Jane Hyphen
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I Woke Up (in inverted commas)
I woke up in inverted commas. That is I woke but didn’t feel fully awake, it happens to all of us doesn’t it but this time it was different. There...
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I won't leave my Walled Garden
I won’t leave my walled garden Through scores of season cycles I’ve nursed and nourished soil And plucked the lump stone To form freethinking loam...
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Throwing Stones
‘You horrible lot will be working at Royal Ascot this summer.’ He looked at us as if we should feel honoured. A horrible lot, teenagers from...
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The Unsent Letter
I've been going through old untitled documents on my cloud and found this unsent letter to my next door neighbour whose noisy handy man (her little pet) polluted the air space with a very loud radio each weekend, drowning out the birds and other soothing sounds.
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Orange
Orange just doesn’t sit right with me Claiming to be both colour and fruit It can’t just choose one and it’s loud Too shouty, too few this colour...
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This is such a charming
Posted on Thu, 01 Mar 2018
This is such a charming tribute to dogs and their childish, eager to please characters. Where would we be without our furry friends, they give so much without all the heavy stuff which humans emit.
Read full commentPosted in They all rolled over
This makes me cringe, such an
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2018
This makes me cringe, such an accurate depiction. There was a stalwart of these types near me. I recall one woman talking about a couple with a child in the same year as ours, he worked in Tesco, she worked as a 'lunchtime controller' she...
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I like how clean this is, how
Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018
I like how clean this is, how precise, no messing about. Life is all it can be, you can't say that too often, that's a rare moment to be cherished.
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I've been vegetarian since I
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2018
I've been vegetarian since I was a young child, nobody else in my family is and I was always singled out for people awkward. It always amazes me the abuse you get for not eating meat, it must be worse if you're vegan. I've never tried to enforce...
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Ah I love this, brings back
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2018
Ah I love this, brings back the memories of being a cat owned fool so vividly. I still miss mine too much to entertain getting another. It's a quiet, calming (mostly) and unique kind of companionship which you've summed up beautifully here.
Read full commentPosted in finding peace
Hi Di_Hard, I agree re wanton
Posted on Wed, 10 Jan 2018
Hi Di_Hard, I agree re wanton wastefulness, some people even buy a whole new set of decorations each year, pretty shocking isn't it. I like to have a real tree, it's like a little Christmas friend, something to get you through it when the family...
Read full commentPosted in Where do Christmas Trees go to Die?
This is invigorating Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 09 Oct 2017
This is invigorating Rhiannon, cleansing, almost like the real thing..
Read full commentPosted in Nordy Bank Fort 5/10/17
This was a really interesting
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2017
This was a really interesting read and refreshing. I spent some time living in Devon and I must say my heart broke a little when I left. When is something as unspeakable as the holocaust and other horrific war incidents truly dealt with? As long...
Read full commentPosted in Outcomes of my Dad's recent Funeral in London
Unusual poem, it works really
Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2017
Unusual poem, it works really well. As an admirer of moss I think you have done it justice, really love, 'moist micro city'. Moss is much underrated, close up, in the sunlight it's really beautiful.
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The letter was such a
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2017
The letter was such a different animal to the modern forms of communication. You've described here so well the processes and pitfalls as well as the artfulness of letter writing Rhiannon.
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