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I have 250 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 364158 times and 147 of my stories have been cherry picked.
117 of my 1,388 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 127 votes

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Maddalena

Doodles, scribbles and poesy.

Has the tact of a tin of mushy peas lobbed through a plate glass window.

Why? We're all folk, that's why.

 

My stories

Cherry

Near myth

Morning doodle.
Cherry

Red Kite

Micro doodle
Cherry

Childline

Doodle
Cherry

Verve

Doodle

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117 of my comments have received 127 Great Feedback votes

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Each detail.

Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2017

...blends, but stark in its own right. The submerged in water and life beneath earth, that creates earth, a draw to the eye and mind. Excellent, enjoyed reading xx

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Posted in Submerged

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Striking

Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017

Damned enjoyable. The narrator as  alienated observer, is crafted well. A sense of this pervades. Though at an uneasy peace with a culture and heat to which he does not belong, he yet observes in practice, and masters local pleasantries. Again...

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Posted in Tail-end

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Embracing ..

Posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2016

... an idealised memory of self and nation...that never was.....

Good read.

Lena x

 

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Posted in Dream On

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Duality...

Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2016

...of existence. How to function? Heart wrenching. Poetry  so often addresses ephemeral, but pleasing states of being; this is crafted, but raw in a pain that leaves the reader breathless, and with you. Keep strong.

hug to you and your...

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Posted in The Silent Witness

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Lovely

Posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2016

as the tide's wave on sand; melancholy, joy, breathe in,  breathe out.

best regards

Lena xx

 

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Posted in Girl with Yellow Wings (Poetry Monthly)

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Succint

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2016

..and successfully conveys amongst other many other inherent themes, simplicity and complexity of learned motor skills/comfort/autopilot as part of addiction/comfort process (mimes filling and switching on electric kettle)  Like,like, like....

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Posted in Never forget smoking

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This..

Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2014

...'

 within the tangled scrim,

a branch snags, and eyes – orbs, 

a lethal mix of ambergris

and antonyms

reflect –  become

the moon.'

 

By crikey lovely lass, tha' can conjure dark beauty!...

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Posted in Night Moves

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Lovely surreal soundscape...

Posted on Tue, 02 Sep 2014

... I wondered if you might look at your enjambment and punctuation; consider pace you'd like the reader to follow with eye and heart. Quick review of spelling. All these edits I make too, so not poking at you. :)

best wishes

lena...

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Posted in a light

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Expressed...

Posted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014

...as milk from a breast with mastitis. Some pains cannot be prepared for, You handled this piece with sensitivity and knowing. A carefully worded build of peer networks and experience relied on, to a point where they cannot go, because all else...

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Posted in It All Came Out in the Wash

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Surprised...

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2014

...that this wasn't an editor's choice. You've handled an abhorrent practice with a dry, factual narrative, a voice relating incident as so 'ordinary'  as counterpoint to this horror, raising the mostrousity beyond any use of hyperbole.

...

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Posted in Crime and Punishment

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