Jane Hyphen
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I have 169 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85326 times
and 160 of my stories have been cherry picked.
92 of my 1,004 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 97 votes
My stories
Silver Skin
Young man lucid as an onion Silver skin thin and flint bones Jutt-jabbing from his span frame He shrinks under himself and Waters up as likely as a...
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The Volunteers
What became of the volunteers? At school they raised their hands Stretched them to the ceiling tiles While I looked down and made Myself as invisible...
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Drivers
My world is full of drivers Alone inside their spaceships I watch them going by See the furrows of their faces Eyes anchored to the road But the mind...
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Bedtime Rituals
The bedtime ritual, that’s what she called it, just a bit of organisation, a bit of tidying up before bed. In truth it was a monster, silent,...
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Brooksy
I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to Dire Straits but when one of those songs unexpectedly enters my consciousness it’s rather like a punctuation...
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'Somewhere like yesterday'
Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2019
'Somewhere like yesterday' sad truth in these words and it's a beautiful poem too. Thanks for linking it to mine. I also love to see work inspired by other writers on here as I'm so often inspired myself.
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Thanks celticman. Your
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
Thanks celticman. Your comments in riddley rhyme motivate me time after time.
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I love 'pure pearls' Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
I love 'pure pearls' Rhiannon and also 'rich greening'. They are such a pure little flower braving the cold and warming the beds for the spring flowers to come.
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It's so beautiful Rhiannon, I
Posted on Sat, 02 Feb 2019
It's so beautiful Rhiannon, I don't think I've ever seen one of these birds and your poem is a graceful tribute.
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This is neat. It makes me
Posted on Sat, 02 Feb 2019
This is neat. It makes me think of all those molecules and everything else sleeping, unseen, there's so much we don't see. Looking forward to warmer times, mercury creeping.
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Thanks Di_Hard I have removed
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Thanks Di_Hard I have removed a repeated word. That's interesting about the rain, I hadn't realised it was such a factor. As for not letting your son have a bike, I'm not sure how you stop them if they are hell bent on it but the statistics are...
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For a short story this has
Posted on Sun, 13 Jan 2019
For a short story this has got it all; charm and chargrin, adversity and perversity. I think it's just perfect and like all your pieces it played out in glorious tecnicolour in my mind's eye.
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I think this is pure quality.
Posted on Fri, 07 Dec 2018
I think this is pure quality. It sounds so good in my head, I want to hear it read aloud by a man with a nice voice. Those solid consonants hold each other up without rubbing together, just like the branches of a tree Rhiannon.
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I'm really enjoying these,
Posted on Sat, 10 Nov 2018
I'm really enjoying these, well-written and engaging. I too liked the description of the high heels stabbing the carpet, honestly why would you wear high heels in a care home, even if you were a rabied manager on a power trip. Your brother's...
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Hi Di_Hard, I know, I can't
Posted on Fri, 09 Nov 2018
Hi Di_Hard, I know, I can't even imagine the itchy wool uniform in the cold wet weather, it's difficult to even scratch the surface of what those soldiers suffered. I agree about society being eroded, we are slowly losing the building blocks of a...
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