D G Moody

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I have 81 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 40605 times and 39 of my stories have been cherry picked.
134 of my 576 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 139 votes

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Douglas Moody

I’m now retired and living with my wife and Springer Spaniel in a village outside Cambridge U.K. I have dual U.K. and Australian citizenship, having lived in the latter and also travelled in Asia, in-between living in London for two years. I came back to the U.K. in 1993 as a Buddhist monk and was later involved in interfaith between Buddhist and Christian monasticism, which led to my returning to lay life. I now identify as a Christian – albeit with Buddhist influences!

My interests lie in writing – prose and poetry, informed by my experience of life plus religion, history, and current affairs. I also enjoy cooking, walking (with wife and dog), and the joys of friendship. I have previously posted on UKAuthors. My verse tends toward rhyming, but as a beginner I’m always willing to improve my craft.

My stories

Gold cherry

Regret Two

I thought to extend the theme into a second poem.

Regret One

A revision of the original, as Regret One

Void

Taking an idea, that of the voidness of some lives, into a poem.

A Shovel's Weight

My father - a coal miner told us once, that he carried the weight of his family on his shovel. He was also an admirer of D H Lawrence - coming from the same area; and I thought I'd give Arthur Lawrence some recognition for supporting his family in like manner.
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Mariangel

Change, as it affects us as we age; though here, I'm entirely in sympathy with the lady portrayed.

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134 of my comments have received 139 Great Feedback votes

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Wow! What a well deserved

Posted on Fri, 26 Jul 2024

Wow! What a well deserved poem of the week. Apart from it's lyrical mastery I read it it as the AI mind attempting to be human.

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Posted in In the Silence of my Circuits

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'Floating ballroom dresses'.

Posted on Fri, 26 Jul 2024

'Floating ballroom dresses'. Delightful simile Rhiannon. 

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Posted in Begonia …

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Thanks Jenny, and aren't we

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

Thanks Jenny, and aren't we blessed that we can all meet here? And with your poems - sometimes our pain becomes the fertile soil out of which good poems grow - your was a classic example.

Keep well Jenny.......Dougie

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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This poem is beautifully

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

This poem is beautifully crafted, with a timeless message that reached me in a special way, as I'm now in the stage of life where pain also becomes a companion, but fortunately I can still have my walks. Please keep writing Jenny as your art is...

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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Thanks Paul Our understanding

Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2024

Thanks Paul Our understanding of time seems so limited; we swim in it as do the fish in water but without any proper understanding of how it works.

And thanks to the editors for the Cherries - gratefully received.

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Posted in Mutability

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Gosh! I now remember from

Posted on Mon, 15 Jul 2024

Gosh! I now remember from childhood this pink gloop. But what was it? Anyway great poem Rhiannon.

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Posted in Not to everyone’s taste!

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I enjoyed listening to your

Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024

I enjoyed listening to your poem Paul, and it brought to me the scene of the west coast.

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Posted in West of Ireland

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An original take -

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

An original take - Iconoclastic Saint Lou, and wouldn't be a hoot if he was on duty at the pearly gates?

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Posted in Praying to St Lou Reed

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What a lovely poem - your

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

What a lovely poem - your words drop like the soft days ending into the balm of night - thank you Jane

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Posted in Dusk

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Gordon Giltrap, sweet

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024

Gordon Giltrap, sweet nostalgia - again, a good poem - thanks.

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Posted in Broken Heartsong

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