Jane Hyphen
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I have 153 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 71920 times
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69 of my 850 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 74 votes
My stories
Where do Christmas Trees go to Die?
Where do Christmas trees go to die In a municipal car park piled up high And all the dogs stop to sniff The household smells of pets And festive food...
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Sad Quiche on a Plate
A sad quiche on a plate Waiting, drying out Killing time and conversation too A sad quiche on a plate With a wrinkled complexion And egg on its face...
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The Mermaid in the Doorway
The mermaid in the doorway Swishing her quilted tail Propped up she blinks Away the days As winter nights hold hands Stewed she melts the world To...
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Silva in Lisbon
By Roshu Bangal (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4 .
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The End is Nigh
Everything’s falling apart Said the strangest man Of all, he is alone An island in the midst of Seas of change, new waves Ever crashing upon the...
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This is so dreamy and
Posted on Sun, 11 Oct 2015
This is so dreamy and atmospheric, I thought maybe the character was trapped inside a dream at first (it used to happen to me and I'd think, 'why do I always come here?') Love the description of him coming round, not rushed, just right. I learned...
Read full commentPosted in My Problem with Peyote
Really enjoyed. Jeremy has
Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2015
Really enjoyed. Jeremy has grown on me ever since I took the time to hear the man speak! It's difficult to see him through all the flames - I think you nailed it.
Read full commentPosted in For the love of Jeremy Corbyn
Some people are able to write
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2015
Some people are able to write poems which massage the brain. This is one of them Terry. The title put me off and I didn't think I'd enjoy it but I really did. It made me salivate and my brain is refreshed, ready to see beauty in the world again...
Read full commentPosted in Isolde - If Only You'd Be Mine
What a sweet tribute to your
Posted on Tue, 16 Jun 2015
What a sweet tribute to your mother, she looks lovely in the photo by the way. Recently I have been remembering lots of little things about my dad who died eight years ago, they come back to me like small subconsious gifts. Memories of your...
Read full commentPosted in I Still Miss You Terribly
Love this - a situation joins
Posted on Mon, 11 May 2015
Love this - a situation joins up blithely into something more complete than it could have been.
Read full commentPosted in For the Love of Her
This is very evocative for me
Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2015
This is very evocative for me. My dad was an Ansell's lifer, paid partly in beer tokens. I used to look down from the expressway and think how I wouldn't want to walk down there among the huge concrete pillars with that smell of HP - terrifying....
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An unusual tale which I
Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2013
An unusual tale which I enjoyed very much. By the way that's surely my ancient Russian Blue in the photo!
Read full commentPosted in Cat-Omen
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