Rhiannonw

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I have 2101 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
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Why? What For?

How could He die? – and why? Why let them mock and crucify? … Don’t doubt, and wait to see Him come – too late …
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Blossom

Billowed dresses, pure snow-white … specks of gold wave …
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Praise, peace, palms and hatred

As prophesied, the peaceful King into Jerusalem rides in upon a colt, untrained and humble but some are jealous, angry, grumble: they ask He stop the praise and cheer, but …

What can you hear?

Shut your eyes: What can you hear? … “Buzz! buzz! buzz!”– … whose squeaky brakes!

If spin-dryers were uninvented …

In days of yore when we were newly wed, it was awhile before we could afford a twin-tub or a spinner, and for a while I tried to squeeze – as Grandma...
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1536 of my comments have received 1583 Great Feedback votes

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Oh, I enjoyed this too, Di!

Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2019

Oh, I enjoyed this too, Di! There is something so bright about gorse's yellow, if you bother to get close. And almost always has some flowers, and sometimes a great mass shining in the sun. You even bring out the scent and softness (such a...

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Posted in gorse

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Thank you, Richard. I had

Posted on Wed, 20 Mar 2019

Thank you, Richard. I had seen it, but hadn't decided on a suitable reply! I hope to print it out very big, and take it to her soon. I hope it will touch her spirit when worried muddled up memories feel overwhelming, and help her to let go, and...

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Posted in A Poem for Eleanor

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That's a lovely picture of

Posted on Sun, 17 Mar 2019

That's a lovely picture of memories.

I have a mother-in-law in a nursing home who is troubled a lot by troubled dreams, which seem to have their roots in a life of fears and worries and anger that she suppressed and now has partially...

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Posted in This Older Man

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It's quite fun to play around

Posted on Tue, 12 Mar 2019

It's quite fun to play around with rhymes in this way, isn't it? Not to make them too lumpy, and try to see how they help to keep a rhythm going. I liked the 'blob'! And you've brought in a lot about the feelings of the situation. The form does...

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Posted in Last Week I Lost My Job (Rimus Dissolutas)

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Quirky bit of fun! Rhiannon

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Quirky bit of fun! Rhiannon

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Posted in Conversation of a Tree

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No, really, that's all very

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

No, really, that's all very interesting. The focussing on one thing not the general view I've noticed in other ways. I do think that being yourself and knowing you are concerned when someone is upset, is far better and appreciated than rushing...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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Concerning the 'eye contact

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

Concerning the 'eye contact thing' you commented to Di about – Do you think part of the problem may be often the impression being given that it means longer eye-contact than is really right or necessary. I know it can be painful for those with...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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Sobering and sad history. It

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2019

Sobering and sad history. It is useful sometimes to remember dictators and movements that seemed unconquerable and highly feared, and now are more or less forgotten.. Names come to mind even from my own lifetime.

Only One King will rule...

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Posted in Siege Of Leningrad

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Aren't they difficult to

Posted on Sun, 24 Feb 2019

Aren't they difficult to remove? I once posted a little verse, with the other problem they lead to!

https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/little-irritants

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Posted in Pet Hate.

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Very perceptive. I guess the

Posted on Thu, 21 Feb 2019

Very perceptive. I guess the bullies sadly are often really lonely insecure people, and making matters worse for themselves.

Only those who won’t fight back Are suitable as prey. and those who show they're hurt by it?

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Posted in Free From Fear

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