Jane Hyphen
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That's Not The Way I Go
That’s not the way I go. I go Through the knotted hedgerows In the folds of misty trees. I stop to listen to the music Spirits rustling in the...
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Mash Potato Thoughts
All I have are mash potato thoughts That is, not thoughts of mash potato Rather thick cloying thoughts, meaningless That stick in your frontal lobe...
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Silver Skin
Young man lucid as an onion Silver skin thin and flint bones Jutt-jabbing from his span frame He shrinks under himself and Waters up as likely as a...
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The Volunteers
What became of the volunteers? At school they raised their hands Stretched them to the ceiling tiles While I looked down and made Myself as invisible...
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Drivers
My world is full of drivers Alone inside their spaceships I watch them going by See the furrows of their faces Eyes anchored to the road But the mind...
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So true, where will the
Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2017
So true, where will the upgrading end? Everytime i watch the Olympics, especially the gymnastics I wonder how high will they jump in another four years, how many spins? I am also for degrading, possibly devolving too, back in the caves, grunting...
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Was that a true story? Not
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Was that a true story? Not predictable and very engaging. As above, come back with more strange tales...
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
Love this, especially the
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
Love this, especially the woman with the parking ticket. Made me feel a bit jealous of the person in the poem(you?); I could really do with being 'all but free' and a big thunderstorm would be lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Tail-end
The challenges underfoot make
Posted on Mon, 03 Jul 2017
The challenges underfoot make the process all the more satisfying . Love the idea of bracken as cladding and the anticipation your words build of of the view over the other side.
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Lovely description of bird
Posted on Sat, 24 Jun 2017
Lovely description of bird song, it really is invigorating isn't it.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this, it
Posted on Tue, 30 May 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed this, it's so intimate but of course not sentimental. The part about your mum made me think a lot about myself, I must become more of a grown up! Well deserved story of the week.
Read full commentPosted in My Mother and I aren't Talking and Other Tales.
I love this sort of surreal
Posted on Fri, 12 May 2017
I love this sort of surreal thing and you've done it really well, very funny and entertaining.
Read full commentPosted in Larry and Mick and the Niftily Deflected Insult
Love the contrast in this
Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2017
Love the contrast in this Rhiannon, your descriptions are so evocative. A rough sea is so entertaining, from a safe distance, I loved 'sparks high the billowed spray'. A calm sea is inviting. Your piece makes me makes me miss the sea
Read full commentPosted in Ocean
I love this and so would Bee.
Posted on Wed, 08 Mar 2017
I love this and so would Bee. It's so hard for women when absolutely everything gets sexualised. Sadly I think it might be getting worse. Are we our own worst enemies? Occasionally but mostly we're not, just trying to survive and be all and...
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It sounds lovely, socialising
Posted on Wed, 23 Nov 2016
It sounds lovely, socialising, mature style, comforting and fun bar a few physical restraints. An interesting, beautiful poem.
Read full commentPosted in The old Heifer and the Two old Bulls at Peace
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