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Cocooned

The ski lifts closed on Friday,
chairlifts stilled, empty Ls
hanging in a frozen march above
tracks made by returning wolves.
Snow falling, swirling, drifting gently
to settle on the blue run to Chez Simon,
stopping point for coffee, apple tart,
a wood burning stove.

Here, I long for the release of rain.
The cold drought and bright skies
feel wrong. Heavy clouds banked
along rooftops at the back of our house
at dawn, a hint of sun lightening the sky.



© Alison Hackett, April 2020

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The Visual Time Traveller
This is a labour of love, insanity, beauty and, perhaps, an attempt to reintegrate history, art and science together again.
  Simon Cocking Irish Tech News

Crabbing
Her range of language is both staccato and soft, in succinct verse, which encourages you to read this aloud, truly the best way to engage in the emotional depth of a poem. 
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Deirdre Conroy Sunday Independent

Knot of Toads 

This beautiful picture, with stunning, painterly illustrations, is educational for small children, but also great fun. Sue Leonard  Irish Examiner
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  • home
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    • letters >
      • 2018
      • 2010 to 2017
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      • Cruise ships in Dun Laoghaire harbour a Titanic mistake
      • An Irishwoman's Diary
      • On Dun Laoghaire (and walking the pier)
      • Typos
      • The Institute of Psychics?
      • The Physics PR Minefield
      • When Design Matters
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Proposition
    • Yours etc
    • Crabbing
    • The Visual Time Traveller
    • Collectors editions
  • blog 2014-2020
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