Jane Hyphen
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Parcel for you....Part 8
The doorbell rang briskly, the sound of it unique, unmistakable. Vanessa felt her heart drop. Shit, she thought, that’s my mother, as her cheeks...
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Parcel for you...Part 7
In the days that followed, Vanessa resolved to keep an open mind about her new spouse, a healthier mindset, free of jealousy and unrealistic...
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Parcel for you....Part 6
‘We can’t do it at the table!’
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Parcel for you....Part 5
Over the following few days, Vanessa, very occasionally and cautiously took Spencer out of ‘depressed man’ setting and engaged him in conversation...
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'Parcel for you...' Part 4
Vanessa put down the phone and stood behind Spencer, staring at the top of his head, light brown skin showing through the gaps in his thick dark hair...
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I enjoyed this thoroughly
Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023
I enjoyed this thoroughly intriguing, mysterious and well-written tale of holes, French cigarettes and pulled chains.
Read full commentPosted in A hole in the kitchen
You've paid a deserved and
Posted on Tue, 14 Nov 2023
You've paid a deserved and magical tribute to this tough and prolific plant whose powers often go unnoticed in our hedgerows.
Read full commentPosted in Blackthorn
That is lovely, what a way to
Posted on Wed, 15 Nov 2023
That is lovely, what a way to brighten up the resident's days.
Read full commentPosted in A pigmy goat, 3 guinea pigs and some husky puppies visit …
So clever and fun. So much of
Posted on Sun, 12 Nov 2023
So clever and fun. So much of what is mentioned is relatable. 'My worst ever case of dehydration,' yes been there. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, I've always wondered where Holly Johnson got his confidence, he was so young and pushing hard on the...
Read full commentPosted in My Verbal Diary Here
Stunning. This took me to a
Posted on Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Stunning. This took me to a new place. Strong and sinuous, wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Fenrir
Love, 'the sigh of mountains'
Posted on Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Love, 'the sigh of mountains' and 'Shadows on Aspen bark so distant from steel and glass'. The approach of short, cold days captured so beautifully in your poem.
Read full commentPosted in The Changing of Seasons
What a horrible story and
Posted on Mon, 06 Nov 2023
What a horrible story and sadly not an unusual one. The punishments don't tend to fit crimes like this but to match barbarism with barbarism seems like a step backwards. You're right, that poor little boy...
Read full commentPosted in Seriously?
Such wise words and so neatly
Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Such wise words and so neatly and artfully arranged. The age old problem of how to right wrongs without doubling up on the wrong or being trampled all over. We've still some evolving to do.
Read full commentPosted in One Good Turn
'whose bark wrinkled with age
Posted on Mon, 30 Oct 2023
'whose bark wrinkled with age' I love the idea of elements of the forest also growing old like the journey of your parents from their youthful courtship through to 'the suffocated heavy blanket of fear' in old age. The endless cycle of new...
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This is very powerful, Di.
Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023
This is very powerful, Di. The word shame is so exposing, the sound of it making you feel, at once ashamed.
'It is revenge', an endless cycle of revenge. We learn it as children but as adults, with no greater powers to intervene, does it...
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