Philip Sidney

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I have 161 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 295686 times and 203 of my stories have been cherry picked.
376 of my 5,360 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 372 votes

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Night-flying in North Wales

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 11 Apr 2017

In daylight the sleek, black, gleam of wing flashes above slate tiles tilts and slips into a gap in the mountain. Later- you look up past a neighbour...

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Cold Call

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 26 Mar 2017

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)

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 07 Feb 2017

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

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 21 Jan 2017

Credit for the photo is at the end of the poem.

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Hikikomori

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 11 Dec 2016

Removed for submission.

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376 of my comments have received 372 Great Feedback votes

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What a gripping story, very

Posted on Thu, 12 Jul 2018

What a gripping story, very believable.

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Posted in The End of Marianne Brownleaf’s Teaching Career

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To quote Kevin from Home

Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2018

To quote Kevin from Home Alone, 'Television is my life', and if I ruled the world there'd be a hell of a lot more Scandi noir and feminist art docs. But I don't and this is genius and our facebook and twitter pick of the day.

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Posted in Today's TV

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This thought-provoking piece

Posted on Tue, 19 Jun 2018

This thought-provoking piece is our facebook and twitter pick of the day. Do share it....

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Posted in UV (Part 3) - Dillon

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A wonderful poem, strength in

Posted on Sun, 17 Jun 2018

A wonderful poem, strength in its delicacy. A friend of mine died from breast cancer a couple of days ago, this poem speaks to so many. I love its positivity in the conclusion.

This film is so very beautiful too!

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Posted in Tribute to Bee

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