RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS

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• 5 months, 1 week ago

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redzone posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 5 months, 1 week ago

Love Sonnet LXXIX

As I glide smoothly across
the ice, as the cold air assails
my face, I feel like I am
flying. Your face

appears under the ice, staring
up at me. You are smiling,
your hands, upturned, reach
toward me, inviting me to

join you in the cold, wet
waters of this dream. I
fly faster, skates moving

like a blur,…Read More

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5 Comments
- Harriet-Jacqui xx
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  I love the chill of this poem – if you’re not a fan of Kate Bush do listen to Under Ice on The Hounds of Love album!
  - redzone
    5 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thanks HJx, for the sweet comment and for the the Kate Bush mention. I will definitely go listen. I actually do like the few songs I have heard from her. As well as her duet with Peter Gabriel on “Don’t Give Up”.
    - Harriet-Jacqui xx
      5 months ago
      
      You’re welcome – enjoy Kate! “Waking the Witch” from the same album inspired me to write Heathen, the opening tale in Basque Love Stories. It’s here on Starsrite, too, live, featuring sensational young actress Isla Furl as Julia. Enjoy!
- Curly Grace
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  Such a vivid, haunting piece. I love how it moves from ice to fire with such ease. Beautifully done.
  - redzone
    5 months ago
    
    Thanks Curly Grace. Your comment is appreciated, as are you and your poetry.
Fia Naturie wrote a new post

• 5 months, 1 week ago

Conditioned

Poetry

April 4, 2026

13

Back aches Feet throbs Vision strain Headache driving one insane We came up with the saying “the tough get it done” I’m done… We as a society, on a whole Are charcoaled steak Extra well, with no tenderness in sight

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13 Comments
- Willow
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  I like steak well done, but the current steak situation…inedible, unpalatable and unacceptable. Perfectly executed
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thank you, Willow:))
- Visions_of_Insanity
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  I agree with Willow. Well done meat but our current situation is beyond repair. Nice work!
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thank you Vision:))
- Tim
  5 months ago
  
  We as a nation have had tough times in the past, but I can totally understand your sentiments. Everyone is getting on the same wavelength. We all know things aren’t going good. There are many factors involved to.
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    Thank you Tim, for seeing that
- Adelphina
  5 months ago
  
  Well said!
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    That you Adel:))
- I_IS_ ME
  5 months ago
  
  For a moment we was like this is a fed up person, then this person has been flocked, nothing but sheep. Tight
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    Correct. Thank you Me:))
- M.E
  5 months ago
  
  I smell a Pavlovian steak!! Well done, Fia! “)
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    Haha Thank you M.E;))
- Damian DeadLove
  5 months ago
  
  Mic drop, Cuz!
Fia Naturie posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 5 months, 1 week ago

Conditioned

Back aches
Feet throbs
Vision strain
Headache driving one insane

We came up with the saying “the tough get it done”

I’m done…
We as a society, on the whole
Are charcoaled steak
Extra well, with no tenderness in sight

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4 Comments
- redzone
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  It does feel that way, done, charcoaled. But after last Saturday, I saw hope for many reasons beyond the numbers. But it will take more than a one and done approach. It will take sustained resistance, nonviolent activity, a refusal to obey the flames of abuse, and in our millions to stop the “grilling”.
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    I agree with you. Thank you
- Harriet-Jacqui xx
  5 months, 1 week ago
  
  Your poem rings so true, Fia,. Let’s hope that, one day, Society rediscovers tenderness, love, and caring about each other rather than all the squalid hatred, the foul judgement that has no place.
  - Fia Naturie
    5 months ago
    
    I hope so…Thank you Hj
Harriet-Jacqui xx posted in the group National Poetry Month

• 5 months, 1 week ago

Fireflies Over the Somme
She led me to a lonely forest glade, where fireflies flew and faeries might have played,
The brooding sky was blood red, pure delight, the half-light glowed as dusk turned into night,
We lay among white lilies in the mist, she winked and beat her wings before she kissed,
Then whispered sweetest nothings in my ear, the…Read More

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- Harriet-Jacqui xx
  5 months ago
  
  Thank you for liking my WW1 poem! HJx
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