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I have 177 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 407556 times and 278 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1532 of my 5,146 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1573 votes

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10th july grasshopper

mossy rocks tumbled from windbreak wall hold back reed tines' reaching on and on to moor's distance misty bright of gorse here, in warm air, low...
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Cherry

wet 6th july

clouds secrete clear, cold threads, falling, coccoon round tree limbs shade flesh, lumens an airy tingle of tall grass, till rainbow orbs pool bodies...
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june 25th, woods after a hot day

far from carrion concrete, afternoon. flies score warm silence. Butterflies duet in aerial line to plane silhouettes over hushed, close packed...
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june 20th

wind plays liquid dominoe runs with grass, seeds soft amethyst sea. Below azure smooth, boats small as white moths rising from our feet as we wade...
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Cherry

threshold - another go at this

At woods' beginning, lapped in May's riches : cobalt-violet periwinkles peep through indigo hung croziers - bluebells' throng - sleek-cool, sap-full...

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1532 of my comments have received 1573 Great Feedback votes

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BRILLIANT poem. Though, I

Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023

BRILLIANT poem. Though, I might suggest while what we are doing to each other has not changed, (other than in horrific efficiency) the biodiversity situation is considerably worse now.
Also, if reporters are denied access to an area, and...

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Posted in All That Glitters

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Surreal, funny, altogether

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Surreal, funny, altogether fabulous, Sim's first ghost story is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

the image is from here :
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Posted in The Hall of Glass Coffins

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You look after yourself,

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

You look after yourself, those worms can wait!
xxx

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Posted in Wriggle

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Enjoyed very much,

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

Enjoyed very much, particularly

"Bundles of old photographs

Formal poses, no one laughs

Standing upright like flag staffs

Now sun-bleached sepia epitaphs"

which goes with such a liveliness and swing, even...

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Posted in Jacques in the Box

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this is a very good companion

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

this is a very good companion story to "His bit of Fluff"! I love how they look JML husbands up online, the reviews :0) And their nervousness at the beginning, the robot coming pre programmed to say "I love you" and Vanessa blushing even though...

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 2

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That was a tense read! Very

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

That was a tense read! Very glad nothing happened on the bridge :0)

was intrigued by this - "The wooden stairs creaked with age as they stepped on them and Caitlyn ran her hand over the walls that were covered with blue brocade. The hotel...

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Posted in "Spirit of Sleepy Hollow on All Hallows Eve "(a short story) PART 2 of 4

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I loved "delicate declaration

Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023

I loved "delicate declaration of a Robin", all your sounds slipping into the silence before humans, as they have for thousands of years

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Posted in 5 a.m.

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would not have guessed you

Posted on Fri, 13 Oct 2023

would not have guessed you were a professional crastinator :0) You have just made it so much harder for programmers trying to create more authentic seeming AI writing - how to explain broken Walloon to an algorithm?

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Posted in I'll Think About Writing

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In a time of political

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2023

In a time of political turmoil and party conferences in England, this Poet's take on his country is Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can

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Posted in This England

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your poems are always so

Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023

your poems are always so comforting :0) I admire so much too, how you express feelings, completely abstract things, in words. You really are a magician!

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Posted in Curious Magic

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