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Enchanted insects

By skinner_jennifer on Sat, 21 Sep 2024

Remember Grandmother's midsummer fables will prevail, tales told of fairy land "Have faith my dear,"she would say, for remnants reside in harbour of...

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Escape To Ridgeway

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Flashes not bolting Thunder done booming Rain no longer popping Remoteness of peaceful healing Trail reflective in puddles appearing Strolling before...

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Contemplating Crows

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

Cautious crows with attentive eager eyes, I wonder! Do they engage in wistful reverie as I do; chance to daydream on what might be? Majestically they...

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Can Life Get Better?

By skinner_jennifer on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Dear diary...This is the most awful period of my life. It's been an up hill struggle with all my health problems and no end in sight. I try to keep...

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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...

Posted in Night River

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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...

Posted in Graveyards

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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....

Posted in Rebirth

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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.

Posted in The Long Mynd, Shropshire (12/10/19)

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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.

Posted in This October Brings Endings

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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. ...

Posted in If I were …

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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.

Posted in Riverine reflection

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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...

Posted in Painted Ladies

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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.

Posted in Arrival – Evening Wander

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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.