Jane Hyphen
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Parcel for you ......Part 9
Vanessa was perched on the edge of her bed, rifling through the bedside drawer, parting a sea of notebooks, pens, nail polishes, bank statements and...
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I went back to Birmingham
A brutalist and brutal poem. It's my hometown so I can.
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In Your House
In your house, it’s always night time You never let the sunshine in Running on an endless loop Stale thoughts on ever deepening tracks Landscapes are...
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Song of Myself
Written in 1892 - Poem by Walt Whitman
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Parcel for you....Part 8
The doorbell rang briskly, the sound of it unique, unmistakable. Vanessa felt her heart drop. Shit, she thought, that’s my mother, as her cheeks...
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This makes me want to go out
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
This makes me want to go out to the woods and look more closely, tune in and feel. Shimmering dew drops and leaves bursting through. 'There is a freedom from mistakes', how true and what if we didn't have access to that? Just illustrates how...
Read full commentPosted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024
I've had a few of those
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
I've had a few of those nights this winter. Hot water bottles, thermal tops, a cat behind my legs that doesn't want to move. You can't beat a hot water bottle, even the smell of them makes me feel warmer. As children we called them 'hottlepottles...
Read full commentPosted in Feeling to find it
I try to keep the boiler on
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
I try to keep the boiler on side, Di, I flatter it with compliments. My mum has one of those ancient boilers which never breaks, although she's been told it will be condemned. The bathroom is where the brain is, I like that idea. I leave it there...
Read full commentPosted in In the Bath
It's really interesting to
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
It's really interesting to hear these accounts from people who have inside experiences. It sounds like your son is settled in his new career and can call upon his broad experience of travelling and teaching.
Turlough's description of what...
Read full commentPosted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
What a difficult situation.
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
What a difficult situation. You can only do what is humanly possible and thankfully there are suitable facilities for people who need more intense and complex care than loved ones can themselves provide. What a lovely photograph of her. She is...
Read full commentPosted in The Home
Lack of joined up thinking,
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Lack of joined up thinking, that's so true.
Read full commentPosted in Productivity is Dead
I couldn't agree more. I can
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
I couldn't agree more. I can only imagine that they're one thought deep. My partner was watching some YouTube video featuring Bill Gates speaking about increased productivity for blue and white collar workers and it sounded so out of date even...
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I admire the way you have
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024
I admire the way you have woven the drama and terror of the dreamer with the immobile physical self, lifeless, perhaps perspiring in sleep. It's got me wondering where I'll go tonight in my dreams, the hidden room, the toilet with no door?
Read full commentPosted in "Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)
You have all that evidence
Posted on Thu, 01 Feb 2024
You have all that evidence and yet you know that if you go to the police, they'll do nothing. Stressful for the main character, taking on all this responsibility.
Read full commentPosted in New Directions (8)
A beautiful tribute to this
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
A beautiful tribute to this season. I particularly enjoyed the final verse. We had a little hint of warmer days today.
Read full commentPosted in After the Snow
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