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I have 1120 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1686260 times and 1126 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1364 of my 14,640 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1396 votes

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Cherry

purification ritual

Like uncoloured ink in the Atlantic Mind-a-babble shared by all Scorn not Step back into ineffable silence Cling not to a single creed Carry back...
Cherry

sounds

Don’t run your eyes over the page Pause away your day Breathe in the essence of meaning Savour the surface And the hidden depths Let them flicker...
Cherry

Angel 66 (new pram for old)

Angel kept her head down when she came out of Naz’s shop, the girls in the unit, just called it the Paki shop on the corner. The wind blowing her...

poetry of the heart

Beauty is neither old nor new Early or late You don’t have to wait It lies within All those unlovely things That tear you apart That stand tall Have...
Cherry

Angel 65 (old friends)

Church was off on the sick, the uniformed prison officer standing-in for her, a sour-faced, older woman stuck her head in the door. ‘You’ve visitors...

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1364 of my comments have received 1396 Great Feedback votes

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this reaches right inside you

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022

this reaches right inside you and tugs.

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Posted in The Wanderer or The Exile’s Lament

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'danger boundary' feels a bit

Posted on Wed, 30 Mar 2022

'danger boundary' feels a bit out of tune. But the rest rings Pah. 

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Posted in The Legend of the Pah - 2 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)

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I was told to take our

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022

I was told to take our readings as well. Online said it was too busy and put them in later...

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Posted in A Stitch In Time, Saves Eighteen.

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 I think Putin miscaluculated

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022

 I think Putin miscaluculated. He'll never admit it, of course. Too many western politicians bought and paid for, including Ukrainians (Gasprom deal). 

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Posted in Russian Propaganda! by Alfred N(azi?) Muggins

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famine does stalk the land,

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022

famine does stalk the land, unfortunately not just in fairy tales. 

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Posted in Into the Woods (Hansel and Gretel)

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I think I've read this before

Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022

I think I've read this before. if not, something very like it. It's still great and grates. 

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Posted in Don't Look at the Sheikh

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I do not dream of swallows

Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022

I do not dream of swallows either, But somethnng about an airplane crashing. I guess that doesn't make sense. Dreams don't. Your poetry does. 

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Posted in To Dream Of Swallows Is An Ill Omen

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here's hoping, but I'd expect

Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022

here's hoping, but I'd expect letters are old fashioned. You'd get an email (which doesn't make as good a story). 

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Posted in I'm Getting Published!

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ah, just friends? what about

Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022

ah, just friends? what about the bird-delivery man? Keep the story tail wagging. 

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Posted in Willow's Tail" 26

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a nice twist in the urn of

Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022

a nice twist in the urn of things. 

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Posted in Wait!

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