D G Moody

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I have 92 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 88496 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
153 of my 701 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 158 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.

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Kali Yuga 2025

This is a retread of an older poem; and I felt I had to finish it to stop me sinking further into despair.The worst of it is that we have close friends in the U.S. who are telling us that they no longer recognise their own country. And no guessing who the hurdy-gurdy man is. (Image courtesy of Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay)
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Sonnet in Silence

Inspired by a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay - Bluebeard, it plays with idea of pesonal autonomy; of how much can we share with another person?
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Another Year

Another poem based on an earlier one, and as with that, nothing much has changed. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons)
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Strange Advent

A revision of a poem I posted last year. Sadly, nothing has changed. Image courtesy of Grumpy Beere from Pixabay
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Al Hallows Eve

The poem - Allhallows from last year, which I've revised into a new version

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153 of my comments have received 158 Great Feedback votes

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You've captured the dichotomy

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2025

You've captured the dichotomy of climate so well Jenny, as we are now in (in the UK) that weird season when we are either too hot or too cold. I went away earlier and didn't take enough cold weather gear, and I've just got back from another trip...

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Posted in Facing Adversary A Medieval Winter

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Quite a thoughtful meditation

Posted on Sun, 18 May 2025

Quite a thoughtful meditation on a realtionship, the use of metphor and similes - faces framed in dust, I liked this poem.

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Posted in Pyre Bits

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Short and sweet, conveys in

Posted on Fri, 09 May 2025

Short and sweet, conveys in so few words the poppies essence - nice one Rhiannon

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Posted in Wild Welsh Poppies

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"and I would admire this

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

"and I would admire this toiled beauty" 

A lovely poem Jennifer, the way you take the reader into this scene with such language; a poem needing repeat readings aloud. And congrats on the well deserved awards.

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Posted in Triumphant Folly In The Park

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I too recall Ladybower; we

Posted on Fri, 02 May 2025

I too recall Ladybower; we visited there on a school trip when we still lived in the UK. And a good poem Rhiannon, the cost of our 'thirst' for more and more water - much of which is wasted.

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Posted in Save the rain!

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Christenings, marriages, then

Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2025

Christenings, marriages, then funerals, it is all there in the words, as you say a strange day yesterday.

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Posted in E.

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Thanks Rhiannon . A lovely

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Thanks Rhiannon . A lovely short poem that gives the essence of the wild flowers. And is it true that we can eat wild garlic?

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Posted in Wild Garlic, Ramsons

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Impressive! And any one could

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

Impressive! And any one could stand alone.

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Posted in Universal Poetic forms

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Spot On Rhiannon! We are

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

Spot On Rhiannon! We are passed every morning by a straggle of commuters heading for the guided bus stop; either with ear phones in or looking at their phones. Then out of the village walking our dog we get passed by joggers with ear phones in;...

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Posted in Awake??

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It works well for me, In the

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

It works well for me, In the use of language, as there is an evocation of winter in abeyance with Spring not yet upon us, hence the desire for hibernation.

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Posted in Hibernation

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