Jane Hyphen
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The Vale - Part 4 (Adam Believe)
I can remember the exact moment I saw Adam Berry. It was on the first day of secondary school and we had been instructed, via a letter in the post,...
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The Vale - Part 3
Lori’s mother, Linda, is just leaving when I return to the cave. She is a lovely woman, warm, level-headed, unassuming and ever mindful of being in...
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The Vale - Part 1 (d)
I lie in bed staring at the patterns on the ceiling, the trees twitching in the wind casting shadows of branches like veins inside a lung, pulsing...
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The Irritating Gentleman (part two)
‘Wow,’ Martin got out and looked around at the garden which was very overgrown. Everything was unnervingly tall; white shasta daisies reaching up to...
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The Irritating Gentleman (part one)
‘You go first. I can see you’re eager..’ Hayley glanced at the irritating gentlemen as she glided past him, a little too close for her liking within...
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It is magical, Jenny, your
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
It is magical, Jenny, your poem is playful enough to do it justice. It's hard to create art which blends into a natural setting without jarring but this carving look perfectly in place and was clearly made by somebody who loves nature. A mind...
Read full commentPosted in Let's Make Believe
Mucky Monika's emply parking
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Mucky Monika's emply parking space, I wonder what is the average safe distance of...
Read full commentPosted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
It gives us an easy topic to
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026
It gives us an easy topic to talk about, the weather is an ice-breaker, sort of..Rain for the grain, yes we are lucky, a temperate climate to grow and feed livestock most of the year round. A great poem!
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You've really nailed the
Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2025
You've really nailed the season there Penny. It's so chilling but you've also given us a sense of both the power and bare beauty of mid-winter. The lady of the cold walks here in your words.
Read full commentPosted in "Winter Constitutional"
Thanks for the cherries
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Thanks for the cherries insert. I'm not sure if I should, he needs to accept ageing as a normal part of the human journey and then rewards far deeper than youthful looks will be unlocked.
Read full commentPosted in The Leaf Blower - Part 4
That was truly a thrilling
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025
That was truly a thrilling read, Turlough. Makes me want to drop everything and go and take the smae sort of trip before it somehow becomes unavailable. I would be worried about the sickness though, I'm prone to migraines. At least I can read...
Read full commentPosted in Inca Ice and Lupins
Thank you Turlough. We are
Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2025
Thank you Turlough. We are wrapped up in our little worlds I suppose. It's like there are two parallel universes, one where we catastrophise over the state of the environment and one where everything carries on as normal to maintain the economy (...
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Another fabulous and
Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025
Another fabulous and mysterious story, Paul. I know I've said this before but you definitely have your own style of writing. I experienced a sense of the loneliness of the central character and some glimmer of hope that he was reconnecting with...
Read full commentPosted in Why does it always rain in graveyards?
Thnank you Insert. Ha ha, I
Posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Thnank you Insert. Ha ha, I indulged in a medlar, ew, the fruit is a metaphor for some things. And many thanks for the cherries.
Read full commentPosted in At Home in the Pause
You drew so much out of that
Posted on Mon, 06 Oct 2025
You drew so much out of that orange and then distilled it into the most captivating bullet points. I will need to read this over again. It's wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Please Follow My Instructions ( For This You Will Need a Blood Orange)
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