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and 17 of my stories have been cherry picked. 28 of my 2,449 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 27 votes
Part Two of my Whitstable Writings. Based on the true stories of how the French prisoners of war escaped the hulks in the Thames during the Napleonic wars.
28 of my comments have received 27 Great Feedback votes
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Pick of the Day and Poem of the Week
Posted on Thu, 08 Dec 2016
To write a nonsense poem is not as easy as it might seem. First of all it must flow beautifully - and this does - then it must have really wonderful new words - and this does - and finally it must have some sense in it, and this certainly does....
Whilst we all know the horror of the teenage girl and the cruelty dished out this is still a good story, well told. The characterisation is excellent and the flow is spot on.
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I like this very much - the passion in it is almost touchable. But I do agree with jolono - it needs a bit of work. Go though it sentence by sentence and ask yourself - is this necessary and does it follow on from the sentence before? Hone it...
I am lucky enough to have a largish colony of lesser horseshoes (which are very rare) living above my kitchen. They endure my loud Frank Zappa sessions, the cooking smells and the laughter - and in return I give them a specially engineered bat...
Can't be bad! And it isn't. I read and re-read this before getting to the bottom of every careful word. Definitely a poet writing prose - and doesn't it work well?
I think this is excellent. It seems to veer off course when we get to the beer tasting event but it all ties up very well at the end. There's a lot of show and not tell here - I bet you all have a picture of that hat in your mind but it's never...
This is very good - it takes a slightly flippant approach to what we all know is one of those key moments in life. I particularly like the extra half hour to look at the fish. It puts us all in the writer's head and that's a great skill. Good...
Pick of the Day and Poem of the Week
Posted on Thu, 08 Dec 2016
To write a nonsense poem is not as easy as it might seem. First of all it must flow beautifully - and this does - then it must have really wonderful new words - and this does - and finally it must have some sense in it, and this certainly does....
Read full commentPosted in Fernundaling
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 22 Nov 2016
Whilst we all know the horror of the teenage girl and the cruelty dished out this is still a good story, well told. The characterisation is excellent and the flow is spot on.
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Read full commentPosted in The Disco
Pick of the Day
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
The raw and visceral nature of this poem will move any reader. You do so well to capture it. A no brainer for Pick of the Day.
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Posted in Blue
I like it
Posted on Thu, 17 Nov 2016
I like this very much - the passion in it is almost touchable. But I do agree with jolono - it needs a bit of work. Go though it sentence by sentence and ask yourself - is this necessary and does it follow on from the sentence before? Hone it...
Read full commentPosted in The Food Bank
Lesser Horseshoes
Posted on Tue, 08 Nov 2016
I am lucky enough to have a largish colony of lesser horseshoes (which are very rare) living above my kitchen. They endure my loud Frank Zappa sessions, the cooking smells and the laughter - and in return I give them a specially engineered bat...
Read full commentPosted in Bat Time
Pick of the Day and Story of the Week
Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2016
Great to see you back on ABC - and with a cracking story too! It's our Pick of the Day and our Story of the Week.
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Read full commentPosted in Meeting a wolf
Great stuff
Posted on Sun, 16 Oct 2016
So glad these have had a good reaction - I've got a few of my own to put on now! This is a cracker.
Read full commentPosted in DR BEECHING
Pick of the Day and Story of the Week
Posted on Thu, 21 Jul 2016
Can't be bad! And it isn't. I read and re-read this before getting to the bottom of every careful word. Definitely a poet writing prose - and doesn't it work well?
Posted in Dogs
Story of the Week
Posted on Tue, 01 Mar 2016
I think this is excellent. It seems to veer off course when we get to the beer tasting event but it all ties up very well at the end. There's a lot of show and not tell here - I bet you all have a picture of that hat in your mind but it's never...
Read full commentPosted in Don't I Look Like Myself?
I like it.
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2016
This is very good - it takes a slightly flippant approach to what we all know is one of those key moments in life. I particularly like the extra half hour to look at the fish. It puts us all in the writer's head and that's a great skill. Good...
Read full commentPosted in The Doctor's First Dozen Words
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