Di_Hard

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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 964293 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2302 of my 6,501 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2402 votes

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O is for Orange Pomander and Ochre Path

By Di_Hard on Tue, 14 Dec 2021

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

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N is for Nativity and Nuts

By Di_Hard on Mon, 13 Dec 2021

New faces shine, words spread wide as written long ago unreadable inside instructions how to grow

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M is for Mince Pie and Mouse Pantry

By Di_Hard on Sun, 12 Dec 2021

short pastry case contains mixed dried fruit, spirit-steeped root roofed, unreached by rain, three sided beech mast's heaped

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L is for Letters (to North Pole) and Lichen

By Di_Hard on Sat, 11 Dec 2021

wishful lists, neatly made, flame posted, undefine slow creeping, bark borne jade filaments, mist slick, shine this picture is from Wimedia : https...

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K is for Kings and Knapweed

By Di_Hard on Fri, 10 Dec 2021

gifts for fraught future brought - gold, frankinsence and myrrh purple crown much bee-sought turned finch seedhead sceptre

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2302 of my comments have received 2402 Great Feedback votes

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That's a fabulous idea, to

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

That's a fabulous idea, to have Melchior time travelling to now and seeing the changes happening on the same land

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Posted in Sojourn In Palestine (Welcome To Palestine!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 3

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Thank You so much for this IP

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2026

Thank You so much for this IP response, Rhiannon. I remember you writing before of the important teacher you had at university. This piece made me think of someone spinning wool, you show how your Faith is like a bright colour going through the...

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Posted in When ‘on time’ is late!

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BRILLIANT :0)

Posted on Sat, 08 Aug 2026

BRILLIANT :0)
I do like reading about your insects, as they make me feel better about our flat's damp :0) All we have are industrious woodlice and inexorable slugs. And weird ear shaped fungus growing out of the carpet. We are SO LUCKY to...

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Posted in The Evolution of the Lettuce

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It makes my afternoon, to

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2026

It makes my afternoon, to read your stories.

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Posted in Angola Gaffletter Chapter 3.

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Every time I read this,

Posted on Sat, 08 Aug 2026

Every time I read this, another bit leaps out, like
"silence crowded underground" and
"a pick-and-mix of greed and our need / to stay above the ground"

I am listening to a series about WW1 just now, and your poem resonates so...

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