Di_Hard

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angelica (after reading Onemorething's beautiful poem)

By Di_Hard on Tue, 01 Dec 2020

Reality is a trap. In this garden no sun warms. Underground, worms squirm in a rootless world as tongues before words. But then, there, at the back,...

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pool, october

By Di_Hard on Mon, 19 Oct 2020

light-leap ripples make laughter lines tickle snake swooping willow bough's moss green crossing bright, gold leaf lined pool below, where rain, held...

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bird feeder

By Di_Hard on Mon, 05 Oct 2020

Slog uphill, from Bargain Buys trolley-tugging a big bag, heart heavy with world's worries hard to change till become aware of pigeons, jackdaws,...

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gather

By Di_Hard on Sun, 13 Sep 2020

Pooled, this mild September day from waves of work (or guilt when not) once each year picking blackberries from prickly cataracts of free sweetness...

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:0) Funny, and clever, too,

Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026

:0) Funny, and clever, too, how you have an old fashioned style with modern daftness, like it is John Dee looking into the future. I love the bit about black dogs and cool kitchen floors. Altogether brilliant poem!

There was helpful advice...

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This wonderful description of

Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2026

This wonderful description of a sea side town, in Eric Marsh's latest Amandarella story, is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

Please change the image if you want to. It was found here :
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That's a lovely photo :0)

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026

That's a lovely photo :0)

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Mrs Gaffletter shut the door

Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2026

Mrs Gaffletter shut the door behind Dotty with a firm click and looked her up and down, not unkindly, but with the air of someone assessing a new species of moth.

“It’s not kindness,” Mrs Gaffletter said briskly. “It’s preventative. People...

Posted in Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 2

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This makes me hope Danielle

Posted on Sat, 04 Jul 2026

This makes me hope Danielle might be brought back!
I hate to think of the moon turning into a witch's face. Must be very scary to find your own name on a gravestone, he will be in a tug of war for their fates, with Jezabel

Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (27)

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Music as an oasis :0) (not

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026

Music as an oasis :0) (not Oasis!)
Am wondering how on Earth you moved house to Bulgaria, with so many souvenirs? Also, how you know to find the right ones, at the right time?

have just spent half an hour looking for my new bank card...

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Brilliant, Really enjoyed,

Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2026

Brilliant, Really enjoyed, thank you

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I like very much : "sweeping

Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2026

I like very much : "sweeping in, sweeping down" and "thriving wilderness of weeds"
Hope you get your garden gets a soaking soon!

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Your roses poems are

Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2026

Your roses poems are unforgettable, the trauma

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Your Poor Cats! How come they

Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2026

Your Poor Cats! How come they get septic all the time? Is it the heat?
Glad you got better from your cold quickly, but I am sorry to learn about your acacia blossom. Both the growing and the destruction seem turbo charged where you are....