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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1576585 times
and 538 of my stories have been cherry picked.
223 of my 5,435 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 237 votes
Nice read, Richard. Hope you
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
Nice read, Richard. Hope you're well. Have a wonderful day.
Read full commentPosted in He Who Is Sent
Yes, there's something
Posted on Sun, 17 Jun 2018
Yes, there's something predictable about the administration of justice. I like the repeated line. It works well.
Read full commentPosted in All Rise
There's never no war. They
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
There's never no war. They just move it around.
Read full commentPosted in One hundred years
That last lingering line is
Posted on Wed, 30 May 2018
That last lingering line is brilliant. I almost heard the cuckoo.
Great poem, Di_Hard. Great pick of the day. Sets spring into summer up nicely with a terrific pen portrait.
Read full commentPosted in renewable 2 (second go at this)
Lovely. You've written the
Posted on Sat, 28 Apr 2018
Lovely. You've written the innocence of the crayon into the poem.
Read full commentPosted in Collaboration
He's in the pile by the bed.
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
He's in the pile by the bed. Sometimes he just hits the spot. What made me think of him was the way you closed this one. Not being a highly trained operative, I'm not sure if it's pathos. Could be. But leaves the story hanging in the air like...
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)
That's a good point from Ewan
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
That's a good point from Ewan. The story has a kind of Raymond Carver-ish sense to it.
No diagnosis, then. Googling things like that can turn a person to drink.
Great characters and scenes by the way.
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)
Always a shame about the kids
Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018
Always a shame about the kids, resilient as they seem. More so than Robert's abdomen.
Read full commentPosted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 1)
Yes, you're right, of course,
Posted on Wed, 14 Mar 2018
Yes, you're right, of course, about form. I love the Stonehenge analogy and I've learnt a new word. A friend introduced me to "Poetry" by William Wantling. Wantling makes a good point, but it's not the only way of seeing it. What could be more...
Read full commentPosted in So long
Aaaaah. I haven't read him,
Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018
Aaaaah. I haven't read him, but I've read about him. You've just reminded me to take a look. If you like descriptive poetry with a natural or landscape theme, have a look at William Carlos Williams. Plath has her moments, too, in "The Colossus...
Read full commentPosted in Chutes of Spring
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