Jane Hyphen
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Parables of Clippety (7) - Sniffer Dogs
‘Sorry, all done. Oh look at my hair, it’s gone nuts. It always does this when I want to look nice. I’m going to dampen it down a bit, then dry it...
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Parables of Clippety (6) - Never Been High
‘Angel’s Trumpet powder.’ ‘What?’ ‘That’s only one of the names for it. It’s all fine. People get so het up about drugs but honestly this is nothing...
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Parables of Clippety (5) - Fudge
After Clare had gone, Marni went back to her holdall, removed a carton of Ribena, pierced it with a straw, took a long suck of liquid and placed it...
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Parables of Clippety (4) - Jellyfish
The train pulled into Liverpool Lime Street and both women immediately became shiny eyed, the corners of their lips turned up and their hearts beat...
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Parables of Clippety (3) - Going Backwards
They both looked at each other and laughed silently. An announcement came over the tannoy to inform the passengers about the buffet car and the...
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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.
Read full commentPosted in A Secret Garden
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.
Read full commentPosted in The Solitude of Sleep
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...
Read full commentPosted in Thoughts Of An Oak Tree's Spirit
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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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...
Read full commentPosted in just deserts
Beautiful and fitting tribute
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
Beautiful and fitting tribute to three delightful flowers. I love 'fairy skirt' I have a few in a damp patch which they love, even a white one amoung the snakey purples, they really are otherwordly flowers. And those wood anenomes matt-white...
Read full commentPosted in White stars and meadow bells
Lovely cute poem Jenny. It's
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Lovely cute poem Jenny. It's hard to believe we felt like that once but the stars are still there for us, bright and unchanging. I think you're right that if we think hard enough we can still feel that way. I love 'absorbed vitality with...
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
Interesting how people leave
Posted on Mon, 05 Apr 2021
Interesting how people leave litter just feet away from bins. It's almost as if they are trying to make a point but they don't think about what actually happens to their litter afterwards. The road I drive to work in South Oxfordshire it...
Read full commentPosted in Littering in the Time of the New National Labour Government (It's Cleanup Time!) : Part 2
Beautiful descriptions of sea
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
Beautiful descriptions of sea and sky and the wonderful character of a dolphin and all its playful antics. It's hard to believe an animal with so much presence could ever really die. Thanks for sharing, I very much I enjoyed reading.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
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