Jane Hyphen
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My stories have been read 858370 times
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My stories
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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I am a Fruit Cake
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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No one comes here.
No one comes here. A sun rises each day between the faded drapes. And dust sparkles in the air, There’s no gravity, in this choked cell, it is silent...
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After the Blizzard
Frozen in the ground, I found the bones of a forgotten road. Where it was so hard to dig, under scentless layers of pristine snow. An unspoilt drift...
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The Edge of Colour
White clouds in a white sky An indeterminable pause A stifling room, alone With all the layers I’ve ever worn Flames thrown across the world Enough...
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Who needs god when you have
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020
Who needs god when you have the Too Ticky. Big fan of the Moomins and trees so this is right up my street. I'm kind of jealous, I want to find my own Moomin tree. Perhaps when the lady of the cold goes away I can find some new tree friend. So...
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This is very magical and
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020
This is very magical and light, I like the atmosphere. The distrust combined with the playful and it's true that we adapt so quickly to the unthinkable, frighteningly quickly in fact. Or maybe it was all unthinkable before but we were just too...
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Beautiful aren't they
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020
Beautiful aren't they Rhiannon and strangely waxy too as you describe. There are a few examples of Soulangeana in my area looking their best right now, I admire them on my singular outing of the day and they significantly improve the quality of...
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Thanks airyfairy. They're
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020
Thanks airyfairy. They're quite common I think, with a round furry body and the proboscis is like a needle, quite cute actually, well at least when you haven't seen many people for a while. You're right about our entitled stewardship of the...
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I love the idea of the empty
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020
I love the idea of the empty road, being like an eel, is it sloping? And the way you've animated your surroundings in the absence of human life. Suddenly the nature around us had greater significance because it carries on, flourishes, it's so...
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I don't know how I missed
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
I don't know how I missed this, what a treasure. Brain scans have shown that looking into a forest in full leaf is restorative, rather like sleep. Access to safe, green spaces for all - and if that isn't possible then poems like this help a lot...
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I really enjoyed this, it
Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2020
I really enjoyed this, it brought back so many memories of feeling absolutely free on summer evenings with no worries and so many opportunities stretching out, and of course trees are the backdrop of life.
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I like this a lot, it's
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
I like this a lot, it's unique and reminds me a bit of Hans Christian Anderson and the way he sometimes wrote from the perspective of an object. I also like the way you have avoided the cliche of exhibiting pride around damage.
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Light is an infinite resource
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020
Light is an infinite resource, if only everyone could know that. Thanks celtic - hope you're well
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This is very fine, especially
Posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2020
This is very fine, especially the first verse, it made my mouth water. Even pavement cracks hold possibilities, I love. It's a shame people don't spend much time outside when it's cold in February because there is so much happening.
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