Jane Hyphen
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I have 328 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 461996 times
and 401 of my stories have been cherry picked.
414 of my 2,285 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 440 votes
My stories
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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Life is for the Go Getters
Life is for the go getters. Pause and watch, open-mouthed as they gulp the here and now. Observe through a long lens, how they stuff themselves, like...
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They've Closed the Road
Have you heard, they’ve closed the road. Black ice reflections deep, like a mirror from the archives. We don’t want to see ourselves like that. There...
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A Real Doctor
‘Oh, give over, you’re not even a real doctor!’ Dr Oetker was in a very dark place and had been for a number of days. The sale of sprinkles had...
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Interesting piece ice rivers.
Posted on Tue, 27 Jun 2023
Interesting piece ice rivers. I think we're perhaps at a sort of scientific crossroads when it comes to fertility. I believe the future of having babies will be quite different. The fertility fraud cases are terrifying, I wonder how many we don't...
Read full commentPosted in Crashing in a Fertile Field
A wonderful tribute to our
Posted on Tue, 27 Jun 2023
A wonderful tribute to our native and very vigorous growing blackberry. I have so many memories of picking and also finding a little white grub inside after biting the top off. The grubs just disappear in the jamming process. Good old-fashioned...
Read full commentPosted in Blackberry Moment
This is such a lovely story,
Posted on Fri, 16 Jun 2023
This is such a lovely story, Paul. It conveys the unease of imminent retirement and the need for something to cling to and the cat was the perfect thing. I love the leaf exchange and the tentative first steps of their relationship.
Read full commentPosted in A Cat, A Leaf and Fresh Fish
The complexity of your child
Posted on Wed, 31 May 2023
The complexity of your child going through the complex layers of the teenage years, everything coming together. It's a rollercoaster which lasts perhaps longer than the teens but if he has an outlet or two, music, the drums, then there is some ...
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Playing cooking games is the
Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023
Playing cooking games is the best fun when you're a child, especially if you're allowed to use mud!
A lovely little poem, Rhiannon and that outfit is very cute.
Read full commentPosted in Little Cook!
This is so magical and May is
Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023
This is so magical and May is the most wonderful month for seeing nature at it's busiest. I have seen a few mayflies this week, they're quite easy to spot if you've seen a picture.
I particularly love the second verse, 'imposing columns...
Read full commentPosted in Nature's Wonders
There are so many rich
Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023
There are so many rich details in this poem. Zooming in on another world, you've expressed this amphibious enclave so artfully. Very much enjoyed and well deserved POTD...
Read full commentPosted in inklings
You've brought their amazing
Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023
You've brought their amazing life cycle to life with this poem, Rhiannon. I remember looking at a local history book and it stated that a nearby pond used to be 'thick with eels' since there are connecting underwater streams from the Thames....
Read full commentPosted in On the 6500+ km journey, twice
Thank you for pick of the day
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
Thank you for pick of the day
Read full commentPosted in Lucifer - What's good for the saucy gander
It doesn't take long for
Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023
It doesn't take long for nature to start taking over. The van reminds me of all those ship wrecks and other debris beneath our oceans, covered in weed and tiny marine creatures. Those discarded country plough always look so beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in Natural Décor
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