hilary west
Primary tabs
I have 250 stories published in
21 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 497711 times
and 19 of my stories have been cherry picked.
175 of my 1,330 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 177 votes
hilary west
I have been writing for over 25 years and some of my work is on here. In my time I have written novels, short stories, poetry, plays and assorted ephemera. I hope you enjoy your time discovering my site.
This is very attractive
Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2016
This is very attractive writing, getting more gritty towards the end :'she drilled a mineshaft into the side of my skull'. I like a lot of the poetic phrases.
HW
Read full commentPosted in Her eyes became the future
I suppose this is a metaphor
Posted on Sat, 12 Dec 2015
I suppose this is a metaphor for life. I've felt I was on the wrong train often !
Read full commentPosted in Train
Keats has certainly inspired
Posted on Sat, 15 Aug 2015
Keats has certainly inspired you, you may even make him green. Lovely lush words and phrases in this one, SSS.
Read full commentPosted in Summer Wine
Some interesting dialogue in
Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2015
Some interesting dialogue in this schooly fantasy. Pretty terrible teachers and pupils!!! It kept me reading !!!
Read full commentPosted in The Songstress' Lore of Lies
A very economic word
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2015
A very economic word picture that is quite beautiful. I like the phrase 'breasts - tinged pink'; it is very evocative!
HW
Read full commentPosted in Flypast
It can be very important to
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2015
It can be very important to get away as you say in this poem, a blessed relief, no matter how much you care for your loved ones when they age and get terrible problems!
Read full commentPosted in Valued Escapes (IP)
I really like this one,
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2015
I really like this one, Rhiannon. with its sense of rhyme and half rhyme. It's a gem!
Read full commentPosted in Catching the eye
Great cascading sequence of
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2015
Great cascading sequence of words.
Read full commentPosted in The River shows us truth
A very apposite poem for
Posted on Fri, 03 Apr 2015
A very apposite poem for Easter, Rhiannon. Maybe it will make us all reflect on the reality of Christ's message!
Read full commentPosted in The Crux of the Crucifixion
I must confess a terrible
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2015
I must confess a terrible thing happened to a hedgehog in my garden once. It was before people like Alan Titchmarsh told us to look under rubbish heaps before setting them alight. I never gave it a thought and yes one was under the leaves and...
Read full commentPosted in Hedgehogs
Pages