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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1008299 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2348 of my 6,614 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2456 votes

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Poem of the week

before Floris

bright low disc shining through cool ruffled grey clouds, late sun caught on purple knapweed and creamy meadowsweet sprays where our goal opens, calm...
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"For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

Some people are angry that Just Stop Oil threw coloured cornflour at Stonehenge. Because the structure is old? A symbol of how humans have survived...
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Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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at dusk today

light mourning lavender sheets sky and sea far pink coast recalls sunset white triangle sail heading out gulls fly, wings bright as full moon's disc...
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Poem of the week

October 2023

Shame : so hard to forget this soft word starting with a Sh! as of secrets, brushed under deep carpets and A in its middle, alphabet's beginning an...
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2348 of my comments have received 2456 Great Feedback votes

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"Ticking boxes to prove to

Posted on Tue, 03 Feb 2026

"Ticking boxes to prove to robots that I wasn’t a robot was particularly irritating." A new diary entry from Turlough is always a delight, and this one is great, so it is Pick of the Day! Please do read and share, and cheer up your friends with...

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Posted in I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Tie-Dye My Raggy Socks

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This moving story from

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2026

This moving story from Marandina brilliantly captures a life in 400 words. It is Pick of the Day! Please do share, if you can

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Posted in Frankenplot: Carny

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Turlough returns, with his

Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Turlough returns, with his latest wonderful Diary entry, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share, if you can

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Posted in Strimmer Time and the Living is Easy

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This is so horribly possible.

Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2026

This is so horribly possible. I would not be surprised if you are soon contacted by Reform, asking if you would like to be an advisor on NEETs :0)

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Posted in Joe - a dinosaur theme park story with hotdogs.

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Hi Jenny, hope you are ok,

Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026

Hi Jenny, hope you are ok, thinking of you XXX

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Posted in My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )

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tax de duck table /tax

Posted on Sun, 04 Jan 2026

tax de duck table /tax deductible :0)

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Posted in The Baron Von Ernest and the perfectly normal ducks

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Turlough's wonderful, warm

Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023

Turlough's wonderful, warm hearted memories of a loquacious lady with "flamboyant scone eating style" is Pick of the Day! Please do share and retweet if you can

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Posted in Nellie the Devilment

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This powerful, terrible poem

Posted on Tue, 06 Oct 2026

This powerful, terrible poem from bhi is Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can

please change the image if you want to; it is from here :
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Posted in Poem IV · The Bill of Sale

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I hope your grape juice

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2026

I hope your grape juice cheers you up in the dark months :0) Can you make wine, too?
I'm glad your nose is better, and to learn about your increasing fame :0) Paragraph of the Day!
Rain, at last, too. Even though Autumn's closer, lots...

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Posted in All the President’s Haemorrhoids

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"‘The young never had it so

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

"‘The young never had it so good,’ she says loudly

‘I was a war baby, one egg a week!’

She goes home to sit on her nest eggs"

You are brilliant :0)

Also, the man imagining the women who had worn those dresses, like a...

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Posted in Frankenplot - The Volunteers

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