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Encounter : Part One

By hilary west on Thu, 13 Dec 2018

ENCOUNTER : Part One Adam Kesteven was thirty-five and looking for a home. He’d been in the estate agents all day looking for a house to share with...

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A Casual Murder

By hilary west on Tue, 20 Nov 2018

A Casual Murder Sheila Atkinson was busy at the moment. The company she worked for, ‘Paisley’s Furniture Covers’, had just mounted a publicity...

Crime

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The Swarm

By hilary west on Sat, 27 Oct 2018

The Swarm They were everywhere. John Bullman had never known anything like it. Yes, there had been summers when there had been a few flies in the...

Horror

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PRIMROSE VALE

By hilary west on Tue, 09 Oct 2018

PRIMROSE VALE Primrose Vale was a very average street on the Bredon council estate. It was there Fred and Alma Covington had made their home. “This...

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This is a lovely , little gem

Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2022

This is a lovely , little gem. So small (and economic) but perfectly formed !!!

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Hi Jenny,

Posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2022

Hi Jenny,

A lovely uplifting poem about the birds as they wake from winter's slumber and once more are alive again, delighting us with their antics.

hilary

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I like both of these,

Posted on Mon, 11 Apr 2022

I like both of these, especially the wistful number one, full of magic and in the second comes the inevitable fall. No matter how high we go we are plummeting to earth in no uncertain terms !!!

hilary

Posted in Two Poems Concerning The Sun

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It's wonderful how aromas can

Posted on Wed, 06 Apr 2022

It's wonderful how aromas can bring back memories. You delineate this admirably, Jenny !!!

hilary

Posted in Amongst The Memories

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I think it's so important to

Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022

I think it's so important to be aware of the gift of life. How wonderful it is to have known the rose.

A compelling, competent poem.

hilary

Posted in Life Through a Prism

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Hi,

Posted on Mon, 27 Dec 2021

Hi,

I love the twixtmas joke. But more seriously I have been reading your first novel 'Gibbous House' and am absolutely enthralled by it. I would recommend it to anyone. It is elegant and erudite and full of an empathy with the past....

Posted in Dreaming the Life

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I like food just the way it

Posted on Mon, 27 Dec 2021

I like food just the way it is : horror of horrors for it to become a gooey paste.

hilary

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Hi, marandina,

Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021

Hi, marandina,

An interesting retelling of ages old tale. Maybe wolves aren't that bad after all ! Lovely language throughout, Paul.

hilary

Posted in A Company of Wolves

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Hi Jenny, Merry Xmas and a

Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021

Hi Jenny, Merry Xmas and a happy and healthy New Year 2022,

This warmed the cockles of my heart : a lovely xmas offering.

Best Wishes,

hilary

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Hi Jenny,

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021

Hi Jenny,

We certainly can't repeat the past as Scott Fitzgerald says in 'The Great Gatsby', but memories come and go in the flux of time when maybe we all attempt to turn back time !

Enjoyed.

hilary