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Starry, Starry Night
Silence encompassed the village. Faint trails of wood smoke wound a sinuous way up into the cloudless night sky. The heavens a soft velvet blue with...
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New Brooms
I hate these does. ‘Bonding’ he calls them. ‘Gives us a chance to meet socially and interact.’ He’s full of crap! Look at him, new designer suit,...
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A Flake of Your Life
A writing class exercise, how music can influence writing! I enjoy Saturday evenings. The end of the week and the chance to try out a new recipe. I...
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The Finishing Touch
The mirror was cracked and smeary. Some of the lights around its edge flickered as though trying to send some sort of Morse Code message. Jules...
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Revenge, flash fiction
A challenge at my writing class to write flash fiction, take an existing story and cut it to 200 words. Not sure it works, I prefer original. Could I...
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As always Tina you get down
Posted on Thu, 09 Oct 2014
As always Tina you get down to the very simple, 'a moth's kiss', 'phantom moons, 'sanguine dawns' and manage to produce something exquisitly complex and extremely moving.
Lovely.
Lindy
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A holiday to treasure and
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2014
A holiday to treasure and with so many photos, and words to preserve it.
I wonder were there many more after that one.
Sad but with a great deal of joy.
Take care.
Lindy
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Lovely, and full of love. You
Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2014
Lovely, and full of love. You manage with few words to bring her to life for a moment.
When my mother died I used to phone the number, knowing there'd be no reply. We inherited her cockatiel, thinking we'd find him a good home, he stayed...
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You have the knack of writing
Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2014
You have the knack of writing about tragedies in your life without being mawkish.
Your choice of words and phrasing are very good.
'like a beacon at sea warning of rocks ahead' so descriptive, as is the last sentence.
Lindy
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Tina,
Posted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014
Tina,
The ordinary, everyday life of young mothers culminating in tragedy. The comparison, and simplicity of the whole poem is wonderful.
Brought tears.
Take care
Lindy
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Simply put but with such a
Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2014
Simply put but with such a depth of feeling .Very difficult to 'take what comes'
Hope there is life on Mars for you and your mum.
Lindy
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A scary piece, and the
Posted on Sun, 15 Jun 2014
A scary piece, and the repetition, and its change intensifies this .
Lindy
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Cold shivers and goose bumps.
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2014
Cold shivers and goose bumps.
A great social statement of the time. I was born in 1947 and can remember pig bins, washing day, rent man etc.
I was luckier than you, wanted, even by my brother eventually, five years older than me...
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It seems that 'the ones'
Posted on Tue, 01 Apr 2014
It seems that 'the ones' existance did not deserve a name, was just there, until the very last line where dreams can't be stifled.
Quite chilling.
Lindy
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Simple and short but so muche
Posted on Thu, 27 Mar 2014
Simple and short but so muche there.
Lindy
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