Softly Falls The Light

Drip-drying

When I was young, I preferred to drip-dry.

Aug 17 • 

Lizzie Swift

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February 2025

The Liminal

For several weeks, I have been mostly quiet.

Feb 8 • 

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November 2024

My House...

as seen through childlike eyes

Nov 27, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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If you're interested in Tarot...

... you might like to take a look at my new Tarot Substack!

Nov 13, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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A Raw Poem

This morning, as I was shoehorning my son’s packed-lunch box into his overstuffed school bag, I spotted a French GCSE paper that he had been working…

Nov 7, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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September 2024

On translation

Talking about my thirty years as a translator, how AI is eating away the profession, and why translation matters...

Sep 26, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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13

Kitchen dancing

Where are all the pretty words?

Sep 17, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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August 2024

Pirate

Playing with words in a poemish, past-life imagining...

Aug 20, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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July 2024

Crutches

Nine weeks ago, I had surgery to correct a deformity of my left tibia and take some pressure off my worn-out, arthritic ankle.

Jul 23, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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Hello...

... and thank you for being here

Jul 4, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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May 2024

Visiting Mum in hospital

At this time of year, mid-Spring, to call a leaf a leaf lands… flatly.

May 3, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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March 2024

Makebelieve

What fun it would be to ride on the spider's back - wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Mar 21, 2024 • 

Lizzie Swift

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