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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 608485 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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Agree with Penny. Had not

Posted on Sun, 25 Jul 2021

Agree with Penny. Had not heard of Buck Moon, however what Penny says explains the deer barking in the woods I heard yesterday. I love so many lines of this poem, particularly "thwack in snarl" that whole stanza is brilliant, can see and hear so...

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Posted in Force Of Life

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This might be my favourite

Posted on Sun, 25 Jul 2021

This might be my favourite episode so far! You have everything here, a brilliant read. Am loving the thing with Willow and Perfidia :0)

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 13

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Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021

 

 "this incredible day

continues to unfold

like a bolt of silk."

brilliant

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Posted in In IKEA, he dreams about the woman he loves

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the other day there was a bit

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

the other day there was a bit on Inside Science about moons forming. In the past, this would have meant nothing to me, but now when this sort of thing crops up, I wonder how you will write about it? 

"tumult of molecular clouds, 

...

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Posted in The First Stars

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This is so energetic! Have

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

This is so energetic! Have listened to the (I am guessing) Rimsky Korsakov variation on Spottify, and you have captured the intensity and eeky vibe really well. But it's wonderfully vivid too, all your words seem clear because dissonant (am not...

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Posted in Another Night On a Bare Mountain

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THANKYOU :0) That's a

Posted on Thu, 22 Jul 2021

THANKYOU :0) That's a brilliant surprise! Am going for a walk now, will tell the daddy long legs they got pod :0)

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Posted in later

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There's so much skill in this

Posted on Thu, 22 Jul 2021

There's so much skill in this, I think someone listening to the sound alone, without knowing English, would understand the message. It must be a masterclass in internal rhymes, and you have done that thing I have seeen in other poems of yours,...

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Posted in Fork Ahead!

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Your poem brought back

Posted on Thu, 15 Jul 2021

Your poem brought back memories as I grew up a few miles from Guildford :0) Haven't been there for a very long time, though, don't remember either place you mention, was more C&A and Our Price, which disappeared in an earlier wave of closures...

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Posted in Daydreaming on Guildford High Street

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As Jenny says, thankyou for

Posted on Wed, 14 Jul 2021

As Jenny says, thankyou for creating this feeling of space and movement, light and beautiful sound. Particularly liked:

"A car sweeps past,
a butterfly, white, dances
across the hedge-wall,"

also, the last line, the...

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Posted in A sleepy mid-July mid-afternoon

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I canot tell you how

Posted on Wed, 14 Jul 2021

I canot tell you how wonderful I found this, Jenny! I  think this is what "Happy Ever After" means

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Posted in Coming Home

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