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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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
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...
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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.
Very topical Rhiannon and it
Posted on Thu, 04 Jul 2024
Very topical Rhiannon and it's not only the older generations who are susceptible to such scams. The sophistication of these things is moving at such a rate of knots, nobody is immune, particularly if you have a gap in your life, leaving you more...
Read full commentPosted in Scam!
Agree with this too. This
Posted on Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Agree with this too. This site and its contributors have really honed my writing skills, like a passive university. There's no pressure to do homework and there's no pressure for anyone to mark it but it happens because we all enjoy it and keep...
Read full commentPosted in Thanks y'all at ABC Tales
This makes me want to go out
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
This makes me want to go out to the woods and look more closely, tune in and feel. Shimmering dew drops and leaves bursting through. 'There is a freedom from mistakes', how true and what if we didn't have access to that? Just illustrates how...
Read full commentPosted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024
Thank you Insert. Yes I would
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
Thank you Insert. Yes I would read it
Read full commentPosted in Cleanser of Demons
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