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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1027158 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2362 of my 6,657 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2472 votes

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Gold cherry

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...
Gold cherry
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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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Poem of the week

28th April

from a house roof chimneys like trumpet valve keys release a soaring solo seagull's heartbeat into untouched silence beside this pavement wind-lipped...
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Gold cherry

virus

Rain pulses on a tarmac eel grey muscles sleeking down to town. Dock leaves’ green fanfares burst from dark mud and trees seethe with finches’ cheeps...
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2362 of my comments have received 2472 Great Feedback votes

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Jenny,

Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026

Jenny, do you know about Mary Oliver?

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver#tab-poems

she wrote about having lung cancer in one called Fourth...

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Posted in Torment

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your descriptions are pure

Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026

your descriptions are pure genius, I hope so much a publisher DOES talent spot you! Though I will sorely miss the wonderful treats of finding new stories every day, I beg you will reconsider trying to find an agent

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Posted in Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 8

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From HarryC, Tom's

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026

From HarryC, Tom's traumatising encounter with a terrifyingly narrow minded teacher is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in Tom All Alone 17 (i)

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Beautiful, Jenny! Thank You

Posted on Sun, 31 May 2026

Beautiful, Jenny! Thank You so much for sharing. I hope you get to see a stream, soon. I love watching birds bathing in our garden, I hope your partner is able to fill up the birdbath for you, but streams are special, bustling along catching the...

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Posted in On This Peaceful Day

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This is so clever and

Posted on Wed, 27 May 2026

This is so clever and beautiful - love as a sweet trap, Memory keeping us locked in the past, no moving on to explore new possibilities, the golden glow of a window not to be opened

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Posted in Fossils and the windows they wait in

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sorry, reading my comment

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026

sorry, reading my comment back, it looks like I was criticising there being no note - I wasn't! Meant that adds to the tension, as her Mum won't have any idea where she is.

Beautiful weather here, Thank You for asking :0) Lovely breeze and...

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (22)

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Thank You so much for giving

Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026

Thank You so much for giving your time to reply, Jenny :0) I am glad you are to have pills, hope this happens soon!
It sounds magic being in the garden as the birds wake up :0) Secret time.
Take care of yourself
XXX

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Posted in Where Thoughts Take Me

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In the last few lines,

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026

In the last few lines, Amandarella reties the string twice?

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Posted in Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.9

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This is great! Having the

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026

This is great! Having the goodies being taken over and used by an unseen force, and those around not knowing, is really sinister.

And Danielle left no note!

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (22)

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Lovely biology lesson,

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026

Lovely biology lesson, Rhiannon :0) I liked particularly how your first part seems to flow together, like leaves moving easily, and you have the tense, stiff sound of "gripping" and "sucking" in the second part, the hardness of ""pound" and "...

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Posted in Roots

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