thread on limp hanging branches...
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Window Of Light
Dear diary...as Summer Solstice arrives on Wednesday 21 st June 2023, I decided to celebrate with a poem. Softly solstice will arrive, sustain me...
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Splendour Of The Woods
Through woodland in silence we ambled, nature's interlacing branches converging; traces of enchantment dressed to impress, drawn softly into shadows...
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I like how you write the
Posted on Fri, 26 Dec 2025
I like how you write the changing of daylight hours and the photo's gorgeous too Rhiannon.
Jenny.
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Hi Phil, it's always fun to
Posted on Wed, 24 Dec 2025
Hi Phil, it's always fun to read what Archibald's getting up to. and this was as anticipated a fun Christmas read.
Congrats on the well deserved Pick Of The Day.
I know I've already said it, but I hope the New Year rings in much...
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Hi Turlough,
Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025
Hi Turlough,
your bit about winning the goldfish at the fair rings in my ears. We used to have a fair come to our village every Summer in the 60s. Each time I won a fish, the poor thing died even before I got home. It's very strange that...
Read full commentPosted in Driving Home for Chris
Ha! Ha! Or should I say Ho!
Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025
Ha! Ha! Or should I say Ho! Ho!
Merry Christmas to you insert. Thank you for...
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Lovely to read your enjoying
Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2025
Lovely to read your enjoying the countryside Rhiannon, and your poem shows the beauty even with the floods.
I know what you mean about the town, it's so busy here too. Went shopping today for food, it was so
crowded and everybody is...
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Well I'd like to wish you a
Posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2025
Well I'd like to wish you a Marry Christmas and a Hopeful New Year.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Happy Christmas. Happy Christ mas. Happy CHRISTmas. Merry Christmas.
You,ve a keen eye for detail
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2025
You,ve a keen eye for detail in your narration of Dark Hedges and evoke the mystery Turlough. Those old beech trees with their intricate overhead tangle must be a magical place to visit, no wonder the faeries hang out there.
You know I've...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 5 - The Dark Hedges
Hi Rhiannon,
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Hi Rhiannon,
worms don't seem to have any idea of where they're going in my opinion, they are just a mystery.
I'm not sure that they actually see or have thoughts as I don't think they have brains or eyes, but just slither their...
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Hi Turlough,
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Hi Turlough,
I so enjoyed reading about the faerie people, even the scary one, because I definetly believe in faeries, even though I've never come across one in real life either. I wonder! If those flickering lights were either orbs or...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 4 - The Horror
Hi Penny,
Posted on Sun, 14 Dec 2025
Hi Penny,
I have to say this is one of the best Christmas poems I've read since:
The night before Christmas when all round the house, nothing was stirrring not even a mouse.
Beautifully written with great rhythm and rhyme....
Read full commentPosted in "Christmas with a Child's View" (....Santa Claus, Pere Noel, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle....)
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