David Kirtley

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My stories have been read 332259 times and 18 of my stories have been cherry picked.
227 of my 1,303 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 239 votes

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The Grim Reaper by Alfred N.Muggins

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2/3/25 / 8/3/25 Alfred went to bed too late every night. In these troubling times there was to be no rest for those who cared about the causes of...

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227 of my comments have received 239 Great Feedback votes

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Well chosen words in your

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Well chosen words in your poem, which explain exactly how so many politicians, and the media allow this awful carnage to persist, without actually doing anything very useful to cause it to end, or at least to moderate it. It is as if we have all...

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Posted in Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity

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Your Bojo series has been a

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025

Your Bojo series has been a great one, although I have to say that in the light of the excesses of American politics at the moment Boris and his Conservative reptile friends seem positively friendly, honourable and uncorruptible by comparison to...

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Posted in Boris and the Art of the Deal

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Yes, a nice description of a

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Yes, a nice description of a beach at that time and place. I like the title, 'Where Maps End' particularly. There is some of that feeling at most coastlines, and deserts too. Perhaps that is part of the trouble with the modern world ; the maps...

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Posted in Where Maps End

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I am pleased you are

Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024

I am pleased you are recovering  successfully now. Your piece did explain what is like to be a patient for that operation very well. I read it with interest.Toileting can be a big problem, and your piece shows just how important it is to get it...

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Posted in Hip Op The Second

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I was starting to like Obogo

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

I was starting to like Obogo until he decided Earth should be vaporised! He should certainly be giving Earth a bit more of a chance, but I suppose we can't entirely blame him as earth humans do seem to have lost their way a lot recently. Not a...

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Posted in Unleashed

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I can visualise the Great

Posted on Mon, 10 Apr 2023

I can visualise the Great Ship going down with your well chosen words! You describe the ship being the conclusion of art and design progress, symbol of a great developing modern culture of engineering and culture and style. It went down bravely...

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Posted in A Night to Remember

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Thanks Drew. It is great to

Posted on Sat, 08 Apr 2023

Thanks Drew. It is great to be chosen, that must be a first for me! This one came together in the run up to Easter as I considered what this time of replenishment really means, or should mean. If it can help to encourage us to work together for a...

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Posted in Easter : A Prayer For The Future by Alfred N.Muggins

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As I was reading I was

Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022

As I was reading I was expecting the worst as your threatening disaster occurred! I am glad you survived it, and that you actually managed to get your flu jabs! I thought you would get cancelled at the last minute. That was an exciting read, a...

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Posted in You Never Know

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A heartwarming story! Your

Posted on Tue, 04 Jan 2022

A heartwarming story! Your kindness and care towards the cats is impressive and worthy. Kindness towards animals is, in my opinion, a sign of innate goodness, to be respected! 

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Posted in Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats

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There is a nice feeling to

Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021

There is a nice feeling to this poem. It almost makes me wish I had been a bit older in 1970 and could remember it better! But youth can be at any time. All of us experience these moments when we are free, or optimistic, carefree.

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Posted in Before We Kissed Goodnight

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