D G Moody

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I have 92 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 98026 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.

My stories

Strange Advent

I first posted this in December 2021. I'm now updating it, seeing as nothing has changed. (Image courtesy of Pixabay)
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Robin

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Happy Birthday Doctor

On this day in 1963 the very first Doctor Who was televised; and I watched it as my thirteen years old self. I'm still waiting to regenerate! (Image courtesy of Tom Franz from Wikimedia Commons)
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Eyeless in Gaza, an Allegory

I've taken Milton's poem as my inspiration for further thoughts on the tragedy unfolding in today's Gaza. (Image courtesy of Lovis Corinth, from Wikimedia Commons.)
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Gold cherry
Poem of the week

Breath

My first Tanka poem, which follows a strict 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern
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153 of my comments have received 158 Great Feedback votes

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Such wisdom in that Proverb,

Posted on Sun, 14 Jan 2024

Such wisdom in that Proverb, and how you have interpteted it Rhiannon, and the generations are best when they live together in harmony and mutual respect.

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Posted in Working together

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What was that saying 'for

Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2024

What was that saying 'for evil to exist it only takes good people to do nothing' or words to that effect. A timely poem Luigi.

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Posted in One Night, in Berlin

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A worthy double cherry

Posted on Fri, 12 Jan 2024

A worthy double cherry Richard. I'm all for direct simplicity - show not tell, which here puts me just there on the shoreline.

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Posted in Sun - Shines

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I don't usually read stories

Posted on Mon, 08 Jan 2024

I don't usually read stories - more of poet nut (ot a nut poet?); but this made my day! Bravo and worthy cherries; I mean it is just so good. Have you got more like this Jane?

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Posted in Make Millions in Two Minutes...

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If only this can come to be,

Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024

If only this can come to be, and maybe the more we express hope, the more chance of it happening. Glad to see this being todays pick.

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Posted in January Panorama

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Wise words Rhiannon. One of

Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024

Wise words Rhiannon. One of my bugbears is how we can easily judge others, when we ourselves could be judged as much. 

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Posted in Digging up dirt

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A good continuation on your

Posted on Sun, 07 Jan 2024

A good continuation on your theme Rhiannon, and who could argue with grace? 

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Posted in Open House

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I liked this, the wau you've

Posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2024

I liked this, the wau you've taken the element and shown how it returns to where it came from.

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Posted in Autobiography (but not mine!)

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We had storms and when we

Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024

We had storms and when we went out  this morning we found trees blocking the local droves and paths; you've captured that feeling well Rihiannon.

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Posted in Storm

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This brought rain to my

Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024

This brought rain to my memory; coming home last night from the hospital in the driving rain; then out this morning finding fallen trees; rain as elemental the poem soaks my imagination in it.

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Posted in rain

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