The Delicate Ship

How to build a delicate ship

And then dismantle it

Mar 25 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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February 2026

Then there were roses

Or love never fails...

Feb 5 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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April 2025

Be more dahlia

Or make like Madonna circa 1988 and Express Yourself

Apr 17, 2025 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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March 2025

Confirm humanity

Or how to know you are sentient

Mar 7, 2025 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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February 2025

Begin again

Or you are a magnificent work of art

Feb 22, 2025 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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April 2024

Hey, now

I had to check with other parents at the school gates if they, too, were struggling with time and the answer is that I’m not alone.

Apr 17, 2024 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

October 2023

Structure in sadness

Right now, something that gives me sustenance is attempting to write Haiku.

Oct 26, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

September 2023

…and continual change preceding death

I have morning despair a lot.

Sep 20, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

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August 2023

The Great Escape

He leans nonchalantly against the lamppost, hands stuffed in his pockets, one eye slightly squinting as he surveys the scene around him.

Aug 30, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me

Why do I love this line from Taylor Swift’s song so much?

Aug 22, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

March 2023

And today is the texture of mud

At the weekend I read Laura Dockrill’s compelling memoir What Have I Done? which has been sitting on my bookshelf since its publication in 2020.

Mar 20, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge

Morning song

In the quiet of the morning, sometimes I wonder at all the young eyes staring at me.

Mar 6, 2023 • Jacqueline Strawbridge