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Beyond The Forest
Time elapses like birds Setting wings in flight, Flown before they've time To pledge their thoughts, I favour walking letting Imagination swoop, Each...
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Cycle Of Life
Muddy – marshy – murky forest floor, squidgy – earthy like browned off mashed potato squelching in November's rain, as storms drench dawn's secrets...
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Two Special Granddaughters
It's never easy trying to convey with words those emotions of love, but today at your mum's funeral my eyes overflowed with tears, these beautiful...
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Strands Of Thought
As I sit here on bright November afternoon, Warmth of sun Giving pleasure, As rays stream Through into Conservatory, Crystal hangs in Window ensuring...
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Blessings
In loving memory of Sharon. Remind us to have positive memories, strengthen and support with sensitivity these two beloved sisters and daughters,...
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Hi onemorething,
Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019
Hi onemorething,
I've read this poem many times. It conjured up a picture of someone considering all the men she'd ever known in her life and reflecting on memories of being let down so many times. There's a sadness to reading it, and yet...
Read full commentPosted in Night River
Much more afraid of the
Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2019
Much more afraid of the living -
the dead have never frightened me.
And there are other silences of the heart
and grasps of ivies that in concealments
to break free from internal deaths and memorials,
those we...
Read full commentPosted in Graveyards
I found your comment
Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2019
I found your comment extremely important Jean. It's such a special feeling to know that these words touched you and being able to relate. I do hope you get to spend many happy moments with your grandson, he sounds like a special boy indeed....
Read full commentPosted in Rebirth
What an amazing scene and
Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2019
What an amazing scene and some lovely descriptions. The poem as a whole was full of exhilaration which I very much enjoyed reading.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in The Long Mynd, Shropshire (12/10/19)
I just love that first stanza
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2019
I just love that first stanza and the comfort of making and eating homemade soup. Did you know that potatoes in soup are brilliant for the immune system?
Anyway I found this poem very tasty.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in This October Brings Endings
Great fun poem for the I P
Posted on Mon, 16 Sep 2019
Great fun poem for the I P Rhiannon. I'm sure a lot of very young children would love to hear this read to them.
Put a smile on my face. ...
Read full commentPosted in If I were …
A great poem of awareness of
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2019
A great poem of awareness of what's going on around you. I like how you give it a certain rhythm too, could hear it being read aloud.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Riverine reflection
Hi onemorething,
Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2019
Hi onemorething,
can't believe I missed this beauty of a poem. As you say the migration of these butterflies has left me stunned at just how many I've seen in our garden. Just walking down the path they seem to be all around, though I have...
Read full commentPosted in Painted Ladies
Oh! My goodness Rhiannon,
Posted on Tue, 07 May 2019
Oh! My goodness Rhiannon, this is absolutely beautiful and gives all the senses a treat. Just love those photos too.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Arrival – Evening Wander
Hi Penny,
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
Hi Penny,
I could visulize the scene like I was watching it happen, always a sign of an excellent writer. The bitter cold came across so well too.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
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