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I have 1266 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5795584 times and 531 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2842 of my 19,636 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2922 votes

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My stories

A daughter's Lament

A Halloween tale

No Easy Road

A bank holiday drive up from Cornwall in 1974
Cherry

When Tears turn to Dust

I have few stories I could tell of life - pain a living hell

No more Tomorrows

A piece of lost love.

Fire...Earth...Air & Water in October

Come join us, with powerful arms massage those oils release the balms

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2842 of my comments have received 2922 Great Feedback votes

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Great story. Life can be so

Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2020

Great story. Life can be so difficult for some students.

Jenny.

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Posted in Goodbye, room

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It's always good to know

Posted on Sun, 01 Nov 2020

It's always good to know there are people who care when times are tough. I believe that as humans we all have a part to play.

My motto in life has always been: do unto others as you would have done to you. 

I hope that I've been of...

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Posted in What's Best For You

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Hi Rachel,

Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2020

Hi Rachel,

I have a feeling this would be a good poem for remembrance Sunday, but then I could be wrong, but the distance these birds must have covered during the war would have been so important.

A great tribute of a poem to this...

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Posted in Anacreon’s Pigeon

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I like this poem, it has a

Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2020

I like this poem, it has a great flow to it. 

Jenny.

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Posted in Another Autumn

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Your poem caught my eye

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

Your poem caught my eye straight away Rachel. Definitely up there with the best ones. I like the hope this little bird sings. Something we all need to hold onto in difficult times.

Thank you for sharing this beauty.

Jenny....

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Posted in A Tailor Bird’s Song To A Spider

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Ha, ha, loved this juicy take

Posted on Thu, 08 Oct 2020

Ha, ha, loved this juicy take on a nursery rhyme Rhiannon. Put a smile on my face.

Jenny. 

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Posted in Attacking a satsuma like Jack Horner

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Just love your descriptions

Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020

Just love your descriptions of the birds in your poem Di, it sounds like they have a real feast in your garden. It's nice to welcome our feathered friends and your enthusiasm shines through in this poem.

Jenny.

 

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Posted in bird feeder

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Lovely poem Ed.

Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020

Lovely poem Ed.

I saw a family of manatees when we went down the everglades in Florida, we were so lucky because they're very shy creatures.

Thank you for sharing this tribute to a fine creature.

Jenny.

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Posted in Manatee

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What a lovely idea. I

Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2020

What a lovely idea. I especially love that first stanza, just my cup of tea.

Thanks Rhiannon.

Jenny.

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Posted in The seasons' round

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Hi Rachel,

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2020

Hi Rachel,

I've just been reading about these birds and their amazing nests. It's good to know that they are protected by folklore, but It's sad to think that it's association with witchcraft has so much fear linked to the hamerkop....

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Posted in Hamerkop

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