Liz Young

Driving to my brother's house
The #splendour of a bank
Of daffodils filled my vision -
My heart lifted to thank
The one who planted them
All those years ago, but
When i slowed to admire them
I was moved on by a Toot!

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My granddaughter is sloth #obsessed
They decorate her walls,
And occupy half of her bed,
One's favourite of them all -
Slothana even has a plate
Of food at every meal
But never meat - she's vegetarian
As naturalists know well.

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

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My life until recently followed a series of #orbital paths - daughter, wife, mother.
Widowhood is a new experience to be endured and savoured in equal parts.

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As clouds lift briefly
bringing promise of spring
the night sky is #stellar

On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the President of Poland called on democratic nations to maintain unity.

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My lovely granddaughter has ears like a bat. However low we whisper, she comes into the room, looks at us #knowingly, and says, 'I heard that!' Every. Single. Time.

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He spent his last days in hospital
his mind #crazed by platelets,
dementia ruled every thought
but his final words were clear -
'I love you'.

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The prince hacked through the 100year hedge
Offering eternal youth
But the sleeping princess
Wouldn't wake to his kiss
Or his #blatant disregard for the truth.

Too bad nobody in Trump's regime can control what European governments release about the Epstein files or Donald's participation in the whole nightmare.

What's truly shameful is the lack of action by the United States to hold him accountable. For anything.

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I can't be the only person who is #mystified over why it took so long for .Andrew to be arrested - and sure that the police wouldn't have done it now if they didn't have some pretty solid evidence.

And his present behaviour. At least our spoiled brat in UK has been arrested, and on his birthday, too!

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Their mother died
just before Christmas -
two little girls and their father
face a #mountainous climb.

I presume that's a euphemism for 'spoiled brat'?

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It is said that a #miniscule amount of a baby's DNA remains in the mother's bloodstream for ever.
Perhaps that's why I love my children even when I don't see them, or even hear from them, for weeks!

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Nothing - absolutely nothing - compares with the #kiss of a child pressed onto your cheek.

Thank you x

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I don't understand
why people are afraid of the #dark
At night
the trees hold the sky
at just the right height
for you to breathe

The #dark kept receipts. Every step Jonah took, it whispered the total. He tried walking backward to get a refund. The forest rang like a broken till. At dawn, he found pockets full of leaves and a note: Paid in full. Don’t come back #vss365

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Sleepless in the #dark
of the wee small hours,
I recall your #touch on my skin -
tender as velvet
yet hot enough to boil my #blood
and melt my #bones.
You've been gone many years
but while I remember
you still live.

I have felt sick to my stomach all day about this horrific news, and it has yet to be covered by MSM, or even acknowledged by the WH.

🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.

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I wish I could walk like I used to
But the #ache in my joints is too tough,
And I can't exercise
As the pundits advise
So I do what I can. Which ain't much!

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In these troubled times
It's hard not to rejoice
That I'm too old for anyone
To heed my small voice
When I say how I hate
All the self-serving ones -
Until I remember
My #blood and my #bones
Live on in my four
And their children - five more.

I love the painted postcard.

Beautifully lyrical.

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

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The King needs to disown his brother,
Though it's never been done before -
A clean #wound will heal much better
Than a stinking, festering sore.

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The #ghost of the man I left forty years ago
invades my dreams -
nothing special
he's just there
as if he still belongs -
and I wonder if he runs in my blood
with the traces of the children
I bore him.