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Timely Leisure Spent With You
Dear diary I feel so small today, like Alice down the rabbit hole inhaling atmosphere, seizing handfuls of earth as I shrink, where ant mounds are...
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We Are Stars
When stars sing their last song Elevated to a higher reality, Laced patterned threads sequin night; Five points once cloistered...now Gripped by...
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Silent Lament
Moments linger shielded from eyes, yet going forward madness becoming like footprints fading into night, maybe observed beneath ridge of troubled...
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Big Belly Oak
Driving passed the Big Belly Oak on the edge of Savernake forest, between Marlborough and Hungerford, I couldn't help being inspired to write another...
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Drifting On The Muse
Showery and cool the day, yet behind closed doors I weave a web of memories, that dance and quiver to unforgettable tunes lifting my spirit, brimming...
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This is a wonderful piece of
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
This is a wonderful piece of writing Paul, you've captured so much of the colourful traditions and also the realities too. I admire you for not sitting around moping, but actually using this time to travel to India and discover the way of life...
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
What an adorable poem
Posted on Thu, 31 Dec 2020
What an adorable poem Rhiannon, bought back some of my own happy memories.
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Read full commentPosted in Toddler opening presents
Hi Hilary, long time no hear,
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020
Hi Hilary, long time no hear, hope you are keeping well.
Winter is a time I love so much, but like you say for many it's a time of rest and that includes the imagination.
I really hope we all continue to be inspired and are able to...
Read full commentPosted in Waiting For The Thaw
Ah! You've written a poem
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2020
Ah! You've written a poem about the beloved oak tree, there's no tree that can top the oak as far as I'm concerned. I even named our house Oakly Villa.
They are truely ancient, mythical and inspiring. Definitely a caring tree at heart....
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I can only feel sadnes for
Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2020
I can only feel sadnes for the elm. such beautiful trees, then to be afflicted with the disease. Growing up as a child we had woods at the bottom of our garden and two elm trees stood proudly right outside our back gate, till the dreaded dutch...
Read full commentPosted in Dutch Elm Disease
How amazing you caught these
Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2020
How amazing you caught these spectacular photos in such great detail too, Your poem shows exactly how excited you must have been to see such a spectacal, a momentous poem indeed.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Film in the night sky
Hi insert,
Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020
Hi insert,
like many other writers and readers out there, I don't know where I'd be without abc tales. For me it's been an addiction from the moment I joined in 2010 and has always felt like one big family that comes and goes over time. I...
Read full commentPosted in Needing Hugs
What a loving thoughtful lady
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2020
What a loving thoughtful lady your mum was Penny. Your poem shows that there is good in the world.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in "Anna's Blanket"
This is gorgeous Penny. I too
Posted on Wed, 08 Jul 2020
This is gorgeous Penny. I too am a night person, though I do not have the distractions of the day like you do. It's just me and my partner in our old age, but the night time inspires, as I can see it does for you. Being able to let go and just be...
Read full commentPosted in Random thoughts...
I don't think this is cheesy
Posted on Mon, 06 Jul 2020
I don't think this is cheesy at all. I went for a walk up on the ridge way and can completely understand how inspired you would be, it really shows in this beautiful poem. The gentle movement comes across of being part of the peace of nature,...
Read full commentPosted in Wind in Trees by Water
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