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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 590341 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1914 of my 5,866 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1970 votes

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D is for Dove (Decoration and Real)

blind symbol of peace, cut from wordless paper, swings hunger flown further out shy beauty on grey wings
Cherry

C is for Cracker and Chestnut

two hands snap! out old joke cheap toy, soon lost and crown velvet lips speak through spikes of secrets swelling brown
Cherry

B is for Bauble and Rowan Berries

sparkling, empty, always perfect this man-made fruit, unlike seedful berries gloriously unput
Cherry

A is for Angel and Ash Tree

watching with unpacked calm pale face in cornered dark as ash trees reach, each arm in sleek, moonsliver bark
Cherry

tall storey

Once upon a time, a family was looking for somewhere to settle, came upon a piece of land and decided to build where the sun always shone and the...

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1914 of my comments have received 1970 Great Feedback votes

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It's ok being a serious

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2025

It's ok being a serious intellectual when everything is not going seriously wrong? Times like now, laughter is needed very much! Also you imply comedy is easier, not sure about that. There's timing and rhythm like in poetry, only with characters...

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Posted in Jacques and Basil

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I liked how your Alice is the

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

I liked how your Alice is the one with the frying pan, as opposed to the lady who was hanged for killing her abusive husband.
Starving children should be remembered

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

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Reading this is a very

Posted on Sun, 19 Jan 2025

Reading this is a very welcome antidote to that speech from America, today!
I agree, is a huge shame on our parliament that self interest overcame the greater good in the housing issue
interesting you call them the Clumsy Party - my...

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Posted in 21st Century Saviour : Prime Minister Alfred Muggins!

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That's not true! The

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

That's not true! The policemen are always funny!

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Posted in Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (Dead Reckoning series - Part 44)

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As Jenny says, tension really

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

As Jenny says, tension really building, now!

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Posted in Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (Dead Reckoning series - Part 44)

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enjoyable new episode,

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

enjoyable new episode, Thankyou :0) I still feel Precious is not all bad, but so intriguing what she is up to, and very stressful for Samantha!

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Posted in Don't Blame It on That Girl (Dead Reckoning series - Part 43)

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So much great stuff in this!

Posted on Sat, 18 Jan 2025

So much great stuff in this! Gods of selfies, what an interesting/scary thought. I loved "sky licked shore" too. And "Slapdash wild Spring"! BRILLIANT! And the part with the ledge is strongly nightmarish, then "soft and adrift as Winter snow"...

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Posted in The Gods of Selfies

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Your photo shows such a kind,

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

Your photo shows such a kind, fun, vibrant man. You write very powerfully. I am so sorry. Your wonderful children are with you, you will help each other.

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Posted in "Silence"

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Thankyou so much Jane XXX

Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2025

Thankyou so much Jane XXX

Thankyou very much, Maxine, for your kind advice XXX

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Posted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.

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I can imagine it all too

Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025

I can imagine it all too easily! Possibly (fool's) gold, definitely glowing. But Musk's will be bigger, he will make his face in the sky with satellites to look like stars

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Posted in A statue of you

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