D G Moody

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I have 91 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 72746 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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.

My stories

August 1914

The events of August 1914 predertimined most of the following history, that is still being played out today. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).
Cherry

Memento Mori

I've broken many a cup in my life, but I still have this one......for now.
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Cherry

Mutability

©©After reading Delay, by Elizabeth Jennings, these lines came to me. (Image courtersy of Wikimedia Commons)
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Soap Bubbles

A little piece of whimsy, after watching soap bubbles just now,
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Last Orders

Medicine? not the pills I now swallow, but just looking back, on a happy if misspent youth. Image. Rock and Roll party Sydney 1976.
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142 of my comments have received 147 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks Jenny, and aren't we

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

Thanks Jenny, and aren't we blessed that we can all meet here? And with your poems - sometimes our pain becomes the fertile soil out of which good poems grow - your was a classic example.

Keep well Jenny.......Dougie

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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This poem is beautifully

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

This poem is beautifully crafted, with a timeless message that reached me in a special way, as I'm now in the stage of life where pain also becomes a companion, but fortunately I can still have my walks. Please keep writing Jenny as your art is...

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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Thanks Paul Our understanding

Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2024

Thanks Paul Our understanding of time seems so limited; we swim in it as do the fish in water but without any proper understanding of how it works.

And thanks to the editors for the Cherries - gratefully received.

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Posted in Mutability

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Gosh! I now remember from

Posted on Mon, 15 Jul 2024

Gosh! I now remember from childhood this pink gloop. But what was it? Anyway great poem Rhiannon.

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Posted in Not to everyone’s taste!

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I enjoyed listening to your

Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024

I enjoyed listening to your poem Paul, and it brought to me the scene of the west coast.

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Posted in West of Ireland

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An original take -

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

An original take - Iconoclastic Saint Lou, and wouldn't be a hoot if he was on duty at the pearly gates?

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Posted in Praying to St Lou Reed

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What a lovely poem - your

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

What a lovely poem - your words drop like the soft days ending into the balm of night - thank you Jane

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Posted in Dusk

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Gordon Giltrap, sweet

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024

Gordon Giltrap, sweet nostalgia - again, a good poem - thanks.

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Posted in Broken Heartsong

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A nice one Rhiannon; and it

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024

A nice one Rhiannon; and it reminded me of our attempts to grow carrots (why?) it must have been the stony ground because they always came out mishapen! Like spuds - just buy at the shop!

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Posted in The tentative gardener

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Such a lovely evocation of

Posted on Wed, 22 May 2024

Such a lovely evocation of nature; I could see that lovely wood through your poem - thanks Jennifer.

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Posted in State Of Bliss

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