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brambles

By Di_Hard on Sat, 21 Sep 2019

blackberries, swollen seconds full of sun I pick, to burst sweet on my tongue, now and now. In overgrown long disused school ground brambles slow arc...

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wings, late summer

By Di_Hard on Sun, 15 Sep 2019

Blue mussel shell halves sea and sky, within shining nacre clouds water colours burst bloom, rainbows prism- prison free. Eight swifts rejoicing in...

wall

By Di_Hard on Tue, 03 Sep 2019

We're the biggest stone in the wall but we don't sit straight, almost fall each time we ask why are we here? This is our free will, to feel fear yet...

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airmail from the amazon (august 2018)

By Di_Hard on Thu, 15 Aug 2019

surrounded by green everywhere I walk through Life, breathe leaf breath only the wind comes guiltless messenger of our destruction

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Have you ever wondered about

Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2026

Have you ever wondered about the sights and sounds of the tracks, as you settle into your seat on a train pulling out into the dark? Find out, in Bron's first trip in the cab, which is Pick of the Day!

Posted in Bron-23

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Agree with Jenny. All your

Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026

Agree with Jenny. All your little details, like coal dust falling from the bridge, the robin rustling, sour hop smell. Rich as poems

Posted in “You Belong To Me”

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Hi Jenny :0) Glad you have

Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026

Hi Jenny :0) Glad you have heard back from the hospital, I hope this means they'll give you the exact right medicine VERY SOON, seems from what I read on NHS site that steroid tablets might be the stuff you need, so Kat was right :0) I really...

Posted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )

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Happy Birthday Ewan!

Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026

Happy Birthday Ewan!

"I dare not say, "they could be worse." made me smile, too

I hope you got a lovely walk in the sunshine with your dog to cheer you up

Posted in Birthday Blues

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Hard hitting and clever

Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2026

Hard hitting and clever rhymes. When I was little it was the sound of mosquitos and worrying if would get bitten in the night - cannot imagine the constant sound of watching drones which might murder my family and destroy my home on the whim of...

Posted in The Winds of Wars

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If things are moving, that

Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026

If things are moving, that might show the anti biotics worked! Did your doctor advise you to eat live yoghurt to help with your microbiome? My son's favourite when he's had anti biotics is Yeo Valley Strawberry, but it is VERY EXPENSIVE usually,...

Posted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )

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and the daffodils trumpet

Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2026

and the daffodils trumpet their joy in the way
the days are now lengthening, warming for spring,
the snowdrops glow pleasure their flow will begin
the growth after winter’s cold frozen days;
and bluebells convey their soft...

Posted in Listen to the flowers!

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Hi Jenny, thinking of you and

Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026

Hi Jenny, thinking of you and wondering, how are you? Hope you are sleeping better xxx

Posted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )

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Your poem is beautiful, too,

Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2026

Your poem is beautiful, too, thank you for posting

Posted in Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers

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I love the contrast between

Posted on Sun, 08 Mar 2026

I love the contrast between petals which hold light and fingers made to curl round packing boxes. And all the ins and outs - inside a fig, looking at the outside of the woman's face