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The World That Was
‘You have probably read in your history books about what in olden times were called the seasons’ The children nodded their heads. ‘There were four of...
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Wrong Number
‘Ode to Joy’ sounding out and filling the space of her apartment. Raising her eyes to the heavens she dropped the mixing bowl and rushed to find the...
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The Day, Every Day
She woke up, letting her eyes become accustomed to the half-light, accustomed to the ordinary, to her life, to her half-life. The curtains, with...
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Red Letter
Letter A red letter day! I wonder how many of you have questioned the origins of this saying. Of course we all understand that it means something...
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A Tribute to Rimsky Korsakov
A writing class exercise, 'The unreliable narrator'! Summer time is quite stressful. The sun has got his hat on at a most unearthly hour and doesn’t...
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Dear Jenny
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2026
Dear Jenny
So sorry that your fears were confirmed. I know there is a long road of treatment in front of you but all you can do is make the most of each day.
Please keep writing, your last poem shows your love and joy in nature....
Read full commentPosted in Lung Biopsy Result
Hi Jean
Posted on Fri, 07 Apr 2023
Hi Jean
You explain things so well with not a hint of self pity. You are certainly going through the mill but as you say the lesion on the brain was found early so hopefully it can be dealt with quickly. Your poor treatment at the hospital...
Read full commentPosted in Bitty Barby Boob RIP part 2
Tina, beautiful.
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2015
Tina, beautiful.
So many great lines and images.
I think you make her live a little for us readers as well. What a lovely tribute.
Lindy
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So well written 'stitched
Posted on Thu, 27 Feb 2014
So well written 'stitched together with sand bags' what a great line.
Read full commentPosted in Flood
So glad you can write about
Posted on Sun, 31 May 2026
So glad you can write about such beauty and so beautifully. Hope your writing is taking you to a much more peaceful plain.
Take care
Lindy
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You picture the storm so well
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2026
You picture the storm so well. I was woken last night by 'clash of cymbals'. Waiting for the flash and then counting to see how far away the storm was. Then the torrential rain. This morning a bone dry garden with not a sign of the rain.
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Hi Jenny, a positive future
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026
Hi Jenny, a positive future beckons so well depicted in your poem.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in Where Thoughts Take Me
I seem to hear, and see, less
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026
I seem to hear, and see, less and less birds in our garden. Lucky you to have a cuckoo close by. Lovely poem heralding spring.
Lindy
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Hi Jenny what a lovely
Posted on Sun, 26 Apr 2026
Hi Jenny what a lovely descriptive poem. Your words help me see and hear the bees and all the lovely blossom.
Hope the results of the biopsy come back positive with a solution for your health problems.
Lindy
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Your words conjure up such a
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2026
Your words conjure up such a beautiful pictures with the pictures just adding to it.
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