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Christmas Is Coming
A Poem For The Young At Heart Just a bit of fun to welcome the Season. Whilst up on the hillside ridge of snow, Could clearly see my house down below...
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Happiness Of Anticipating Inspiration
Encounters attained are all different, Thoughts upon this day swiftly alter; Linking to what lies beyond. Flickers ephemeral – never repetitive,...
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Drama Of Pheromones
Dear diary... I first realized I loved the bodies natural odour when I went to see the great musical Hair at the Hippodrome Bristol in 1970. I knew...
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Old Man Of Storr
Old Man Of Storr does not hide, He carries the weight that shapes This land, his silence gets carried On zephyrs breezes with wisdom, Rock cannot...
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Mysterious Veil On All Hallows Night
Gaze through gossamer of spider's web, other worlds that appear beyond veil most mysterious and nebulous. Hazy amorphous place just out of reach,...
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What special memories Harry.
Posted on Sun, 06 Oct 2024
What special memories Harry. I loved the part about how your nan met her husband. I often wonder what my own life would have been like, had I gone down a different path.
We can learn so much about our own history by listening to our older...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (5) (ii)
There's a special bond
Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2024
There's a special bond between you now and the younger version of yourself. It shines through in your writing, as Di said.you take the reader along on your journey that grabs the reader and hold their attention.
Funnily enough my dad came...
Read full commentPosted in Dogsbody (1)
Hi Jane,
Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2024
Hi Jane,
I really felt for Vanessa when Spencer said it was his idea to cook Beef Wellington. Ooh! That's so patronizing...poor woman.
The story's coming along great and I'm definitely a Vanessa fan. Not sure about Pat and Stu...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 15
Hi Jean,
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
Hi Jean,
I was watching on youtube a poem read by a poet named Maya Angelou, called Still I Rise. This poem reminded me of you and your courage, when faced with the distress you're enduring.
I'm glad that the past two weeks have...
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Fire
Oh! How I yearn for the
Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2023
Oh! How I yearn for the countryside, to be at one with the landscape. Just for a moment I was right there with you in your poem, you make it seem so breathtaking.
Thank you for sharing this gorgeous poem Rhiannon, and the photos are...
Read full commentPosted in Midsummer Hill, southern end of the Malverns
I think you've kept this
Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2022
I think you've kept this story so real. There's only so many times you can forgive someone for their aggression, then the only action you can take, is to move on, but for so many women the fear is far too great, which is very sad.
Your...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)
This was a lovely family
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2022
This was a lovely family situation until the end. I have a feeling things aren't all what they seem and that is a big concern.
Looking forward to finding out more.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Runaway Mother chapter 13
I too have never heard of
Posted on Wed, 02 Nov 2022
I too have never heard of chemo curls. Went through a similar experience as you when I was younger. My hair is straight too. It was when a friend asked me to be a maid of honour at her wedding in about 1978. She wanted me to have permed hair so I...
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 14
Hi David,
Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022
Hi David,
The whole experience could have been much worse, that was why I wanted to record the episode in a diary entry, as the whole experience could easily be forgotten or not remembered right over time. We were very lucky, if we'd been...
Read full commentPosted in You Never Know
This is such a fond elegy for
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
This is such a fond elegy for someone passing. I too am sorry for your loss Paul.
These lines stood out to me so much:-
Night comes wearing its cloak
of sable skies and constellations,
moonbeams filter through glass...
Read full commentPosted in Does it Rain in Heaven?
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