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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 609045 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1946 of my 5,907 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2004 votes

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1946 of my comments have received 2004 Great Feedback votes

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brilliant, enjoyed so much

Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021

brilliant, enjoyed so much

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Posted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza

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This is great! At first, your

Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021

This is great! At first, your jackals seemed to me like the foxes we have in Britain, but foxes now live in towns. So they are not the same.

I loved reading about your childhood memories of jackals :0)

Also it is very interesting to...

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Posted in Jackal, dear

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I love reading them, too :0)

Posted on Sat, 14 Aug 2021

I love reading them, too :0) The goats are a great addition! And you are handling India's mourning for Packham really well?

I wish I had someone young enough to give your book to for Christmas, it will make a fabulous present for a child...

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Posted in Goat-Getting

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That breakfast sounded

Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2021

That breakfast sounded delicious! Not like any kind of breakfast I have ever had :0) I liked how you wove it all through the story, also showing how clever and capable and thoughtful Martha is to have made it? 

Perfidia showed her good...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 15

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Jenny, if it is about

Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021

Jenny, if it is about technology, I understand, as I am the same, BUT  if it is because of your accent, please think again!

It is a wrong and terrible thing that the south east of england accent might be considered by ANYONE  to...

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Posted in Fleeting Observations Of A Poet

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your cousin sounds so special

Posted on Mon, 09 Aug 2021

your cousin sounds so special, a wonderful friend to have growing up. Thankyou so much for sharing this beautiful memory, you have written a gorgeous, vivid poem

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Posted in Time’s Travel

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Jenny, this is a MASTERPIECE

Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021

Jenny, this is a MASTERPIECE.  Too wonderful to list every highlight, just needing to read again and again. 

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Posted in Fleeting Observations Of A Poet

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Oh, I loved this! The rhythm

Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021

Oh, I loved this! The rhythm of Rohan and India's conversation is a delight, and how they started off is just right, I could see that happening. And then the middle bit where they got lost and Rohan was waiting for wolves to come was funny, and...

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Posted in Lotht!

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This is wonderful. Like Airy

Posted on Thu, 05 Aug 2021

This is wonderful. Like Airy I had to look up the Greek words - the idea of beautiful evil is new to me. The misogyny Helen faced, you make it so real. Despite the glamour all these poems have and the larger than life feeling you have created,...

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Posted in I, Helen -Parts 1 and 2

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Thankyou so much! You are

Posted on Fri, 06 Aug 2021

Thankyou so much! You are very kind reading all these, you must think "Oh no! Not another blinking poem about climate change!"

If it has any merit at all it is thanks to Tina, as every time I thought it was ok she would sit on the...

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Posted in fallow

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