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I have 2136 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5361053 times and 667 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1540 of my 13,289 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1586 votes

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Too much to say to bother with consonants!

‘What is the picture on your birthday card?’ "box!”* ‘What does it say inside? What is that letter?’ “Uh for Deidi!*” ‘Where have you been this...
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Cherry

Competition

Goosegrass shoots up clinging, climbing choking, smothering the hedge …
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Two Contests

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] In place of armies’ warring slaughter, each should choose one man to fight, theirs was nine feet tall, in...
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Any Hard Task

It was still an up-hill pull with determined will to fully fulfil the task undertaken and reach the top not stop or flop or trip or slip or sleep,...

Scorning the warning

‘Put Micaiah in the prison.’ (For his warning Ahab spurned.) ‘Give him only bread and water, until safely I’ve returned.’ …

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1540 of my comments have received 1586 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you, Hilary! I hope you

Posted on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

Thank you, Hilary! I hope you are well. Rhiannon

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Posted in Colours for Kids 7)

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agree with the other two

Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

agree with the other two comments, a privilege to have experiened the sight and escape from time and chore with you!  I especially liked 'wheeling wings flashing, never crashing, like glitter in a snow globe shook'

Rhiannon

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Posted in herring gull gallantry

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Well, at least it seems to

Posted on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Well, at least it seems to blend in with some other colours in the sunset and flame and give a warming glow. (Actually if you want to be leagalisitc I expect you shouldn't have mentioned a second colour!). I was struggling with doing 'orange' in...

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Posted in Orange

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To speak out when right and

Posted on Sat, 23 Mar 2019

To speak out when right and necessary with honour but not malice is not easy, but much more productive. Rhiannon

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Posted in I WAS BORN

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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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