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I have 177 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 408117 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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Guernica, Stalingrad, Grozny, Aleppo, Mariupol...

Reporters list atrocities suggesting which might qualify as war crimes, while Western leaders' words slide over blood, too afraid of falling in to...
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Listening to the News 2/3/22

Does sound of our clapping drown out the bombs exploding in your homes? Our politicians stand shoulder to shoulder with ambassadors come to beg for...
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"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the Earth" Albert Schweitzer

we breathed each other's breath. It was enough once you sheltered within me. We were one before fences. I grew to know burning, soon you chose to...
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February Rainbow

snow cloud's blue, bomb ominous, blooms through beech trees' fragile dark raised bars that seek to cage west's brutal storms rampaging from unbroken...
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BBBB

In rows, shining stems and identical, (almost) spikey tips, grey. Where could each take me? Their names gave nothing away : HB, 2B, etc pointless as...
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1532 of my comments have received 1573 Great Feedback votes

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I think there is a haunted

Posted on Fri, 08 Mar 2024

I think there is a haunted bit by the castle, here. A young woman in a grey cloak. I have only seen her once, but that bit is terrifying at night, even in daylight it's a bit scary. Strangely,in the castle where there's generally accepted there's...

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)

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"...steeped in history as it

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

"...steeped in history as it was, and home to ghosts. Many ghosts. Some say fifteen ghosts. The last rays of titian sun danced on glazing, street lights flickering into life as dusk fell." FABULOUS scene setting!!! Enjoying this very much

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)

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wonderful tumbling rhythm,

Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

wonderful tumbling rhythm, just as how the Season seems to gather its forces for the whoosh into Summer! And "galore" is brilliant, how you use it here

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Posted in Gentle march of the seasons

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"in silence

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024

"... in silence

Among tangled harmony"

This is WONDERFUL! I love your descriptions of your happy garden :0)

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Posted in Rousing Spring

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Oh Ed, LOVED this!!!!!!|!

Posted on Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Oh Ed, LOVED this!!!!!!|!

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Posted in Blind Faith

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It is bonkers the EU bosses

Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024

It is bonkers the EU bosses don't scoop up all the produce from Ukraine and send it to people who are starving in places like Eritrea. Why are they letting cheap food cause so much ill will in their own countries when others are desperate? That...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors

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THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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I do like that the narrator

Posted on Fri, 01 Mar 2024

I do like that the narrator has such a short temper, and also that he knows it's a problem. Maybe explains why he is where he is.

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Posted in New Directions (14)

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Really good explaining poem!

Posted on Fri, 01 Mar 2024

Really good explaining poem! Loved your rhymes and rhythm :0)

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Posted in Fixing the calendar

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Three miles! That's a proper

Posted on Thu, 29 Feb 2024

Three miles! That's a proper walk! AND ups and downs!!! Your photos have beautiful sky and your wonderful poem filled me with fresh air :0) Thankyou!

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Posted in Clehonger to Ruckhall Circular

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