catherine poarch
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I have 100 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 104612 times
and 56 of my stories have been cherry picked.
39 of my 585 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 40 votes
catherine poarch
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My stories
Dolphinical
The shape of the sea is in our bones...
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Isaac and the Big Idea Tree
Isaac lived in the Broken City where nights were very dark. But Isaac had a Big Idea.
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Far away, the Manta Ray
Far above the ordinary, half an angel, half a Goth – through the sunlit underwater, floating like a table cloth......
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Beyond
There was fear in the yard and the wood mouse hid....
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Until Next Year
Voices echoed in the hallway.....
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Brilliant end. I didn't know
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Brilliant end. I didn't know where it was going and then - the thing we are all trying to be and find in each other. Liked it a lot.
Read full commentPosted in Learning How To Be Human
I've spent my whole life
Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2019
I've spent my whole life trying to get home. Maybe it's a thing to do and not a place. I liked the constant flow of people at the beginning.Everyone on the move. Hope you are well.
Read full commentPosted in Home is where...
I agree, this is clever. And
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2018
I agree, this is clever. And how many of us, from whichever country or background, once we got onto the millionaire's boat would care less about the little boats, that moment of panic and survival gone? I wonder who the Queen aspires to be....
Read full commentPosted in Theory: The heart of racism is aspiration
Aboloutely lovely. The pace
Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2020
Aboloutely lovely. The pace of it is so still, like panning round a wide shot slowly. I especially liked the treble clef hose. All of it is really imaginative. ...
Read full commentPosted in 28th April
Beautiful, both in words and
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
Beautiful, both in words and pace. Again, your last lines are worth waiting for.
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Tell You Things
No, don't change it! I like
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
No, don't change it! I like the way the punch line hits you.
Read full commentPosted in Learning How To Be Human
Clever because I got duped by
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Clever because I got duped by all the small, domestic stuff - like potatoes! - and then it was very moving by the end.
Read full commentPosted in Katy, A Ghost Story (IP)
I like this more than the one
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2019
I like this more than the one of yours right next to it that got the cherry. I always feel I must try the uncherried ones because they may feel left out! I like the feeling of being in a pause but also knowing that things move on.
Read full commentPosted in Half past nine
Yes, I just googled and found
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2019
Yes, I just googled and found the Obscure Sorrows! I loved the poem - thought provoking and identifiable to all of us, one way or another.
Read full commentPosted in Monachopsis
I can't tell you how touched
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2015
I can't tell you how touched I am that you remembered this and have highlighted it through my poem. Thank you so much. I don't think I should take credit for any campaigning though. It's a very easy and small thing to put the story and the poem ...
Read full commentPosted in Not Years
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