D G Moody

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I have 88 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 62331 times and 45 of my stories have been cherry picked.
140 of my 624 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 145 votes

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Douglas Moody

I’m now retired and living with my wife and Springer Spaniel in a village outside Cambridge U.K. I have dual U.K. and Australian citizenship, having lived in the latter and also travelled in Asia, in-between living in London for two years. I came back to the U.K. in 1993 as a Buddhist monk and was later involved in interfaith between Buddhist and Christian monasticism, which led to my returning to lay life. I now identify as a Christian – albeit with Buddhist influences!

My interests lie in writing – prose and poetry, informed by my experience of life plus religion, history, and current affairs. I also enjoy cooking, walking (with wife and dog), and the joys of friendship. I have previously posted on UKAuthors. My verse tends toward rhyming, but as a beginner I’m always willing to improve my craft.

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The Devil Walked Out

We are 'doing' Stevie Smith in my poetry group, and I like her poetry. This is my homage to her style, inspired by her own 'God and the Devil'. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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Cherry

Kali Yuga 2025

This is a retread of an older poem; and I felt I had to finish it to stop me sinking further into despair.The worst of it is that we have close friends in the U.S. who are telling us that they no longer recognise their own country. And no guessing who the hurdy-gurdy man is. (Image courtesy of Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay)
Cherry

Sonnet in Silence

Inspired by a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay - Bluebeard, it plays with idea of pesonal autonomy; of how much can we share with another person?
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Cherry

Another Year

Another poem based on an earlier one, and as with that, nothing much has changed. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons)
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Gold cherry

Strange Advent

A revision of a poem I posted last year. Sadly, nothing has changed. Image courtesy of Grumpy Beere from Pixabay

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140 of my comments have received 145 Great Feedback votes

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If this is the first poem in

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

If this is your first poem in seven years - then bravo! And may your inspiration give us more!

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Posted in Making Potions

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She was, and still is, an

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

She was, and still is, an inspiration; not least in actually living her faith in that most hard of things - to forgive, as we are all forgiven - the very essence of Jesus' teaching. 

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Posted in Remembering Corrie ten Boom

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I read my own father in so

Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024

I read my own father in so much of your words; I felt you spoke for so many of us sons who never properly connected with their fathers; in particular with the generation that came back from WWII.

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Posted in Muscle memory

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The impression - of words

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

The impression - of words dancing - of Springs renewal - simply magic - a worthy poem of the week.

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Posted in Our Soil

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Show not tell, and here in

Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Show not tell, and here in elegant verse we have a whole story I found this poem delightful. A good one Rhiannon.

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Posted in Night Help

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Spot On Rhiannon! We are

Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025

Spot On Rhiannon! We are passed every morning by a straggle of commuters heading for the guided bus stop; either with ear phones in or looking at their phones. Then out of the village walking our dog we get passed by joggers with ear phones in;...

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Posted in Awake??

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It works well for me, In the

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

It works well for me, In the use of language, as there is an evocation of winter in abeyance with Spring not yet upon us, hence the desire for hibernation.

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Posted in Hibernation

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Interesting similes, they

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2025

Interesting similes, they bounce the poem along.

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Posted in Doomed Love Poem

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If this was a struggle, can I

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025

If this was a struggle, can I have some of it! But yes, what a delight to read; how you've given the seas surge in your vivid imagery; and the last two lines - Bonzer Cobber!! Golden Cherries well deserved!

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Posted in Fathoms Above

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I lked your poem Rhiannon;

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2025

I lked your poem Rhiannon; especially as my wife and I attended a funeral in our village for a lady who had given so much of her life to the village and our church. I feel these occasions are rightly a 'right of passage' and are so very important...

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Posted in Joyful Reunion at a (double) funeral!

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