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jennifers
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Turning Point
Endless land thrills in silent meditation just before release of heavy showers... hedges wreathed with glistening globules as offering of puddles...
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So To Drift
Seems so long ago now, parched as we were in Scorching heat - followed coastal path of Seclusion, quenching thirst I cupped my hands, Reached down to...
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Paint The Sky With Stars
I was just thinking about you dad it's been fifteen years to this day when I lingered beside your bed watched you take your last breath, though the...
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Sensual World
Love will never melancholy pale, sweet though not sugar coated as music floats about your room chasing candlelight then dispersing, heavy drapes at...
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Milk Jug And Sugar Bowl
Dear diary...To remind myself next time to get a professional painter in next time I need to freshen up the decor. For days with brush and paint it...
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Hi Dougie,
Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024
Hi Dougie,
I know I always harp back to the American Indians when thinking of the drums, but the people are such a gentle nation of humans that for some reason leave me emotional with happy tears. I only have to hear one of the elders...
Read full commentPosted in Passion Of The Drums
I found this poem so moving
Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024
I found this poem so moving and a personal reminder of the gradual fading of ones memory in old age, not so much of the past, but of the here and now.
Some astute woven metaphors add to the vividness too.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Son of My Father
Your scenic walk has so much
Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Your scenic walk has so much to offer the reader Rhiannon, with the malvern hills and those excited lambs with their yews.
I could even smell the fresh country air as i read and it gave me a smile.
Breathtaking as always.
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Read full commentPosted in Above Peterchurch, east of the Black Mountains
As always Phil, your
Posted on Fri, 29 Mar 2024
As always Phil, your characters spring from the page with their distinctive traits that you've created.
Enjoyed as always.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Footloose ('Dead Reckoning' series - Part 4)
Hi Jane,
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
Hi Jane,
when I was going through the menapause, I was working in a factory. I would get so embarrassed because my face would flush bright red when I got nervous, or if someone came over and spoke to me I would have no control. So my only...
Read full commentPosted in Erazofuge
It sounds like you had an
Posted on Tue, 26 Mar 2024
It sounds like you had an invigorating walk. The scenery looked so inviting with those black mountains in the distant east. The frisky lambs must have been a pleasure to come across too.
Lovely to read and imagine being there too.
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Read full commentPosted in Above Pencombe, a cold day
Hi Maxine,
Posted on Sat, 23 Mar 2024
Hi Maxine,
we live in a crazy technological world that I myself cannot grasp, so I really feel for you. I always have to give my partner's mobile phone number for any deliverys or information as I don't have a mobile phone. I know it...
Read full commentPosted in When Did Our World Become SO Complicated?
Now I wonder what's coming
Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2024
Now I wonder what's coming next in Cheshire for Josiah and Archibald! A new adventure for our intrepid twosome who are always ready for another undertaking! If you'll pardon the pun. ...
Read full commentPosted in I Shot the Sheriff ('Dead Reckoning' series - Part 3)
Hello William,
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
Hello William,
this is such kind feedback and a true honour to receive. It's always nice to connect with readers and know a poem has worked.
So much gratitude for your kind words and many thanks.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in What's Not Written
Poor Vanessa, Annie is
Posted on Wed, 20 Mar 2024
Poor Vanessa, Annie is dynamic, which makes the story so real. It's so true to life, because I remember when I was young and how returning from travels abroad I'd be full of enthusiasm and wishing my parents would travel more. I have to say I do...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 22
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