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I have 25 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 157118 times and 37 of my stories have been cherry picked.
41 of my 1,994 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 44 votes

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simon whitworth

 

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Rooks

Rooks Past the backbone’s second hump and hollow hawthorns, a foam of brackish snow and distant light. I heard them first, a row of hanging rooks –...
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There Was The House and There Was The Sea (2)

Warning. Not as long as part 1 but still long.
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Spank the Monkey

A story about a man and his monkey set in the future. This is part 1.
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Half a Tangerine (Part 2)

Part 2 of a ghost story. Will he make it home?

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41 of my comments have received 44 Great Feedback votes

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You're like that basketball

Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2019

You're like that basketball player called Carl Malone whose nickname was "The Mailman" because he always delivered.  - I can't remember reading something of yours I didn't enjoy. 

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Posted in A river slipping by

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This is well deserving of

Posted on Mon, 19 Nov 2018

This is well deserving of cherries Rhiannon and today they are gold in colour. I've read this a few times now and can appreciate how difficult the form must have been to use and make the poem work as well as you have. Congratulations, this is our...

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Posted in Cywydd [Cuh-with] Form, Wintery

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This incredible poem is our

Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2017

This incredible poem is our Twitter/Facebook pick of the day. It could not be more relevant, please like and share so others can read it.

 

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Posted in sometimes

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Time well spent, it's that

Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2020

Time well spent, it's that good.

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Posted in Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland

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Very glad you got distracted

Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2020

Very glad you got distracted with that book - we had no car growing up so everything was on the buses, and we could travel miles for not very much, so we often did. A fantastic piece of writing and a great pick. 

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Posted in Buses

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Congratulations to Ewan for

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2020

Congratulations to Ewan for today's (slightly late) pick. If you liked his poem, maybe give it a like and share on the Facebook and the Twitter.

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Posted in A Hymn for Silent Bells

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I'm still waiting on my

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2020

I'm still waiting on my sovrunty, I think it must have got lost in the post. Or maybe it's like PPI and you have to claim it back through those companies that charge 10%. 

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Posted in A Hymn for Silent Bells

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Ah, lovely, lovely lovely, a

Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020

Ah, lovely, lovely lovely, a pleasure to read. 

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Posted in Grey-Day rambling

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Not the raging sea of a

Posted on Wed, 15 Jan 2020

Not the raging sea or a turbid heart...  One of the best opening lines I have read in a while. The poem that follows is wonderful. Congratulations, this our Facebook/Twitter pick for today. If you enjoyed Yutka's beautiful poem, please give it a...

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Posted in Song of the Water Spirit

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We are not street corner

Posted on Wed, 15 Jan 2020

We are not street corner scarecrows to frit the unwary...brilliant line, brilliant poem.

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Posted in The Low Men

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