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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 742174 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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 I love this about blackbirds

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

 I love this about blackbirds : " its natural flair for tossing leaves"  made me smile each time I read it :0)

and this : " to linger here for just a while,

watch each leaf gently clinging;

till letting go" is gorgeous....

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Posted in Grounding Of Autumn

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It must be 45 years or so

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

It must be 45 years or so since we went! And even then, the last few years there were loads more people. I remember we had arrived somewhere magnificent after a very long walk, (for us, anyway, my youngest brother was about six I think) and all...

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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Inspired by your poem, I

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

Inspired by your poem, I looked up this woods, I think we walked round it once, when on holiday (but didn't dare go in!). We went often to Dartmoor. My brother and I never forgot it :0) Your poem is wonderrful, you really conjure up the tangled,...

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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Good to see a new poem :0)

Posted on Sat, 16 Oct 2021

Good to see a new poem :0) This makes me imagine you sailing out of poemless doldrums on a red leaf

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Posted in Red Breast of Autumn

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Magical and full of

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

Magical and full of excitement

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Posted in sonnet 66

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"what still belongs to me?"

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

"what still belongs to me?" Having a small w makes me think of how insignificant her voice is, small, inside her, with the whole whirling condemnation and disbelief and uncaringness of the world spread out around, for as far as she could possibly...

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Posted in Esther Cox

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I like the elementals in this

Posted on Sun, 10 Oct 2021

I like the elementals in this so much, and had not heard of the baby on a swan's wing, so looked it up. So, thankyou for that too!

Reddled made me think of a mixture of red and riddled?

Perfect argument against cryonics 

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Posted in My Body Belongs to the Earth

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I love cooking, too, which is

Posted on Tue, 12 Oct 2021

I love cooking, too, which is partly why I like this,  how sensuous you show it to be. But also how you use this to show , I don't know - cultures? people? can grow/blend, become something new and just as good,( maybe better, for leaving some...

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Posted in Ostrich eggs and elephant milk

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Just re read this, and wanted

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

Just re read this, and wanted to say how beautiful it is. Gentle. Wise. I love it

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Posted in Going With The Flow

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I wonder if it is like the

Posted on Fri, 08 Oct 2021

I wonder if it is like the difference between a solo singer's voice and a choir? Both are beautiful and powerful. I loved your description in the first part

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Posted in October

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