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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 884477 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2204 of my 6,231 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2291 votes

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I love the first three lines,

Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022

I love the first three lines, with "vastness" at the end. This stanza made me think of the end of the first Planet of the apes film, with the Statue of Liberty poking upthrough the beach.  I really like the idea of memories being like flotsam, or...

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Posted in You Looked Like You Had Lost

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 "She" made me think of the

Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022

 "She" made me think of the life spirit, strong in wild things, muffled in us. Does She sleep? She would sleep under tarmac, under concrete, inside buildings which have windows but no wind.

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Posted in Angelus Novus

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"eagle settles / on the

Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022

"eagle settles / on the breeze"

"freedom surging relaxed"

"ride on ever / changing winds"

you evoke peacefulness and power, space and immediacy

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Posted in Fly Like An Eagle

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 Living knowing many people

Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2022

 Living knowing many people wish you weren't, must indeed need a very thick skin

It's always good to be reminded even the worst tyrant will one day be rex extincti. I got that off Google translate - don't be impressed :0)

 

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Posted in Vladimir Plutinpot Transforms Into A Tyrantosaurus Rex 500 Years After Henry VIII Did The Same! by Alfred N.Muggins (Thus Proving Once Again That History Repeats Itself!)

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though don't know about

Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022

though don't know about Pointless, I am glad to have seen all the Carry On films  so was able to appreciate this :

"“Oh, it’s our pleasure, Prime Minister. We were sent by Michael Gove whose spies had uncovered a plot by the EU to...

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Posted in Pointless Boris (Part Two of two)

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I wish I could see your

Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022

I wish I could see your photos bigger! The are GORGEOUS!!! It sounds in this poem like you must be on the mend? I hope so. Your line breaks in the first half sound like the breath of someone climbing a steep hill :0) And "here!" at the end, seems...

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Posted in Climbing up from Minton

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You had me from the first

Posted on Sun, 17 Apr 2022

You had me from the first sentence. So many details, you really communicated the intensity of his secret life. But there was also a feeling of danger too, how you said this was a release. Also, it was sad about the pants

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Posted in Jai

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Great to have a new

Posted on Sun, 17 Apr 2022

Great to have a new installment!

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 27

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gosh David, thankyou! What a

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022

gosh David, thankyou! What a very kind comment :0) I think it is your stories that gave the idea - I wish I could write funny stuff about the news the way Mr Muggins does

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Posted in two men

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You describe all your birds

Posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2022

You describe all your birds so well, those pigeons, they always seem a bit pompous to me, and your blackbird having a bath with "gusto" is just right :0) And you show again how in tune you are with your crows. I really enjoyed this, all the...

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Posted in Passing Time

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