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More than a Penny Baby

More than a Penny Baby

‘History related strange occurrences at St Mary’s Church – Reculver. Sounds of crying or cooing, they said, depending on your state of mind. ‘They were like dolls,’ my Grandmother told me. ‘Like penny babies. It seemed as if their bodies were shiny white alabaster,...

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Wood Nymph

Wood Nymph

I was bewitched from the moment I set eyes on you. Your long, slender trunk trailing past the bedroom window so that I had to lean out and take a closer look. I could see to the ends of the branches, brown and bushy, waiting to bud. ‘Let’s live here,’ I say as I...

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Rhubarb & Coco

Rhubarb & Coco

I watch as Mum moves through the shed, speaking low and gently rubbing the tips of their velvety leaves. ‘You’re in the best place,’ she tells them. I’m invisible to her but I wonder if she can still sense me, gliding with her as she walks through the moist wood of...

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