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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1030511 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2367 of my 6,664 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2477 votes

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Rain really is a healer, isn

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Rain really is a healer, isn't it? I felt that, yesterday out walking. I loved the rhythm at the start of your poem, too. Did I miss a matching rhyme for "dialogue"?

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Posted in In the summer heat

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I like very much the sense of

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

I like very much the sense of vitality through movement you evoke.
Your poem reminded me of how many waves of people there were to Britain, even before the Romans. The hunter gatherers from Spain, the first farmers from Turkey, (who built...

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Posted in Boats

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I love the idea of companion

Posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2024

I love the idea of companion flowers being like a writer reading another writer's words! Finding comfort, reassurance, inspiration, just as companion plants give strength. And also how bees seem to browse through flowers as we do through pages,...

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Posted in Bee Muse

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It sounds very grim,

Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024

It sounds very grim, specially when so young. Though, it must have given you the confidence to handle any situation on your travels later. And all your experiences, good and bad, are woven into this fabulous word-carpet you spread out a bit more...

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Posted in Candi Staton, the Sea and Me

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I am sorry I missed reading

Posted on Tue, 30 Jul 2024

I am sorry I missed reading this, and very grateful to the person who told me about it. Jenny, this poem is a force for good that I will cling to. Thankyou so much

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Posted in Hold fast To Love

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This after the York story

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2024

This after the York story makes me think your narrators drift off into supernatural adventures the second they are separated from their partners :0) Ireland does seem the kind of place where past and present can come together like a pack of cards...

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Posted in Tom Crean

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These flower poems are so

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2024

These flower poems are so good, "flaunts...insolent...flamboyant" you always think of the perfect words!

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Posted in Garden bindweed, again

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Forest fires sound very

Posted on Thu, 01 Aug 2024

Forest fires sound very frightening, for all the smaller creatures, as well as for people. It makes it even worse that our only hope of stopping climate change is to plant more trees when the ones we do have are disappearing so fast. 40C is over...

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Posted in All the President’s Biscuits

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Hope so much he is Home, soon

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Hope so much he is Home, soon! Glad Snezhinka is recovered to be an apprentice cat burglar. Please update if news of Crado. That is a wonderful photo

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Posted in Crado Come Home

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Caught up now. Very enjoyable

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Caught up now. Very enjoyable to read!

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Posted in Trapped (Dead Reckoning series - Part 20)

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