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Another Day

By Jane Hyphen on Sun, 28 May 2023

Another day, announced the birds in non negotiable verse, sharp tools to cut you from the sack of your sleep and nick you just enough to feel the...

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The Price of Gold

By Jane Hyphen on Mon, 22 May 2023

I was late because I fell into a hole. I was desperately searching for glimmers and someone was digging for gold. The hole and I both were open...

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Lucifer - What's good for the saucy gander

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 16 May 2023

The farmer wasn’t keen on keeping a gander or even increasing his flock but one morning an egg rolled towards his feet and he was reminded of a quote...

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Rattle

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 09 May 2023

There’s a rattle in me, I lie low, tread lightly. From the cave where I’m most hollow, from the time where I was broken, silenced then walled up...

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A reset button without all

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

A reset button without all the solicitors expenses. The beauty of the spouse bot is that, unlike people, it can be modified at the touch of a button, until the machines get too clever and start outsmarting us that is. Thank you for reading.

Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 2

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So many worlds, each

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

So many worlds, each beautifully described. Which one is real? Joe's Place sounds depressing and the train journey too but as long as there's paradise next to the lake, you can be restored.

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That's where they would want

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

That's where they would want to be designed I think but I wouldn't know, I came out of the sea.

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Thank you Insert. See me on

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

Thank you Insert. See me on Dragon's Den with my new product very soon...

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People who rile us the most

Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023

People who rile us the most can be missed in ways we never expected. 'a cracked mirror of resentment', grinding words which epitomise loss and confusion.

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Ew that sounds eye-wateringly

Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Ew that sounds eye-wateringly painful, the intensity of the situation expressed so clearly in your piece. I remember the inner fire which drives you to do crazy things when you're young, whatever the consequences, the future didn't matter. I was...

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Wonderfully done Jenny. There

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

Wonderfully done Jenny. There is no greater playground than the woods. I was fortunate enough to attend a primary school bordered by a strip of woodland which we were not supposed to enter but of course we did. Love, 'branches appear to stoop...

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You went to King Edwards,

Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2023

You went to King Edwards, holy grail of selective schools? I must say, A levels seem like hell and I refrained from getting emotionally invested in my kids' results.

You've built the a sense of both apprehension and rapid change in this...

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I enjoyed this arrangement of

Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2023

I enjoyed this arrangement of words. It's very different and got me thinking about how writing becomes so natural but only after years of learning to spell, punctuate and the rest. To be both creative and articulate, you have to dig stonking deep...

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It's a beautiful trubute to a

Posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2023

It's a beautiful trubute to a beautiful flower Ed. You could never get bored of such a powerful colour. There are some plants that never seem to give up, often the ones you don't fuss over. Never give up, a positive token from the terrace....