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StoryYin And Yang Of Autumn Forest skinner_jennifer153 years 10 months ago
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StoryChinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021) marandina213 years 11 months ago
StoryI See Something Special forest_for_ever43 years 11 months ago
StoryLook Up The Inferno sean mcnulty83 years 11 months ago
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778 of my comments have received 822 Great Feedback votes

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I saw David Bowie in Glasgow

Posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2021

I saw David Bowie in Glasgow in 1978. The previous evening I saw Thin Lizzy at the same venue. It was also the weekend of the World Cup Semi Finals in Argentina (unmissable on the telly at the time) and the weather was hot and sunny. Quite a...

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This is clever stuff. I

Posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2021

This is clever stuff. I really enjoyed reading it. 

My favourite bit was ...

Steve

which made me laugh out loud.

 

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An excellent reminder of how

Posted on Wed, 08 Dec 2021

An excellent reminder of how little respect we have for these miracles of nature that will (or at least should) outlive us.

I really enjoyed reading your poem.

Oh, and congratulations on your golden cherries.

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It saddens me deeply to think

Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021

It saddens me deeply to think that people's lives that have been filled with terror should end in this way. 

I enjoyed (if enjoyed is the right word) your account of what might happen in such circumstances. It's a difficult subject to...

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A long time ago I worked on

Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021

A long time ago I worked on ships and was often rebuked for my lack of respect for nautical terms. I found it quite ridiculous that these ships each had a poop deck and I made childish remarks about what might go on there until one day, in a...

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Trees are the lungs of our

Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021

Trees are the lungs of our planet and consequently very precious to us.

I really like the respect you show for them in your poem. It's what they deserve.

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I don't think the problem

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

I don't think the problem will ever be fixed Jenny. Environmental organisations and the European Union are putting pressure on the Bulgarian government to ban wood burning stoves completely but they are doing nothing to help ordinary people find...

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Indeed! The bog people are a

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

Indeed! The bog people are a good comparison.

Impoverished Bulgarians, for me, are a bit like the grannies of  the Inuit people, pushed out to die on the ice so that they are no longer a burden to the younger, healthier family members who...

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Once again very good.

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

Once again very good.

But how long can you keep it up?

I suspect 17 might be a struggle but I have every confidence in you Rhiannon.

Good on you!

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Hello Di.

Posted on Sat, 04 Dec 2021

Hello Di.

D is for 'definitely very good'.

Your line ...

blind symbol of peace

made me think ...

Has anyone ever asked a dove if it is happy to be a symbol of peace?

Keep up the good work. I'm...

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