Magnolia Fay
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I like to write. Sometimes I write what I see in dreams, and other times I dream of writing. And then I wake up and forget what I wrote. It can be frustrating.
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My beautiful sad friend
I got sad news about the mental health of a friend who is extremely dear to me. So I just wrote them down. It's incredible how this kind of circumstance can make it clear how fiercely we love people.
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Mossy thoughts
Admittedly, the vegetable is not very prominent, but there's a lot of green to compensate.
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A walk in my new neighbourhood
I am sliding in love With this--dare I call it--home This cosy bundle of streets Unravelling for me to explore These buttercream houses Primly...
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Haibun for existential dread
An attempt at a haibun that went in a completely different direction from what I expected.
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I didn't know how much I'd come to love you
It's completely unpolished, but the IP made me think of my mum, who can be an inspiration and a challenge, and I'm feeling nostalgic. It can be bittersweet to find myself growing closer to my parents and at the same time see them grow older, and live in a different country.
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This is so powerful
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
I completely feel that sense of not belonging you describe. It's like we feel it regardless. We feel it when we live in our own curated, urban communities, and long for a simpler, slower life, more connected to nature. And when in nature, we want...
Read full commentPosted in This Cannot Be Our Home
Love the buildup of anticipation!
Posted on Mon, 29 Apr 2024
How the reader reads through this illustrious list wondering what will be at the end. We end up with a still life that is both a lot less still (because of the electric energy) and a lot less life (because it's not life-sustaining food, but...
Read full commentPosted in STILL LIFE
Thank you!
Posted on Mon, 18 Mar 2024
I discovered the haibun form while doing research on the haiku for a poetry workshop. I read this article and fell in love. I want to use it more.
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So beautiful and so tragic
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
It's infuriating how many sparkly lives are snuffed out by this kind of violence every day. And it seems to always be the brightest stars who attract the darkest evils.
A beautiful tribute, nonetheless, so moving, and it's obvious how much...
Read full commentPosted in Sparkly Little Paula
Thank you!
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
It does feel like that. It's been such a transition as I enter my mid-thirties from feeling kind of aggravated by her constant care to fully embracing her presence. I think learning to set firm boundaries and growing confident about being my own...
Read full commentPosted in I didn't know how much I'd come to love you
This is beautiful
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
It feels sad and very concrete at the same time.
It made me think of my father. He is from the generation after WWII and his own father didn't fight in that specific one, because he was an invalid of the ill-conceived African campaigns of...
Read full commentPosted in Muscle memory
Beautiful poem
Posted on Tue, 14 Feb 2023
Truly evocative of a special atmosphere. Thank you for transporting us with you to another place and time.
Read full commentPosted in For The Love Of Village Life
I love this story!
Posted on Fri, 16 Dec 2022
Thank you for sharing this anecdote, Rhiannon! Yes, quinces are very sneaky in that regard. They can look perfectly fine on the outside and have a lot of brown inside. When the brown comes to the surface, it's normally too late. It's a lot of...
Read full commentPosted in Rotting love
Beautiful images
Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2022
I could see the snowy hills and feel the crispy air, then the cosiness of coming home after being in the cold. Wonderful sensation beautifully captured!
Read full commentPosted in Walk In December Snow
Thank you!
Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2022
Yes, the helplessness, the guilt of the privileged in a way, and a bit of fear as well are all feelings that I was definitely experiencing whilst writing. I've taken a bit of the break from the news since last week, but even that makes me feel a...
Read full commentPosted in War makes insomniacs and bad poetry
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