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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 606297 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1942 of my 5,921 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2000 votes

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loved this. the rhythm is

Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2020

loved this. the rhythm is like a poem, and as a way of summing up a character in a few words I don't think it's possible to beat :"Pure waste of time.  I like that." wonderful. And the way to be the best mother ever. Really enjoyed, thankyou

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Posted in Dundee

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I like "little tended"!

Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2020

I like "little tended"! Flowers like these seem like gifts dropped by the sunshine, I love going round seeing what has come up since the last time. "Peep" is a good word for primross, they do seem shy. And I love the rhythm

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Posted in Signs of Spring 3)

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Well Done beating the bug!

Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2020

Well Done beating the bug! Thankyou for writing to say - I'm so glad you got proper sleep, that will make you better mentally and physically. You'll soon be sitting in your garden with the birds singing round you :0)

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Posted in First Cut

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this is horrible and great :

Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020

this is horrible and great :

"The numb mother numbering

The days from when it started"

Thinking of the banks of pink bouquets in the supermarket this weekend, your poem makes clear the marketing flaw - one colour does not...

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Posted in Happy Mother's Day

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I found this very moving too,

Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020

I found this very moving too, and beautiful as your poems always are!

"all we share is dread,

and we will wait, postpone, cancel

before one hand might hold another,

to transmit nothing other

than love"

as...

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Posted in Deimos

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I like how you wander in and

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020

I like how you wander in and out of the painting, and memory and conversation. And like the picture, the female seems to hold up the image of the male

 

No men really shine even if they insist

they are armoured in one hundred...

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Posted in Looking at Klimt’s Frieze for Beethoven

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happy tails, yes :0) Don't

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020

happy tails, yes :0) Don't cry! If there is a Heaven he will be waiting to show you, that's what I hope

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Posted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)

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Feel for you so much, still

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020

Feel for you so much, still miss my best friend after 20 years. You are doing all you can, making him happy and feel loved. Beautiful poem shows the strength and peace he has given you xxx

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Posted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)

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Even though your thoughts are

Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2020

Even though your thoughts are wrapped up in metaphors of birds these poems are so raw. I feel like I am getting to know your emotional state like seeing birds flick between leaves. It seems rude to read them

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Posted in Gila Woodpecker

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I really admire the way  last

Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2020

I really admire the way  last words in the lines stand out, as with - wild, hurled, and the alliteration of wind and wild. I feel my throat opening like the sky as I read it, to make the long vowel sounds in my mind. Would be a great one to  hear...

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Posted in Storm

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