Philip Sidney

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I have 165 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 991821 times and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
385 of my 5,087 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 382 votes

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Looking for Lucy Lloyd

By Philip Sidney on Fri, 28 Nov 2014

While recording lives of others her own slipped away. She lingers in sepia as a face that won’t fit. Victorian vicar’s daughter - poor relation to...

Biography

Poem

Certificate PG

Ghost Hunting in New England

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 01 Nov 2014

I only ever saw a ghost once. It was a few days after the death of my father. I hadn’t expected him to die; ever. He died before we had managed to...

Non-fiction

Certificate 12

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City Loving

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 16 Oct 2014

You took me in your concrete arms - I felt the chill of your fabrication against my tender skin. You scratched me, bruised me, won me. I grew older...

Poem

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Map Reading for Beginners

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 11 Oct 2014

Wisdom criss-crosses the papery surface. Colour, symbol, measure, land, made knowable, traversable. Reality, scaled down. Stroke the mossy rock,...

Poem

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The Lost Art of Telephoning

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 09 Oct 2014

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Beautiful, austere images.

Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2015

Beautiful, austere images. Really like this.

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Posted in serenity

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You've made us notice her and

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015

You've made us notice her and you have sung her!

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Posted in To The Girl That's Not Sung

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Such a strong sense of

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015

Such a strong sense of isolation, heart-felt.

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Posted in Battered Shells

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Goodness! A nice sense of

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015

Goodness! A nice sense of time and place and an unusual take on The Fitzgerald story. Grim but well written.

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Posted in Bernice Bobs Her Head

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Hard to know what perfection

Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2015

Hard to know what perfection is, there is so much that is wonderful in imperfection. Love the penitential tone, we do love beating ourselves up. Great prayer of a poem.

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