Philip Sidney
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I have 160 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 263618 times
and 198 of my stories have been cherry picked.
379 of my 5,298 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 364 votes
My stories
Cold Call
I hang wet sheets on the line and they slap me - they struggle in the spring air so I leave them with the resilient daffodils, the colour of...
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The Cow Hand's Wife (Poetry Monthly)
Tedious green sates the lazy cows, they chew in dull absence and wait for the next round of milking. A crow rummages in a fresh pile of digested...
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Kuini Takes a Break
Credit for the photo is at the end of the poem.
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Hikikomori
Removed for submission.
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Banshee Blues
We walked by the river in the green of our sun, we bathed in dry leaves beneath the red of our sun, you left me bone cold with my senses undone. You...
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A complete delight!
Posted on Thu, 05 Apr 2018
A complete delight!
Read full commentPosted in The Whale Cafe
This is such a touching piece
Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018
This is such a touching piece.
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018
A sad and thought-provoking
Posted on Sat, 17 Mar 2018
A sad and thought-provoking portrait.
Read full commentPosted in The Pain of it All
What a shocking story! I was
Posted on Tue, 06 Mar 2018
What a shocking story! I was mentally shouting at these people for you. This is so unjust!
Read full commentPosted in Daniel 2016.
This engrossing and
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2018
This engrossing and beautifully described tale is our facebook and twitter pick of the day. Do share if you ike it too.
Image by Haggblom, Lisa - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain,...
Read full commentPosted in Old Dog-Fox In Bleak Midwinter
Wistful, suits the mood of
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2018
Wistful, suits the mood of the day.
Read full commentPosted in A Cold Memory
This poem takes us out of the
Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2018
This poem takes us out of the darkness and into the light - I think we could all do with a bit of that - It's our facebook and twitter pick of the day.
Read full commentPosted in Breaking The Silence
A beautiful piece of nature
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2018
A beautiful piece of nature writing.
Read full commentPosted in To Dance in the Shadows
What an effective use of
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2018
What an effective use of rhyme, like a cat marking time. I just love that last line. ...
Read full commentPosted in finding peace
Gorgeously languid.
Posted on Tue, 16 Jan 2018
Gorgeously languid.
Read full commentPosted in Queen Cordelia's Lament.
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