Jane Hyphen
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My stories have been read 85327 times
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My stories
The Hidden Help
They’re back The hidden help I woke with them inside Something’s wrong They talk among themselves And they are right, just Like the voice I heard...
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Your Mother
She’s a stain on you your mother On us, a serpent brimming spite Casts her venom spit-hissed And there’s no hope No light relief, no antidote Each...
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Put Away Summer
Put away summer Cast a veil upon the sun Know tiredness, sleep away. Wind-withered leaves cannot Hold on as birds no longer Aim the candor of their...
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Feeling Confused about Time
Feeling confused about time Yesterday I was twenty three Running on the spot, feeling ashamed Young blood flowed out through cuts A caustic youth, I...
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Man in a Pink Shirt
Man in a pink shirt Don’t step out into the road Fat man in a pink polo shirt Ruddy cheeked, strawberry blond In Henley..Henley on Thames One tan...
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You are a true artist. The
Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2018
You are a true artist. The way you've painted roses in words is just perfect, you didn't push too hard with the brush but the colours of your thoughts are still bold. A summer's day brought to life.
Read full commentPosted in a break from hoovering
Lovely Rhiannon, leafy
Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2018
Lovely Rhiannon, leafy filters, what more could you wish for. There is no better place than the shade to watch nature play out on a hot day. Unfortunately I was working in the sun today and felt quite sick in Reading, it was baking!
Read full commentPosted in Brightness without burning
One of those times when as
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
One of those times when as children we experience internal volcanos of emotion, shock at how parents treat us, the audacity of their failure to listen. It's builds indepence and resilience but it's also an awakening, as a human you're often alone...
Read full commentPosted in Choose One Cake Only
I love the little loose bit
Posted on Wed, 30 May 2018
I love the little loose bit at the end, blowing in the wind there, it's brave but it works. May is the most beautiful month. Lovely fresh words.
Read full commentPosted in renewable 2 (second go at this)
False teeth, yes I couldn't
Posted on Sun, 27 May 2018
False teeth, yes I couldn't bring myself to include those, something creepy about them. We used to back onto a small cemetary where badgers would dig up bones, brass coffin rings and once some false teeth were in a pile of freshly dug soil!
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I can just imagine blurting
Posted on Fri, 25 May 2018
I can just imagine blurting those words out because of the sense of duty and expectation from the people around you and then living two lives; the flimsy fake outer one and the real one swelling inside your head constantly. What a horrible...
Read full commentPosted in In the Next Breath
This made me laugh a lot! I
Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018
This made me laugh a lot! I can't decided which one applies to me, I think we're all in there somewhere. If the prayers said in church were anything like this the churches would be full again and you would have saved the church of England.
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018
I love the way you've mashed
Posted on Fri, 09 Mar 2018
I love the way you've mashed up the man-made and mundane with nature where there's always something fresh and beautiful when you look for it. Like one of those mixed media collages with bits of plastic and leaf skeletons, feathers and bottle tops...
Read full commentPosted in Walking home from shopping 8/3/18
You've illustrated the terror
Posted on Fri, 02 Mar 2018
You've illustrated the terror of losing control of your faculties here, like files all stored neatly in your head suddenly scattered in disarray. The frustrating thing is you know it's there but you cannot access it. I've no experience of...
Read full commentPosted in Lethe
I really like this, sums
Posted on Thu, 01 Mar 2018
I really like this, sums those road repair men up perfectly.
Read full commentPosted in Tarmac Adam
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