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I have 185 stories published in 13 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 380192 times and 11 of my stories have been cherry picked.
409 of my 3,291 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 416 votes

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Nolan

There's a rainbow in my soul
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And the rainbow never ends

My stories

oh near is the sea!

nearer the sea stronger the stream stronger the stream bolder the dream closer the dunes, pale the moon gleams oh loud is the surf great is the joy!...

laughing water

gentle joyful cascades of love court dance and romance misty mystery of minnehaha's magic mystic music madly sing her mother's rushing mushing...

circles and rings

hand in hand your hand my hand my hand yours ring and ring my ring your ring charms that stole my heart flame and faith will win your ring chained...

A dweller on the threshold

Miranda worked as a receptionist at a nearby private psychiatric hospital, she worked night-shift, one week on, one week off. The first private...

ballad of the march of the muse

her footprints glow her shadow falls on deserted plains and moonlit valleys she climbs the silver spiral stairway to crystalline skies to pristine...

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409 of my comments have received 416 Great Feedback votes

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A New Life!

Posted on Sun, 22 Feb 2026

A New Life! Nolan &

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Posted in Who needs Jesus Christ?

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very poetic language

Posted on Sun, 30 Nov 2025

Very poetic language Rhiannon! Beautiful rhyme, lovely rhythm. Good choice of a lighthouse for the cover!

Blessed be him not in the council of "... nor sits in the seats of scoffers ".

& Nolan

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Beuatiful!

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2025

Beuatiful! A wonderful story poem! I also know how it feels, and then doubling the happiness instead in the end. I went to a dance school for a few months would recommend to anyone, it's  just expensive - not to sound but might be a good thing....

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Posted in No more flowers on the wall

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lovely descriptive language

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Very original, lovely descriptive language like grey tracery ; fine fawn point, furl of zingy ; woods afizz". These ones among others I don't really know what they mean, claggy ignominy. breathing deep-pile hug".

Sad to say your output of...

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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A holy time of the year

Posted on Sun, 24 Mar 2024

A holy time of the year, and sombre, time for reflection and gratitude and compassion. I have the Mel Gibson film "Passion of the Christ" here on Dvd I haven't seen it yet will watch it within a day or two. I hear it is really very heavy but they...

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Posted in Five days before he was crucified

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wonderful! lovely work!

Posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2022

Lovely Jenny, wonderful! I always feel so empty and bored with my life compared to how full and beautiful your days are, well that's why reading your work is such a pleasure. And for many of us too! Although I do think I have a very rich inner...

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Posted in What I Love

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funny!

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2020

Good humour you can almost see the chase! Nolan

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Posted in Chasing a Mosquito

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gentle modest dignity

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2020

Sparrows are the most beautiful of birds, in their common, gentle modest dignity &&

Always warm and kind, loving, cheerful and playful. See you then Richard!

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Posted in Here Birdie

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a beautiful name

Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026

I took the name Nolan from my late Uncle Brown Maggie, it is a name I have always cherished partly I I think of how fondly my dad Buster always spoke of him, and how good my uncle was to me.

Nolan is a Welsh name and it means Noble Friend...

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One Irish Rover

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026

One Irish Rover

A mystic and an extraordinary incredibly versatile artist, regarded as his most original album and greatest work is the very early "Astral Weeks" but to me the more obscure "Veedon Fleece" closer to jazz is just as a work...

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Posted in Love letter to Van Morrison

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