Jane Hyphen
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Parables of Clippety (10) - The Medical Room
Marni looked as if she were about to cry, she gathered up her handbag and stood up just as another Mexican wave swept across the stadium. She’d only...
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Parables of Clippety (9) - The Big Match
They linked arms and walked through the turnstiles. The crowd was already singing, the din of thousands of voices bouncing around inside the stadium...
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Parables of Clippety (8) - The Flying Car
‘Oh and how I want to get my hands on him,’ Clare said, holding her fingers out, grabbing onto thin air, ‘I’m so excited now, Marni. Does my hair...
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Parables of Clippety (7) - Sniffer Dogs
‘Sorry, all done. Oh look at my hair, it’s gone nuts. It always does this when I want to look nice. I’m going to dampen it down a bit, then dry it...
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Parables of Clippety (6) - Never Been High
‘Angel’s Trumpet powder.’ ‘What?’ ‘That’s only one of the names for it. It’s all fine. People get so het up about drugs but honestly this is nothing...
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It's so clever have you've
Posted on Mon, 09 Aug 2021
It's so clever how you've communicated the pre-deluge drama. I love it when the dark clouds gather, everything goes quiet and the land is so thirsty. There is an otherwordly feel to this atmosphere and then, as you have desribed here, a patina of...
Read full commentPosted in suddenly
Wonderful poem. So depressing
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Wonderful poem. So depressing that this has happened in such a short space of time. Many companies, governments simply making noises about tackling climate change and yet the amount of plastic in the industry I work in is frankly mind boggling...
Read full commentPosted in just deserts
Beautiful and fitting tribute
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
Beautiful and fitting tribute to three delightful flowers. I love 'fairy skirt' I have a few in a damp patch which they love, even a white one amoung the snakey purples, they really are otherwordly flowers. And those wood anenomes matt-white...
Read full commentPosted in White stars and meadow bells
Lovely cute poem Jenny. It's
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Lovely cute poem Jenny. It's hard to believe we felt like that once but the stars are still there for us, bright and unchanging. I think you're right that if we think hard enough we can still feel that way. I love 'absorbed vitality with...
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
Interesting how people leave
Posted on Mon, 05 Apr 2021
Interesting how people leave litter just feet away from bins. It's almost as if they are trying to make a point but they don't think about what actually happens to their litter afterwards. The road I drive to work in South Oxfordshire it...
Read full commentPosted in Littering in the Time of the New National Labour Government (It's Cleanup Time!) : Part 2
Beautiful descriptions of sea
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
Beautiful descriptions of sea and sky and the wonderful character of a dolphin and all its playful antics. It's hard to believe an animal with so much presence could ever really die. Thanks for sharing, I very much I enjoyed reading.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
Stollen, ha ha. This has
Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Stollen, ha ha. This has cheered me up - thank you for cherries and pick of the day.
Read full commentPosted in I am a Fruit Cake
This is really striking and
Posted on Sun, 07 Mar 2021
This is really striking and quite apt for forthcoming mother's day nonsense. It's so hard for me to imagine this but it's happened to a couple of my friends and it's always with them. Your poem is an eloquent, sharp and moving. I love the last...
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So interesting and moving.
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2021
So interesting and moving. Sometimes a stranger, in a poorer circumstance than your own, can really connect with you and when than happens you don't forget them. I know that kind of dirt that isn't of the earth, it's filth. How do these souls...
Read full commentPosted in Hand Washing, Glasgow Central
So strong all barriers must
Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021
So strong all barriers must fall. Yes, so much is happening just this week, busy birds and buds colouring up, there is no stopping nature. The first verse is all winter and then you unfurl the vigor spring. Wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Getting Ready
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