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Arboreal Secrets
Branches spreading out, reaching towards the sky. Roots secreting their ways beneath the soil seeking out nutrients. The sun perpetuating the life of...
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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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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
Read full commentPosted in Quietus
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
Just waiting, and hoping, for
Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2026
Just waiting, and hoping, for the rain here. Your poem gave a lovely feeling of what might happen soon!
Lindy
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Hi Jenny
Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2026
Hi Jenny
Thanks for letting us know about the diagnosis and future treatment. At least you have been given chemo for two years which seems to give some hope. Cancer treatment in my lifetime (70 + years) seems to have progressed...
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Hi Jenny, so much heartache
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026
Hi Jenny, so much heartache in this simple, yet so deep,poem. Your despair so evident. But please hang on to those 'quiet breaks.
Take care
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in Torment
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
Read full commentPosted in On This Peaceful Day
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
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