Jane Hyphen
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My stories have been read 857224 times
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My stories
Parrot Rescue
The problem is most people just don’t realise how long we’re going to live.’ ‘Agreed Geoffrey. Humans and their “see it, gotta have it” attitude...
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Drilling Out Blame
These people, they have no beating heart, only fish-eyed stares. Cold, drilling out blame. Seeking dirt to dish, as they swallow in haste, what they...
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The Easter Rat
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
‘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.
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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Hi Rhiannon, I think if you
Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020
Hi Rhiannon, I think if you're somebody who gets overstimulated by detail then sitting such an exam at age eleven is so overwhelming. I remember the ticking clock at the front of hall getting right into my head and also the sight of the other...
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So beautiful to watch the way
Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020
So beautiful to watch the way they move, the little feathered visitors add so much to our environment. I love the way you've described their movements and how their colours connect to the environment. I think the sudden change in weather has...
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I can really imagine young
Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020
I can really imagine young children singing this along with the actions Rhiannon. It's so easy to convince young minds that the autumn wind and rain is miserable but our seasons are so important and they all bring entertainment and something new...
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Beautiful Rhiannon. Your
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Beautiful Rhiannon. Your poems are always so visual and full of texture, I can see those crops swaying, 'swells rippling' and aren't they so early this year. Walking around it feels as if we are a month ahead or more.
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It does feel like there is a
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2020
It does feel like there is a magical spell on all the land doesn't it. This weather has made everything look more like July than May and we are all slowing down but we probably needed to.
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It's just really nice to see
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2020
It's just really nice to see another face coming along the road. I always try to be the one who crosses or steps out into the road but my whippets often cause me to have some delay (they always embarrass me or me them) so the other people beat me...
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I love this, it's like a full
Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2020
I love this, it's like a full literary meal of a poem. I particularly enjoyed your description of fallen cherry petals, 'wind-lipped , pale and panpipe soft, there could be no better way of describing them. Every line is reminiscent of the walks...
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I love this, it's so classy
Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2020
I love this, it's so classy and clean. 'Sunless pauses' and 'blind cave fish'. It's lovely to read and pure quality.
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Stay safe, follow your gut
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
Stay safe, follow your gut and put yourself first. Managers might seem important but if you left your workplace they would forget your name after a few weeks. Best wishes.
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Hi Di_Hard, yes Airy and I
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020
Hi Di_Hard, yes Airy and I are both bringing ghosts into our social circle in the absence of flesh and blood humans.
There are many interesting facts about hedges, for example sparrows won't frequent a hedge if it has a fence on one side....
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