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RJ Newlyn
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My dead diary – Sunday 7th February
A dull, grey day after the rain. Sheltered most of the night in the Brompton catacombs, passing the time with a crypt-wraith who had stories to tell...
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Where the nettles grew
At the end of the short-grass garden, the small gate leads to the long-grass field. Near the end of the field a fir tree stands apart from the rocks...
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What lay beyond the glass
I found the mirror in the bedroom amongst your belongings. I was about to throw it away when something about the crack in its surface made me look...
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What the sky said
It had been a hard climb already – out of the wooded valley and up on to the moorland, sun-drenched and golden with gorse flower. I arrived at an old...
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What I promised the sea
I went down to the shore for the last time today: along the old lane, across the dunes, out to the very edge of the land where grey waves slapped...
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Posted on Sat, 23 Mar 2024
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