Di_Hard

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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 681600 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2022 of my 6,054 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2084 votes

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This is magic! I do hope it

Posted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021

This is magic! I do hope it is where you live?

I love the first part, the crazy dance (rooks always seem a bit crazy) I imagined a scene which has played for centuries on those hills? A wonderful timeless quality.

I liked how you...

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Posted in Pastiche

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Your poem made me very glad

Posted on Fri, 26 Mar 2021

Your poem made me very glad not to need to be going anywhere :0) It has a bustly feel - I like how you slow it right down with the "op" sounds and then the easing with s sounds at the end. There is always so much craft in your writing! I'm amazed...

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Posted in Looking down on the city’s departures …

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I like the belligerence of

Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021

I like the belligerence of the first line :0)

I have been called this several times at work in the past :0) First time, I didn't realise it was not a compliment. Because fruit cake is wonderful (not mine though as it always sinks)

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Posted in I am a Fruit Cake

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I cannot tell you how very

Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021

I cannot tell you how very much I loved this!

I am so sorry for your loss, Penny. You sound like the best person a dog could live with, Frankie was surrounded by love and respect all his life.

My dog passed 21 years ago and I miss...

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Posted in "The Canines of My Life"

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Oh! I loved this :0) You are

Posted on Sat, 20 Mar 2021

Oh! I loved this :0) You are a great story maker!!! Perfidia Mishapsham is a BRILLIANT  name :0)

Are these typos?

circumstances dire

Willow jumped thru her pet door.....  she waked further into the garden...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 2

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Do, please write some more!

Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021

Do, please write some more!

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Posted in "Willow's Tail"

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I like this very much, coming

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

I like this very much, coming after Lydeford Gorge made me think of a ghost?

"swirl of billowing white silk floating," I love this!!!

Please could you explain what is devoured by trees? Am too thick, have read several times and can'...

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Posted in Escape To Freedom

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I liked this very much, too.

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

I liked this very much, too. Particularly your description of birch trees. Hope you are well and Spring is coming where you live

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Posted in The Wind

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Enjoyed this very much, a

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

Enjoyed this very much, a great 50th piece :0) I can identify the moon and that's it, everything else is unknowable, vast. Your poem  made me think of a huge jewellery box, full of silver chains of orbits and crystal celestial orbs and medallion...

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Posted in Black Holes and Revelations

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I'm glad you lived life to

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

I'm glad you lived life to the full, cramming in as much colour and joy as you could!  "thriving energy in this gorge filled with intrigue" is wonderful!  I remember always hoping to see ghosts in such places, or go through a portal. Your poem...

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Posted in Lydford Gorge

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