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I have 2033 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 4248533 times and 629 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1487 of my 13,042 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1530 votes

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Needed – Dads!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] O, where have all the fathers gone? Unvalued? pushed? abusive? some maybe just have felt unneeded, strayed, And some may wish that they had stayed. But if … and complementary Mum and Dad both benefit the lass and lad. …
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Designed to catch water

The desert beetle has hydrophilic bumps upon its back. Standing on the sand ridge facing the wind if lifts its back up and droplets of water condense...
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Little boy ponders …

“When our cat’s away, where does he go? what does he do? … – who knows?!”
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on Psalm 100

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] O, shout out for joy, acknowledge the Lord, and hail him who is, praise with gladness restored. The mighty...
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Immersed in barley!

Sometimes a crop the farmer sows, then clears a line where the footpath goes across his field. Sometimes he leaves the crop to grow and thinks the walkers all will go across and trample down that bit, and so others the footpath’s track will know …
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1487 of my comments have received 1530 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, I appreciate your

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Thanks, I appreciate your interest at analysis, Stephen. My background is Welsh and Welsh poetry which makes a lot of use of repetition of consonants or part words to form unbotrusive patterns to help the impact of verse. (In its technical...

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Posted in No Ties (IP)

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Quite apart from where your

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2025

Quite apart from where your bigger story is going, this is an interesting exploration of how boys, maybe having been bulllied, venturing in, egging each other on, into flexing their bullying muscles, and how easily it can escalate to their harm...

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (5)

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So difficult to describe

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2025

So difficult to describe those swirling hues! draped and languorous seem good adjectives.

Seems odd to connect them to watching angels servants, but I see the imagery can be thought of that way, Rhiannon

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Posted in Borealis

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She certainly seemed to have

Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2025

She certainly seemed to have been very pleased to meet you. My first contact here on the site with her was when one of my very early pieces I posted was 'Seashore' for kids, and she made a nice comment! Rhiannon

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Posted in Our Old Girl… Remembering Coral

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Well drawn. I just

Posted on Sat, 09 Aug 2025

Well drawn. I just happeed to be reading a little detective story a couple of days ago that had a similar situation very unexpected so I did suddenly suspect, but not long before the end! Rhiannon

PS I thought the concept of 'I want my...

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Posted in Do angels deserve to die?

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Must have been hard for your

Posted on Thu, 07 Aug 2025

Must have been hard for your mother. She sounds very committed to you over it. Rhiannon

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Posted in A Deaf Girl Living In A Hearing World - Chapter Two.

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that's thoughtful. Of course,

Posted on Thu, 07 Aug 2025

that's thoughtful. Of course, sometimes, it works the other way too — the one feeling sensitive is unconsciously misjudging others herself too! Need encouragement to show interest and find that helps others to show interest in them. Rhiannon

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Posted in Red

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What a lovely place to be,

Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025

What a lovely place to be, what a lovely walk! And all recorded in mind and paper/computer. Thank you. Rhiannon

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Posted in before Floris

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What a good twist! Finding a

Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2025

What a good twist! Finding a needy audience/group in need of his music! Rhiannon

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Posted in The secret life of Pizzly Bears

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Intriguing. Rhiannon

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2025

Intriguing. Rhiannon

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Posted in "Art of Trouble" 3

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