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John's Conscience
Rolling fields edged with brier where shepherd John observes his flock, he relishes in beauty of landscape's magnitude, desperately holding on to...
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Winter Dreams
On river of dreams I float, magical utopia where visions are fulfilled; breathing is effortless as I feel natural rhythm in balance with beating...
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Hip Op The Second
Dear diary,,, it's Thursday November 7th 2024. Can't believe it's been a week since I had my second hip operation on Wedneday 30th October 2024...
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Magic Of Youth
Dear diary...she comes and goes like an old song from the past... my younger self making dreamy moments captured in essential one time photos. For...
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Visions Carried On The Wind
Sombre billows shed their weeping, pitter – patter teeters window pane; listening to healing descent of rain. In this quiet room where darkness...
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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?
Much love and respect goes
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022
Much love and respect goes out to anyone suffering any mental disorder. I myself nearly went through this condition in my early thirties, but managed to pull through without any tablets. It was only with the help of my health visitor taking me to...
Read full commentPosted in Stop the stigma
a wonderful sense of calm in
Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2022
a wonderful sense of calm in this piece Rhiannon, like the end to a perfect day has been achieved and you've just sat down to write about it.
I love the photos too, they fill the heart with gladness...as does your poem.
Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Sheep, flowers and sunlight
Hear! Hear! Rhiannon. These
Posted on Fri, 25 Mar 2022
Hear! Hear! Rhiannon. These words are so important. We all need that special someone we can depend on, and know they can depend on us too.
It brings to mind when our fence blew down, instead of getting in someone professional, me and my...
Read full commentPosted in Reliable Friends
Very much enjoyed reading
Posted on Fri, 04 Mar 2022
Very much enjoyed reading Jane. It's amazing where new ideas for stories come from, but you seem to have the knack for creating situations, and this was marvellous, could actually see it being played out on the tv screen, but have to settle for...
Read full commentPosted in Parables of Clippety (15) - The Overworld
The view you've created with
Posted on Wed, 16 Feb 2022
The view you've created with words is spectacular. I just love castles and the one in your photo shows so much of the antiquity of the past, a period of impressions I find so appealing, with a backdrop of a distant neighbouring town and far...
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Wandering through your poem,
Posted on Sun, 06 Feb 2022
Wandering through your poem, you touched my senses, I felt like I was experiencing an adventure, especially in those lines:-
then luminous silence tips, full
of stipply falling feathered ice
as swiftly stops, and in the lull...
Read full commentPosted in February Rainbow
What an amazing journey
Posted on Wed, 02 Feb 2022
What an amazing journey Turlough. I can never get over how much adventure you've experienced in your life. To have shown those children so much kindness, gives me faith that there are good people in the world.
The language barrier never...
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Hi Turlough,
Posted on Tue, 04 Jan 2022
This works so well on both lyrical and poetic levels. What a lovely story behind this poem. I so admire your love for these cats, you and Priyatelka are perfect examples of caring and loving people.
Very much enjoyed reading and thank you...
Read full commentPosted in Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats
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