Philip Sidney
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5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1012421 times
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On St Swithun's Day
On St Swithun’s Day let the sky be overcast drab drizzle feels more real than the primary bright of summer sun, crayon yellow in a corner of a...
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Chinook (Poetry Monthly)
In the quiet stillness at the end of the school day real life creeps in, a merest echo in cool corridors the shadow of a signature across a dusty...
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Solstice
The sun has stretched the day as far as it can and another year has passed, we must roll down the hill toward dark night, colour flashing on each...
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Loathsome (Poetry Monthly)
Speech is difficult words swell in my throat become a glob of thick phlegm that obstructs breath heaves into my mouth, fills then falls green and...
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Wool
Lambs follow the others from the meadow, with its sweet grass and yellow flowers smiling back at the sun, into the mountain folds, the secret places...
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I like the use of rhyme here,
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2016
I like the use of rhyme here, has a gothic weight to it.
Read full commentPosted in The Evil Eye
I enjoyed these musings.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2016
I enjoyed these musings. 'Love is a temporary, biological imbalance', is true, but there again that's what we are too. Love is such a complicated word.
Read full commentPosted in Time To Love ?
Completely feasible.
Posted on Sun, 07 Feb 2016
Completely feasible.
Read full commentPosted in The Coldplay Problem
Your description of meanings
Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2016
Your description of meanings dissolving into the surreal is a great metaphor for the reaction to transforming news.
Read full commentPosted in Grave news
Full of the wisdom of
Posted on Fri, 29 Jan 2016
Full of the wisdom of experience. 'ish' is a wonderful suffix, a word in its own right.
Read full commentPosted in Like What We Was
Glistening moments contained
Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2016
Glistening moments contained by controlled structure, you make these moments ours too.
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A horrible experience, I was
Posted on Sun, 17 Jan 2016
A horrible experience, I was once crippled by them but haven't had one for years, so it will probably pass, if that helps at all.
Read full commentPosted in Panic attack
From the freedom of the sky
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2016
From the freedom of the sky to what lies at the heart of things, wonderful in its layers.
Read full commentPosted in My Family and Other Animals
A stunning sense of place and
Posted on Wed, 23 Dec 2015
A stunning sense of place and time and timelessness. Beautiful images.
Read full commentPosted in Stars of Wonder
I wonder what the incident
Posted on Sat, 19 Dec 2015
I wonder what the incident was? An intriguing read. The red room has been a nightmairish place of transformation in literature, is this futuristic one? I look forward to more.
Read full commentPosted in The Red Room
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