Di_Hard
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I have 110 stories published in
one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 172672 times
and 179 of my stories have been cherry picked.
672 of my 3,214 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 685 votes
My stories
renewable
Bluebell slopes shimmer bright green shade full of cool incense. Then across the field airy Rumplestiltskins white, slim as bird bones spin, slow...
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cotyledons
winter fingered earth safed. Now joined as prayer clasped hands they come up from darkness forgotten hopes open for the sun. Fragile, green growing...
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on the way to the letterbox
On trees, sky high blossom's pure, untouchable pink. Fallen, fresh soft coolness mixes with dust and thorns.
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wind
Come home from far across the sea no soft shawled shoulders welcome the wanderer - nor familiar comforting arms catch me from the race, save me from...
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hearth song
This is not a flame quivering in every misunderstanding or longing that flares in the pull of absence nor forest fire, consuming all needs, breath...
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How I wish my Dad could have
Posted on Wed, 21 Apr 2021
How I wish my Dad could have read this, he would have absolutely LOVED your sense of gentle humour :0) So much comedy these days is gritty or sharp, but this is affectionate, warm even. I hope there are lots more to come, you are onto a winner :0...
Read full commentPosted in Most Vial
:0) I remembered your Bubble
Posted on Thu, 22 Apr 2021
:0) I remembered your Bubble Trouble poem when I saw this one's picture! You explain it all really well, also your love for tulips shines through. Those clean lines and bright colours on long graceful stalks - I share your admiration and hunger...
Read full commentPosted in Tulips from Amsterdam
made me think of stars being
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
made me think of stars being like fluffy white dandelion seeds sailing into the night, foretelling that you will find a loving partner, and then the last three words bring it all together, very peaceful, romantic poem :0)
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
Oh, this is so good!
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
Oh, this is so good!
You evoke a sense of such richness, sumptuousness of nature when it's as it should be, untouched by us. We have had no frogspawn for two years, so it is comforting to know this place still exists, and your wonderful...
Read full commentPosted in Heron-haunted Pool
exquisite! trying to think of
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
exquisite! trying to think of the perfect word to match those you have chosen
this are as unfussy, delicate and gorgeous as the flowers you depict
I like the fritillary one best. I keep trying to grow them, last year they all...
Read full commentPosted in White stars and meadow bells
I remember reading other
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
I remember reading other poems of yours about family treasures. It is a strange jump out of the present, like pulling a thread out of place in a huge shawl, going back drawn by one tiny detail, wanting the whole round solidness, but memory is...
Read full commentPosted in Memory Box
Palimpsest streets, had to
Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 2021
Palimpsest streets, had to look that up, is great
I remember someone here kindly saying it wasn't my fault I was English :0)
I liked this poem, poking fun, but with respect
Read full commentPosted in Land of the Rising Batter
what a lovely surprise to
Posted on Sun, 18 Apr 2021
what a lovely surprise to find another installment! Thank you so much for posting it, these characters are brilliant !
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 3
You have raised the standard!
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
You have raised the standard!
To touch so many people through writing as you, I cannot do that? You do it over and over again, you are one of the very best :0)
Read full commentPosted in Setting Sons
It's hard leaving feedback
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
It's hard leaving feedback for your poems? Every time I read them I find something new, my understanding must grow, while I am away. Congratulations on POW, on finding a way to bring comfort through beautiful words. I felt such peace at the end,...
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