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A series of horses decreasing in size
My parents had at least three children it’s difficult to put a final number on it one of them was me the others were not My childhood was punctuated...
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A different way to measure time
When I arrived in the park, the autumn leaves had formed an auburn duvet on my usual bench. Moments after I had begun sketching tree skeletons in...
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Sea swimmer
Plunging blind into the brutal ether jagged, tangential all-consuming and caressing a cold I cannot describe swimming in the direction of emptiness...
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Muscle memory
My father never went away he just became a yesterday he told me people swing the bat he wasn't willing to do that his father taught him to be free...
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Even in peacetime no one can dream
On that day the valley was flayed raw by sunlight It was shortly after a truce had been declared between Winter and Spring Children were in the...
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Brilliant writer gets justified accolade
Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2014
Very well deserved Richard. It ia apparent that you live in the real world with your eyes wide open and write intruitivy and instinctively about what the every day world slams into your field of vision.
Sheryl thought for a moment. ‘How...
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Compromise and friendship
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025
Heartfelt and heartbreaking - whatever the middle ground is, let's scatter it with poppies and walk on it together before it becomes a battlefield
Read full commentPosted in For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)
On the subject of feet
Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025
As ever with your there is a beautifully light humour and eloquence to this piece. You depict an ilusive dimension between fact and fiction / pathos and sardos which would be fascinating to visit
Read full commentPosted in The Pigeon-toed People of the Western World
Tight shut
Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2024
An enigmaticly dark flight of the imagination which I thoroughly enjoyed. Very well written.
Read full commentPosted in The Cinnabar Moth
Really well written
Posted on Tue, 01 Oct 2024
A very engaging idea which is eloquently developed and becomes a wild ride. Really good
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Very interesting work
Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024
Some lovely phrases and evocative images from an acomplished writer.
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Absolutely intriguing
Posted on Sun, 05 Nov 2023
I had no idea where this was headed from start to finish. Beautiful
Read full commentPosted in The Fisherwoman and the Sea
This sucked me in like a squid
Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2022
A spellbinding journey- loved every minute of it.
Read full commentPosted in THE SQUID SISTERS - Part 2
I really enjoyed this
Posted on Sat, 04 Jul 2020
The imigary is beautifully crafted
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Very kind
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2020
Thank you Rachel it was hard to write.
Read full commentPosted in All the lost places
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