Jane Hyphen
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Purple Mountain - Part 4
‘I made a stew for our lunch but I’m afraid we’re going to have to take it to grandma and grandpa’s now.’ ‘Oh really?’ Arty glanced over at Dill. ‘...
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Purple Mountain - Part 3
The village was looking just as good as it could in the bright sunshine of late morning. Dill placed her arm in Arty’s and indulged in the fullest...
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Purple Mountain - Part 2
‘Arty, are you feeling better now?’ Arty heard these words from inside his dream. He had been dreaming about cooking dinner for Dill, a fancy dinner...
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Purple Mountain - Part 1
‘We can’t walk there, it’s not safe.’ ‘Why, it looks uneven in places but surely we can give it a go, we’re wearing sturdy enough shoes.’ Arty...
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His Running Top
On the radiator, it sat, folded over neatly, waiting for him to put it on, warm on his skin, before his next run. Now it gathers a layer of dust that...
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Sounds like Hell to me, Mark.
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
Sounds like Hell to me, Mark. What sort of person can thrive in this environment? People go on about processed food, what about processed people? I'm rather relieved to be on low pay with worn out joints because I can be as feral as I like in my...
Read full commentPosted in Kettle Violation
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...
Read full commentPosted in Rolling in the Aisles
Delicate and surprising,
Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2026
Delicate and surprising, something fleeting and something enduring, just like a flower.
Read full commentPosted in Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers
Wonderful poem, Turlough. The
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
Wonderful poem, Turlough. The the wild elements of the Emerald Isle and also the history, the pain, rich culture entwined with the natural landscape. I'm sure you could write a hundred verses on Ireland and then more.
Read full commentPosted in On Achill Island
This is so colourful, Harry,
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Sorry but I need to comment too. This is so colourful, Harry, so concentrated like a detailed painting, a painting over a painting with added texture, you've covered every bit of the canvas and made it throughly entertaining to read. I want to...
Read full commentPosted in 5. Secondhand Prose
Gosh that's quite a dark
Posted on Fri, 30 Jan 2026
Gosh that's quite a dark scene, a metaphor for today's zombie-like, distracted way of living. The disparate items on the dumb waiter, quiet signals of some other reality, too much like hard work to think about. And life without the distraction,...
Read full commentPosted in The Dumb Waiter 2026
This is very sad, the story
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025
This is very sad, the story of a lost childhood but worse than that, grief never allowed to be expressed and your value reduced to domestic duty. How lonely this must have been. I wonder how many kids go through similar experiences. Writing will...
Read full commentPosted in The Daughter-Wife
A ray of hope, however small
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
A ray of hope, however small is something to cherish. Nature moves on, continuously renewing itself and showing us that we all have this level of earthly resilience. There is nothing more optimistic than the sound of a bird singing.
Read full commentPosted in "Fragile"
So sorry to hear you have
Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2025
So sorry to hear you have lost your mum, Di.
Read full commentPosted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.
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