Jane Hyphen
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3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 336268 times
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280 of my 1,730 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 301 votes
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The Dream Tax
Dora held her phone a foot or so away from her eyes and squinted while she waited for the text to become less blurry. ‘Oh!’ she exclaimed, ‘I’ve just...
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She said her name was Winter
After the party, I marked her Just as the colours drained In her gelid crystal necklace Blowing out the lights And hushing the wild creatures She was...
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The Mistress
I saw her the day before, the week before, in a frame some time ago, when the leaves were still on the trees; hanging without purpose, waiting to...
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He's Left These Woods
He’s left these woods, Mr Pip slipped quietly through a gap. A quick look back then gone between the trees. Fifteen years ago I held him on my lap as...
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Winter Light
White bright winter light In blink flickers that burn We lie low, hemmed days Patient as winter flowers Suspended for the long game A solitary bee,...
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Thank you Insert. I find the
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
Thank you Insert. I find the weekly IP a good inspiration. We are fascinated and frightened by the idea that aliens might invade and destroy Earth but are we just talking about ourselves?
Read full commentPosted in This Cannot Be Our Home
I really enjoyed reading this
Posted on Wed, 26 Sep 2018
I really enjoyed reading this, it brought to life a typical suprmarket shift complete with misery and the type of characters which seem to crop up in most workplaces. It recall my own stint in 'provisions', I got a verbal warning for failing to...
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A beautiful little tree holds
Posted on Sat, 16 Jul 2022
A beautiful little tree holds so much promise for the future as long as we respect it. I often think of what those great old oak trees have witnessed in their lifetimes. We could really do with some rumbles of thunder and a good soaking but the...
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This is like a short holiday
Posted on Thu, 30 Jun 2022
This is like a short holiday and just what I needed to read today. I'm glad you didn't cut it short. I could feel the heat from the sandstone and imagine the long grasses clinging. 'No time for regrets'. This is one to revisit.
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Uggly Puggly for Energy
Posted on Tue, 31 May 2022
Uggly Puggly for Energy Minister? I'm in....
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Loved a den as a child and
Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022
Loved a den as a child and would have one now if I had a larger patch of garden. There are few things more restorative than immersing yourself in the wild among branches entwining, listening to the distant buzzing. I really love the way you've...
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'gingered bracken' - I love
Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022
'gingered bracken' - I love this description and the photographs are beautiful. The way you've included a glider, it adds another dimension and forces you to imagine the view from above as well as at ground level. The whole thing is very...
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I can imagine how all those
Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2022
I can imagine how all those soft colours blend together beneath the spring sunshine. It's lovely to see the sheep and lambs in Wales but I can't help wondering if they will become a rarer sight with changing consumer habits and increasing...
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The earth is just about
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
The earth is just about perfect except for the bits where human behaviour, often driven by big business have reduced it to a polluted wasteland. I agree that we all have a hole, maybe it is God-shaped, I don't know but there is great contentment...
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Incredibly moving.
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022
Incredibly moving. Brilliantly layered writing.
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