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Christine Ann Clatworthy

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Anniversary

And so, it's that time of the year, again, a time I don't want to remember...nor forget, if that makes any sense.
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Cherry

The Lady that Played Piano

A potted palm sits, stalwart, atop her piano, an ancient upright, unquestionably seen better days, taking me back in time...
Cherry

Play, You...Play Me

Mmm...this is nice; a roaring log fire, my favourite tune. Unexpected, at the very least...no, don't stop.
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126 of my comments have received 130 Great Feedback votes

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Just beautiful, lw....that is

Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2015

Just beautiful, lw....that is, until the 'dead fox', and the 'lips, red and swollen'. A good juxtaposition of the idyllic and the not  so idyllic side to nature, creating depths and layers in this meangful poem of yours.

Tina

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Posted in Barley, growing in a field.

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My sister-in-law had breast

Posted on Fri, 05 Jun 2015

My sister-in-law had breast cancer and fought it with chemo, and the whole damned shebang.  Fourteen years later she is still going strong...still traipsing round stately homes, and the hills and dales of the Ribble Valley, making jewellery,...

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Posted in Dear John

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Thank you, so much, Vera..

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2015

Thank you, so much, Vera...and I do hope that through my poem you were afforded, at least a few minutes peace and quiet through my words...From recollection, peace is something that, as a commodity, is in short supply for parents of youngsters.  ...

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Posted in Quietus

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Thought I'd missed you, so

Posted on Sat, 02 May 2015

Thought I'd missed you, so welcome backsmiley

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Posted in zen calligraphy

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And I enjoyed the Wye, too,

Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015

And I enjoyed the Wye, too, Rhiannon.  Thank you for taking me with you.  Don't think I've ever come across Jack by the Hedge, before.  Maybe you would be so kind as to refresh my memory as to what it looks like....

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Posted in Dress for the weather!

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Missed this one before, ld.

Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2015

Missed this one before, ld.  A gem.

Tina xx

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Posted in song

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Great writing, Rhiannon, for

Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2015

Great writing, Rhiannon, for all the reasons Bear so eloquently mentions.

I remember...back in the seventies now, we had just moved to Germany...hubby and me and two kids.  We hired a yellow Volkswagen and drove to Switzerland, one...

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Posted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?

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My interpretation was a death

Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015

My interpretation was a death in a child's family, and the body of the deceased ensconsed in the said, front room, with all the curtains drawn, and then, the ensuing cremation.  Certainly, when I was a child, 'death' was never spoken of, and when...

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Posted in I thought it to be fire

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You see, tibi...you are far

Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015

You see, tibi...you are far more 'cleverer' than what  I amsmiley......

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Posted in Another Kind of Heaven

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tibi - I would never describe

Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015

tibi - I would never describe your language as 'rusty'.  Not in a million years...

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Posted in Another Kind of Heaven

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