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Hereafter: A Holodog Story (Part One of Three)
Hereafter: A Holodog Story (Part One of Three) Before the midwife had even finished making sure he was breathing, Harold Newman’s fate was sealed. He...
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Tommyknocker
Trauma can take a mind to the strangest places – real and imaginary Tommyknocker I was eight years old when I last saw Tommy. At first, I never knew...
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A Night to Remember
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/a-night-to-remember Today marks the 111 th Anniversary of the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic. It...
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A Requiem for One Man’s Life (Edited and Updated 2023)
This is the story I read at the ABCTales Reading Event on 1 st April 2023. The original version was posted in 2004. This latest iteration has been...
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Brean Down
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/brean-down Brean Down Gulls suspended in silence - mid-flight, gliding high over spume-dashed...
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"A childhood traded for all
Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025
"A childhood traded for all that was lost.." So poignant and sad.
That's a powerful poem and an important social comment.
Child carers must have the weight of the world on their shoulders and deserve so much more support and...
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'It was fun looking down at
Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025
'It was fun looking down at the wriggley Wye
from the top of the drop – we were way up high..'
A highly visual poem and skilfully done as you have referenced the walk from the child's point of view. We easily forget the mismatch...
Read full commentPosted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?
Wonderfully surreal and
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Wonderfully surreal and suitably wicked.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
I've added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let me know of you prefer to use something else.
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Intriguing stuff.
Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2025
Intriguing stuff.
There are so many places you could do with this story.
Looking forward to reading more!
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Time to start your own book
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Time to start your own book podcast, Di :)
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I'll have a look, Di.
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
I'll have a look, Di.
"It was fine mum.." is a reply to "How was the trip?"
I've now italicised semi-wilderness as a signpost so the reference is clearer.
The cottage is based on a real property on Brean Beach which...
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"Can you die inside a dream?
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
"Can you die inside a dream?
And will you be found
inside the layers of a tiger’s bite?"
Supposedly you can. Best not to test the theory.
That's a miasma of thoughts and feelings captured within the lines of this poem...
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It's best not to let
Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2025
It's best not to let Trumpenstein get to you/Alfred. He's a clown masqerading as the US President. He's now threatening Putin with tariffs if no peace deal is reached with Ukraine within 50 days. Of course, the Ruskies just laugh at DT's rhetoric...
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"...a yearning leaves upon
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
"...a yearning leaves upon your face
to be out there by weather tossed."
What a beautiful poem and very much written in a classical way.
So skilfully done, Rhiannon. I enjoyed this one, in particular.
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The style of the poem made me
Posted on Mon, 07 Jul 2025
The style of the poem made me think of Kipling [Echoes of "If" even with the serious subject explored here].
A very skilfully executed piece of work.
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