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S is for Snow
light smooths, soothes curves; walk in sleeping prisms' peace sight's a white wall, smell's all, cold's hungry, move or freeze
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R is for Reindeer and Roe deer
proudly pull Santa Claus in sleek, gift-laden sleigh angled grace, tasting grass -* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!
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Day before a birthday
It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
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Q is for Question and Quarry
"How many days to go?" "8!" Creeping? Or flying? escaping Russian snow woodcock, SHOT! here, dying https://www.woodcock-hunting.com/search?q=woodcock
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Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)
decorated and in pride of place, dead pretty rain's clear, fresh touch, then sun seeds dazzling gaiety
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Your mother is so brave, for
Posted on Thu, 03 Jul 2025
Your mother is so brave, for having done as he asked, as he needed. Imagine, had he died, and she had not lain in the grass with him, she would have felt it must be her fault. But she could not have any blame for giving him a moment of peace. She...
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Recently I have been shaking
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2025
Recently I have been shaking so much, and don't know, wonder if it is thinking of this. It is the trappedness that makes it seem worse, being held prisoner till agreeing to give up what's yours, being encouraged to this end by starvation, no...
Read full commentPosted in Up to Their Ears in Tears
I love that comment about
Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2025
I love that comment about service stations, you make them seem places for time travellers, too. Or, as in your story, modern in-between places, our stone circles/fairy rings.
Had not read your original version of this, but the one i have...
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (2)
Don't know what to say.
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2025
Don't know what to say. Thought I might quote some lines, then realised it is the whole of every part.
Read full commentWhat is it doing to everyone? Those in there, suffering death, injury, loss because of the inaction of those outside; those outside...
Posted in Up to Their Ears in Tears
I hope your grief heals over
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2025
I hope your grief heals over so you are not aware of hurting all the time. This is fabulous but I am so sorry
Read full commentPosted in This Sad Blister
How lovely to find a whole
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
How lovely to find a whole new band to explore! I am so glad you have something happy to light you through this time Jenny. I like the idea of music raining down very much, you soaking it up like a tree needing water
Read full commentPosted in Let Me Go Back
Wonderful rhyme and rhythm in
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
Wonderful rhyme and rhythm in your poem Rhiannon. Am wondering whether the News holds back saying there will be hosepipe bans for as long as they can, knowing the minute they say water levels are terribly low it will rain every day for weeks and...
Read full commentPosted in Whatever the weather …
Ah! So he IS made whole :0)
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
Ah! So he IS made whole :0) Like the road not taken and the one you take, all lead to the same place? And Jack's character, how he developed, will seep into John, now. No regrets
Read full commentPosted in Dead Man: 6 (ii)
have not heard the saying
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
have not heard the saying "you make of it what you make", have always been trying to understand/articulate that :0)
Read full comment"All the 'what ifs?’ that kept spinning around in his head - restless days and sleepless nights of them, like balls spinning...
Posted in Dead Man: 6 (i)
but politicians DON'T
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
but politicians DON'T describe them as war crimes!!! Someone explained this is because as soon as it is accepted that something is a war crime, action has to be taken against the perpetrators. And no one wants to go up against Israel/America....
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
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