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I have 1269 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
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Envisage

Imagine! Pressing down on your past, squeezing every last conquered quest, network of life becomes like cells of the brain, packed tightly into neat...
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Strength And Passion Of Women

Dear diary: In The Year Of The Woman, I needed to write this piece. By the beginning of 1988 I'd got to know many fantastic women who made such a big...
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Blink Of An Eye

My own photo Up high in grayish white atmosphere, clouds mass like an arctic wasteland, snow falls soft as guardian angel's touch, steady rhythm,...

Georgina

Record of Storm Georgina Wednesday 24 th January 2018 Tempest riding on untamed clouds blown to visit shores, traversing land like a runaway fugitive...
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Undying Beauty

Half light signals first flush of dawn unable to move in hospital ward, perfect sunrise shines as canvas of color brings tears to my eyes, sweeping...

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2868 of my comments have received 2948 Great Feedback votes

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It's nice to know I'm not the

Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who sees different shapes in trees. I don't think this poem would have held up had it not been for the photo. I especially like to look for faces in old oak trees...which have such characters.

Thank...

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Posted in Every Picture Tells A Story

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This is such a captivating

Posted on Fri, 14 Jul 2023

This is such a captivating poem Ewan. Definitely my favourite of yours.

Jenny.

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Posted in Don't Blame The River

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A pleasing poem Rhiannon. How

Posted on Fri, 14 Jul 2023

A pleasing poem Rhiannon. How I wish I'd studied more in music. If music be the food of love, play on: as Shakespeare once quoted.

I loved those lines:-

Patterns of sound

music of words

pleasing the chime

of...

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Posted in Word-music

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It's alarming to think that

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

It's alarming to think that demons cannot be completely destroyed. A spine chilling story indeed Jane.

Jenny.

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Posted in Cleanser of Demons

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Hi Paul,

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Hi Paul,

you describe what you are seeing with so much detail in your poem. It's always great when you have an interesting guide to share the history of where you are. I loved the third stanza, could just imagine the lady in white...

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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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An incredible account of all

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

An incredible account of all the ups and downs on your journey, taking the reader with you.

Well deserved of all the accolades Turlough.

Jenny.

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four

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There's nothing like dreams

Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2023

There's nothing like dreams to lift your spirit, we all have them, but would we really want those dreams to come true. ...

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Posted in Escape into dream jobs

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The characters voices are so

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

The characters voices are so dynamic, I could actually picture all the situations so clearly. There's so much humour in there too.

Brilliant as always Phil. ...

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Posted in Zombie! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 25)

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Yikes! What an escapade,

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

Yikes! What an escapade, especially at nineteen and on your own, though I do recall you saying travelling alone has never bothered you.

I had no idea there was an Australian Newcastle...wonder if Newcastle brown is their tipple over there...

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four

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It amazes me how you can

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

It amazes me how you can recall so much information Turlough. I wish that in my younger days on my travels I'd spent more time taking notes, and not just thinking about the next night out on the town drinking...oh! what stories I could have told...

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Posted in The Bratislava Pálava - Part Two of Two

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