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time travelling

By Di_Hard on Sun, 17 Sep 2017

at woods' edge shadow-silt nestles lumps of amber air floating ballrooms where midges dance brief lives away since before words on one side sun warm...

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first day in senior school

By Di_Hard on Fri, 18 Aug 2017

Rain heavy air, clear, fresh colours drenched. I walk through clinging grasses like hands welcoming. Summer condensing on twig ends in rowan berries...

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calm before

By Di_Hard on Thu, 03 Aug 2017

trunk tethered galaxies of leaves wild weaves, wind owned. Waist high, light grained grasses spray. Green-good air an open mouth, bird-fled, waits...

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a sort of green

By Di_Hard on Mon, 17 Jul 2017

in autumn small, three-toed green, lizard dry stampedes down the steps' side dark green cloaking concrete with rustling possibilities or, lushly...

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Hadn't realised they get so

Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025

Hadn't realised they get so tall! They really are giants, but from googling not as pretty as ordinary hogweed, so I wonder if it was just the size that gardeners admired. I like how you describe them marching across continents :0)

Posted in Heracleum Metnegazzianum

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hope you feel better soon xxx

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

hope you feel better soon xxx

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Congratulations! This is Poem

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Congratulations! This is Poem of the Week!

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This beautiful poem by Jenny

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

This beautiful poem by Jenny is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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That's so beautiful Rhiannon!

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

That's so beautiful Rhiannon! Could almost smell them as I read :0) They really blaze, don't they? And the SMELL!!! That is like a creature itself, winding through the trees

Posted in Wild Garlic, Ramsons

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Sumptuous poem, Jenny. So

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Sumptuous poem, Jenny. So many gorgeous lines. I particularly love your genius line break :
"of time....blissfully I'm aware" as that is how I have felt, in the woods watching the shadows ripple. The line before is wonderful, too, "...

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Wow! Brilliant story! Perfect

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Wow! Brilliant story! Perfect descriptions of tulips, and seems so real being a picker. And the magic woven through. Loved this

Posted in Semper Augustus

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How scary! Well Done You for

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025

How scary! Well Done You for remembering advice, and saving yourself and your younger friends! I hope no other children were caught by him. What a contrast from your dreamy descriptions and excitement at the beginning, then meeting a monster and...

Posted in More Than We Bargained For

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That sounds like the perfect

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

That sounds like the perfect walk, Thank You so much for sharing, and your wonderful photos, too! Hazy lakes is a wonderful way to describe bluebells, and violets "peeping"

Posted in On the Hill, Abberley

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Poor one. Though that collar

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

Poor one. Though that collar is so much better than buckets with the bottom cut out, which used to be what our dogs got when I was a child. I hope she is better soon!