Jane Hyphen
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3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1183578 times
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583 of my 2,994 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 620 votes
My stories
The Legend of the Pah - 1 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)
‘A vasectomy is the best gift a man can give to his wife…..Alistair, Alistair!’ ‘What?’ He said, without lifting his head. A spread of nails lay...
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The Wasted Wish
‘Go and shut up the chickens for the night, Mai, and when you get back your tea will be ready.’ Mai didn’t like shutting up the chickens by herself...
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Don't Look at the Sheikh
‘A small number of you have been selected to work in the VIP tent. This is a very important location and you will be representing the college,...
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This Cannot Be Our Home
We are not earthly, we cannot thrive here without all our rags and shoes, dry shelters, heated, cooled. We all need padded cells. There is so much...
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Junk Jewellery
Come upstairs with me, I’ll show you my junk jewellery. Overflowing from a box which looks like leather. Gold and shiny, sparkling, like something...
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Thanks for the cherries
Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022
Thanks for the cherries Insert. Yes, I think I might be open to that.
Read full commentPosted in Parables of Clippety (11) - The Quarry
This is sweet and sour. I
Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022
This is sweet and sour. I enjoyed the descriptions of Cornwall here, so well done, especially the Hottentot Fig, once you learn that plant name, you never forget it. The energy and fearlessness of youth quickly expires but it sounds like your...
Read full commentPosted in Brief Moments To Imagine
Wow, this is really sweet and
Posted on Wed, 23 Feb 2022
Wow, this is really sweet and touching. The lady in the photograph looks so happy. Music can be a medium for time travel. She must have so many wonderful memories.
Read full commentPosted in ‘Twinkle, twinkle … what?’@102
Thanks for the cherries
Posted on Tue, 22 Feb 2022
Thanks for the cherries Insert. Unfortunately, the dust went everywhere, into orrfices, penetrating mucous membranes and causing a distortion of the status quo.
Read full commentPosted in Parables of Clippety (7) - Sniffer Dogs
You've captured the violence
Posted on Mon, 21 Feb 2022
You've captured the violence of a storm, the cleansing effect and resulting sense of something changed, a new beginning, a metaphor for so much. I love 'winds whipping spume' and the solitary egret - creepy how they take off and silently fly.
Read full commentPosted in A Tempest Off Portishead
That brought back memories,
Posted on Thu, 10 Feb 2022
That brought back memories, my mum had that book, I remember looking through it, and I've got the Oxfam Vegetarian Cookbook. I enjoyed reading this. Rhea getting so much comfort from Ebay trawling and flicking through recipe books, maybe filling...
Read full commentPosted in The Cookbook
This is beautiful Di_Hard.
Posted on Sun, 06 Feb 2022
This is beautiful Di_Hard. The drama of these stormy February days together with quieter aspects of nature hiding in the woods, 'jade lichen, acid bright moss'. Somehow you've captured the time of year perfectly. Wonderful poem, loved reading it...
Read full commentPosted in February Rainbow
Brilliant rhythm. Poor girl,
Posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2022
Brilliant rhythm. Poor girl, why are some people's lives so wretched? 'A twenty two year old has been' is stirring. I enjoyed the short poignant lines and the rhyming. It's like a series of strikes and mirrors that poor young lady's childhood.
Read full commentPosted in Her Troubles
What a story and in it what
Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022
What a story and in it what lovely names and words. 'Legends expressed - myths reaching across time'. There is a beauty in the underworld, just as there is horror in nature. I love it when plants are linked to stories (& poems!). Some of...
Read full commentPosted in Poet's Narcissus
Blimey, I don't know whether
Posted on Mon, 31 Jan 2022
Blimey, I don't know whether to feel scared or embrace the weirdness and re-evaluate my working arrangements.
Read full commentPosted in The Candidate
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