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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 602053 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1934 of my 5,902 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1992 votes

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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
Cherry

O is for Orange Pomander and Ochre Path

juiceful globe, zesty sweet, spiked with cloves' stark, wood scent fallen warmth tessellates - leaf and needle pavement

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1934 of my comments have received 1992 Great Feedback votes

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This is so beautiful, Jenny!

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

This is so beautiful, Jenny! I can watch them for ages, but could never have thought up this amazing poem, you have really caught their grace and insouciant fragility, as well as their environment. Brilliant

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Posted in Skating Without Ice

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You show in your poem how

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

You show in your poem how beautiful twilight can be. In the woods sometimes there is a pink glow then, magical like a time to pass between worlds, like you do here, going through the worlds of music and wonderful writing

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Posted in In Twilight Years

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it makes me sad and scared

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

it makes me sad and scared for us, that children grow up now never hearing birds or wind in trees, only the hostile man-made sounds from which it is um natural to seek escape. How much human interaction must be lost, too. Your poem goes so well...

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Posted in Awake??

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You make such good points

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

You make such good points here, Rhiannon

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Posted in Awake??

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Loved "Taint the brush in

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

Loved "Taint the brush in mystery", you conjure up riches and magic beautifully all through

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Posted in Deep in the Land of REM

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This made me think of all

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

This made me think of all those people who come after great leaders, the people who make compulsory stuff the leader never said. For example the role of women, or if women even have souls. How the original wisdom can be so twisted tight that it...

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Posted in The Devil Walked Out

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Brilliant IP response!

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2025

Brilliant IP response!

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Posted in Like dolphins can swim

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That was uncomfortable to

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2025

That was uncomfortable to read - very glad the teacher came out. But I would think the scar of being watched through the window, alone, must last forever.

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Posted in Nicola's Privilege

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This is Story of the Week,

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

This is Story of the Week, Congratulations!

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Posted in The Sogginess of the Long-Distance Runner

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Thank goodness for that

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2025

Thank goodness for that whisper! Mr Portleven must have been terrified the few seconds till you ducked. What a sadist! and for you, knowing that he was mad enough to do that, to have to show respect to someone who could have killed you with such...

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Posted in Mr. Portleven's Electricity Class

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