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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 626665 times
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164 of my 4,799 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 172 votes
My stories
A fisherman's tale
Re-write of a lost piece with a different turn.
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Home is where...
More reflections than a glitter ball. One more for the road.
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I had Joyce as coach passing
Posted on Thu, 14 Jun 2018
I had Joyce as coach passing signals to Beckett in midfield. Allen "Hands" Ginsberg in goal.
Read full commentPosted in Vamos España
How lovely. And also tragic.
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
How lovely. And also tragic. A wonderful message from a whale. My only thought was the "at" in "query at the sky". Wonderfully balanced rendering.
Read full commentPosted in Where I Belong
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
Very uplifting. I like the
Posted on Tue, 05 Jun 2018
Very uplifting. I like the idea of abandoning the quinine altogether and going straight to the juniper. Nice piece Richard.
Read full commentPosted in It's More Than Poetry
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
Enjoyable, again. Sounds a
Posted on Sat, 28 Apr 2018
Enjoyable, again. Sounds a bit like Dorset, but could be anywhere along the south coast.
I found I had to re-read the final paragraph a few times. It doesn't seem to read as easily as its predecessors.
Intriguing story.
Read full commentPosted in The Secret of Hillnesss Point 3
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)
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