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My stories have been read 42377 times and 6 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Edward Tapper

I am seventy years of age and have been writing poetry and short stories for about one year. I like to put my poems in the public domain and any comments good or bad are most welcome.

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Am I less Welsh?

By hedgehog1 on Tue, 22 Mar 2022

Houseflies dive and buzz circling The lights of the Pen-y-Bryn Arms stage, Celtic cutlery set out neatly adorn the tables It's open mike night at the...

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Men of coal

By hedgehog1 on Fri, 11 Feb 2022

Miners live and die above a seam of coal Where houses disgorge dark acrid smoke Into the very veins of their humanity Dry and bent from endless years...

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Air-kiss

By hedgehog1 on Sat, 07 Oct 2017

I will always need you {Love you?} Love you for ever Words of love will flow {Course} Between us Although you're far away Letters will reach your...

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My Dream of You

By hedgehog1 on Wed, 04 Oct 2017

The silent leaves of summer Burst into a deafening whisper As in my dreams I see your face Through a broken stained glass window Framed in the boughs...

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Solitude

By hedgehog1 on Wed, 20 Sep 2017

When all alone and in retreat I sit so quiet whilst on this seat My mind at rest as I sit and think Knowing that I am on the brink I know my mind it...

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Men of coal

Posted on Fri, 11 Feb 2022

Thank you so much for your welcome back comment!!

I was a working miner in the sixties so had first hand knowledge of the mining way of life before moving on to my new life in the MOD. I have fond memories of those brave and hard working...

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A difficult one

Posted on Mon, 18 Sep 2017

A difficult one to get my mind around this poem Rhiannon. "Vision gaps" and "Blind spots" seem to say that we all have faults, which I agree with, but, we don't always realise that we have them.

Edward

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What a well constructed poem Rhiannon

Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2017

What a well constructed poem Rhiannon, I was that rolling stone as a young man travelling with no thought of settling down. That all ended at the age of twenty seven as my stone settled down too married life. I can so relate my life to your poem...

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Such a well written poem

Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2017

Such a well written poem PoppyS it gives me much food for thought, do you need new friends or are or are you content to be alone with with your thoughts? I've always found friends came into my life in many unexpected ways, although, when I write...

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Metaphors

Posted on Sun, 30 Jul 2017

What a well written analogy of a metaphor.

Edward (hedgehog1)

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Rhiannon

Posted on Fri, 28 Jul 2017

I've read "Jewels from the jail" over and over and out loud. The more I read it the more I appreciate it's message. Well done on a very well constructed poem.

Edward

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