Jane Hyphen

The Easter Rat

By Jane Hyphen on Mon, 05 Apr 2021

He’s got a rat, Mango’s caught a rat! Mango can’t catch anything.. He was once hit by the Amazon van, It broke his pelvis, his back, his tail. Let it...

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Open Gardens

By Jane Hyphen on Thu, 01 Apr 2021

‘I didn’t sleep Jackie.’ ‘Maybe you should stay at home this morning. I can get everything we need from Sainsbury's and the garden is looking...

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The Cheesemaster Cometh.

By Jane Hyphen on Wed, 31 Mar 2021

The cheesemaster cometh, Sweaty, stilton thighed. He’s bitter-sweet. And as strong as Equinoctial tides. An omnipotent being. He’s fat. At almost...

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I am a Fruit Cake

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 23 Mar 2021

I am a fruit cake. I have good ideas but I never act on them. They dry out and are preserved in a sweet syrup of optimism. There are always more,...

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Thank you Di, I was worried

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

Thank you Di, I was worried it might be a bit trippy but I think we all need a trip as November comes to a close. Birds definitely form friendships and there are so many cross species friendships in the animal world. I say this looking at my...

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It's so clever. A pendulous

Posted on Mon, 29 Nov 2021

It's so clever. A pendulous poem, I love it

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One of those pieces which had

Posted on Sat, 27 Nov 2021

One of those pieces which had the rare effect of making me feel as if I was being squeezed while reading but in a good way. It's divine.

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This reminds me of a rich,

Posted on Wed, 24 Nov 2021

This reminds me of a rich, still life oil painting, each time you look at it, you see something different. A beautifully verdant, quiet journey into a dream.

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Brilliant ending. I hadn't

Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021

Brilliant ending. I hadn't heard the word ecocide before. It feels hopeless but as Di-Hard said, that is the worst, most defeatist way to address it. My kids are adults now, I worry for their kids. People come into the garden centre where I work...

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I felt this lowering my blood

Posted on Thu, 18 Nov 2021

I felt this lowering my blood pressure. Your poem has class, grace and an element of nocturnal escapism. I wish I had the stamina to stay awake all night and be a part of this magic world.

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Beautiful tribute to our

Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021

Beautiful tribute to our native trees which are themselves like planets when they become mature. This has such a sense of the magic of winter to it. You can most definitely feel the earth's pulse through an oak limb, I have felt it many times...

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It's so clever have you've

Posted on Mon, 09 Aug 2021

It's so clever how you've communicated the pre-deluge drama. I love it when the dark clouds gather, everything goes quiet and the land is so thirsty. There is an otherwordly feel to this atmosphere and then, as you have desribed here, a patina of...

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This made me laugh a lot!

Posted on Mon, 17 May 2021

This made me laugh a lot! 'Mad as a wet hen' and all the things people you have lived with for too long which over time become 'disgusting'.

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Wonderful poem. So depressing

Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021

Wonderful poem. So depressing that this has happened in such a short space of time. Many companies, governments simply making noises about tackling climate change and yet the amount of plastic in the industry I work in is frankly mind boggling...