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My stories have been read 225205 times
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2 of my 18 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes
Mark Ashley
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Morning Commute
the mist floats like graceful birdflight swooping over grass and trees and a swirl scatter of dewdrops glisten glisten and hum a resonant drone of...
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Desert of Dreams
bright light and open eyes. dry dark sand on the horizon of forever. no sea swell, salt water, wind and wave. no seaweed, no seashell, no seagull. no...
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Gentle and Slow
Slow murmur, slow and steady Gentle and slow Whisper across the world Settle into sleep slumber Gentle and slow Whisper through the desert of dreams...
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The Mask (revisited)
I have a mask of frozen flesh My features stiff and cold Petrified by pain and loss Lovers lost, new and old I hide behind this bitter mask That...
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Valentines
Today is Valentines Day, and the shops are filled with hearts and flowers, all kinds of hearts, no end of flowers. Chocolate hearts, pizza hearts,...
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agreed... this was written
Posted on Fri, 09 Jan 2026
agreed... this was written very much out of anger, written to be a song mainly, but the words are here...' for what it is worth...
Read full commentPosted in ICE terror
really like "untamed storm
Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2026
really like "untamed storm drenching decayed leaves". Rain is an interesting and pervasive topic, which I find crops up in my own writing more than I realised until I looked.
Read full commentPosted in Rapid Shift Of Weather