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Flowers in Translation
The beautiful saints held lilies; preserved by death, plaster, paint or, most precious, stamped into metal and tied with ribbon around your neck,...
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Little Ingland. 1: Histry
Mam showed me how to do letters when I was small. In her day there was school. She was clever; like me. We keep that quiet so we don’t get caught by...
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Ex/it
After the hurt bruised and disappointed hope shows up. You’d signed up for the long haul but this was not home after all its earth thickened by blood...
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Re-imagining Venus
We met up at the V&A like the middle-aged women we have become, oddly competent given where we began. Not all of the sisters could make it but we...
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Shall I be Mother? (Poetry Monthly)
Read tea leaves spilt across a china blue sky, shrieking like starlings, shifting their shape before you can decipher their under-the-weather-...
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A wonderful poem, strength in
Posted on Sun, 17 Jun 2018
A wonderful poem, strength in its delicacy. A friend of mine died from breast cancer a couple of days ago, this poem speaks to so many. I love its positivity in the conclusion.
This film is so very beautiful too!
Read full commentPosted in Tribute to Bee
You have your readers in the
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
You have your readers in the palm of your hand - well done.
Read full commentPosted in Choose One Cake Only
Bleak and wild and full of
Posted on Thu, 12 Apr 2018
Bleak and wild and full of woe - a cold wind.
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A complete delight!
Posted on Thu, 05 Apr 2018
A complete delight!
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This is such a touching piece
Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018
This is such a touching piece.
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018
A sad and thought-provoking
Posted on Sat, 17 Mar 2018
A sad and thought-provoking portrait.
Read full commentPosted in The Pain of it All
What a shocking story! I was
Posted on Tue, 06 Mar 2018
What a shocking story! I was mentally shouting at these people for you. This is so unjust!
Read full commentPosted in Daniel 2016.
This engrossing and
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2018
This engrossing and beautifully described tale is our facebook and twitter pick of the day. Do share if you ike it too.
Image by Haggblom, Lisa - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain,...
Read full commentPosted in Old Dog-Fox In Bleak Midwinter
Wistful, suits the mood of
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2018
Wistful, suits the mood of the day.
Read full commentPosted in A Cold Memory
This poem takes us out of the
Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2018
This poem takes us out of the darkness and into the light - I think we could all do with a bit of that - It's our facebook and twitter pick of the day.
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