Di_Hard

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woods, late

By Di_Hard on Fri, 20 Dec 2019

walk in the company of streams through chill evening, day's ash, grey shadows clot into understanding night a deer starts awake, hastens to hide life...

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Be Leave

By Di_Hard on Sun, 15 Dec 2019

I'm tired as a bee buzzing against glass for cannot pass into sleep. The deep beyond thought. Unreached though mind's wings batter and long hours,...

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gloaming

By Di_Hard on Thu, 28 Nov 2019

Charcoal-soft dark calls, silk wings oil-easy under cinder blue. Llightless, sky heavies falls to tall birch tops' black lace twigs, pillared on slim...

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thoughts in the small hours

By Di_Hard on Thu, 21 Nov 2019

as the most intelligent species it is our right to destroy this planet we are the only creatures here to have self awareness and understand concepts...

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Your poem made me very glad

Posted on Fri, 26 Mar 2021

Your poem made me very glad not to need to be going anywhere :0) It has a bustly feel - I like how you slow it right down with the "op" sounds and then the easing with s sounds at the end. There is always so much craft in your writing! I'm amazed...

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I like the belligerence of

Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021

I like the belligerence of the first line :0)

I have been called this several times at work in the past :0) First time, I didn't realise it was not a compliment. Because fruit cake is wonderful (not mine though as it always sinks)

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I cannot tell you how very

Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021

I cannot tell you how very much I loved this!

I am so sorry for your loss, Penny. You sound like the best person a dog could live with, Frankie was surrounded by love and respect all his life.

My dog passed 21 years ago and I miss...

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Oh! I loved this :0) You are

Posted on Sat, 20 Mar 2021

Oh! I loved this :0) You are a great story maker!!! Perfidia Mishapsham is a BRILLIANT name :0)

Are these typos?

circumstances dire

Willow jumped thru her pet door..... she waked further into the garden...

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Do, please write some more!

Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021

Do, please write some more!

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Agree with Jenny and Paul,

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

Agree with Jenny and Paul, this is one of my favourites of yours, too. Full of movement, informative, gorgeous language making rich and lovely images. One to read a lot of times, just because it is so beautiful, it makes me happy

ps I didn...

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I like this very much, coming

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

I like this very much, coming after Lydeford Gorge made me think of a ghost?

"swirl of billowing white silk floating," I love this!!!

Please could you explain what is devoured by trees? Am too thick, have read several times and can'...

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I liked this very much, too.

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

I liked this very much, too. Particularly your description of birch trees. Hope you are well and Spring is coming where you live

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Enjoyed this very much, a

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

Enjoyed this very much, a great 50th piece :0) I can identify the moon and that's it, everything else is unknowable, vast. Your poem made me think of a huge jewellery box, full of silver chains of orbits and crystal celestial orbs and medallion...

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I'm glad you lived life to

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

I'm glad you lived life to the full, cramming in as much colour and joy as you could! "thriving energy in this gorge filled with intrigue" is wonderful! I remember always hoping to see ghosts in such places, or go through a portal. Your poem...