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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 779026 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2166 of my 6,291 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2237 votes

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Cherry

S is for Snow

light smooths, soothes curves; walk in sleeping prisms' peace sight's a white wall, smell's all, cold's hungry, move or freeze
Cherry

R is for Reindeer and Roe deer

proudly pull Santa Claus in sleek, gift-laden sleigh angled grace, tasting grass -* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!
Gold cherry

Day before a birthday

It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
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Cherry

Q is for Question and Quarry

"How many days to go?" "8!" Creeping? Or flying? escaping Russian snow woodcock, SHOT! here, dying https://www.woodcock-hunting.com/search?q=woodcock
Cherry

Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)

decorated and in pride of place, dead pretty rain's clear, fresh touch, then sun seeds dazzling gaiety

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2166 of my comments have received 2237 Great Feedback votes

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I am glad you let him in :0)

Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2025

I am glad you let him in :0) Wondering if perhaps, his people might have moved recently, and being in new territory, added to the fear of the noise, might have made him run too far to find his way back? Do you have a local facebook page you could...

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Posted in Smokey.

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Enjoyed this one so much!

Posted on Sat, 08 Nov 2025

Enjoyed this one so much! THANKYOU :0)

"There, for a good while, we took pleasure from watching the oystercatchers catching oysters on the mudflats. Oysters, I’d noticed, didn’t run very fast so they didn’t take much catching." Brilliant...

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Posted in My Perfect Zombie

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I like the rushing feeling

Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025

I like the rushing feeling the rhythm of your poem brings, just like the swift changes - in colour, and how many leaves are left, and temperature every day at this time of year. And your words are wonderful, too - I love "crisped by breeze"

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Posted in Farewell Glows

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I feel sorry for him, too,

Posted on Fri, 07 Nov 2025

With your great writing, I feel sorry for him, too, though? It must be really hard to know there's a way to stop feeling old, but he is going to be too tired and sore even to try soon, swallowed up by the inevitability of time falling suddenly...

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Posted in The Leaf Blower - Part 3

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This is Poem of the Week!

Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025

This is Poem of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Put The Sword Down

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This wonderfully rich prose

Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025

This wonderfully rich prose-poem from Rask Balavoine is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

the image is from here :
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Posted in Three sips of foaming wine.

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I love that comment, Rich,

Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025

I love that comment, Rich, made me think of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, only for people with ghosts in their house, needing to get brave enough to "show them who's boss" and an alternative meeting at the same time, of their ghosts listening...

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Posted in The Other Side of the Attic Window

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Hold onto Halloween magic a

Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025

Hold onto Halloween magic a little longer by reading this brilliant story from Hudsonmoon, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in The Other Side of the Attic Window

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Being so small and fragile

Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025

Being so small and fragile but building huge intricate yet resilient structures seemingly out of thin air, spiders make me think of super intelligent aliens, of things we don't, cannot understand. As you say, "more to this world than what we are...

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Posted in Mysterious Veil On All Hallows Night

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Ohhh! Now I am wondering if

Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2025

Ohhh! Now I am wondering if the scarifier will have a different effect! This could be like Game of Thrones before we know it :0)

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Posted in The Leaf Blower - Part 2

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