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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 505841 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1791 of my 5,590 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1841 votes

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1791 of my comments have received 1841 Great Feedback votes

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sunshine, showers short, and

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019

sunshine, showers short, and rainbows,
cuckoo calls and swooping swallows.

fresh and shining shade,
glowing green of woods and glade

How precious a home,
a haven that’s warm

of mosses, saturated, soft;...

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Posted in Through the year month by month

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I love the description

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2019

I love the description "withers and fills" . Scrolling back up top to the top of the poem, was surprised how short it is as it is so full of images

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Posted in prairie river flowing

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wow! what a brilliant

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2019

wow! what a brilliant wonderful amazing reader you are! I could listen to you reading all day :0) I'm really glad you posted this one! Please do a Craven Danger one with lots of dialogue?

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Posted in Lincoln's Crumpled Paper IP

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The weight on your shoulder,

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019

The weight on your shoulder, that is the most precious feeling, isnt it? I didn't feel I was a mother till I felt that, like somehow I was balanced. And the sense of unbalance you brought to the story was so strong, like the narrator couldn't be...

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Posted in Katy, A Ghost Story (IP)

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this is one of your intense

Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2019

this is one of your intense mood creations, the stillness (I hope not loneliness) in this place, and the weather/life disturbing outside. And the wondering what conversation caused the ringing in your ears. Covers the same weather as Jenny's...

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Posted in In perpetuity

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Brilliant description of

Posted on Wed, 07 Aug 2019

Brilliant description of incoming tide being "the long push"

"pincered beasts and tube-dwelling tentacled lagoon worms" makes them sound like fantasy monsters :0) I like your contrast of the diferent uses of shells, too. So many details....

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Posted in Tentacled Lagoon Worm

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or maybe you outgrew it. Or

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2019

or maybe you outgrew it. Or life's lexicon discovered you had been mislabelled all the time

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Posted in Nameless

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"cardinal red

Posted on Thu, 01 Aug 2019

"cardinal red

laced and wired with veins and arteries,

a muscular bomb" this is so vivid!

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Posted in Rubatosis

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I like this more and more

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2019

I like this more and more each time I read it. I feel like I am stalking your ideas, though, as there was a flock on the buddleia outside. I don't remember seeing so many before. You convey the feeling of their indomitability/fragility really...

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Posted in Painted Ladies

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You listen to World Service

Posted on Tue, 30 Jul 2019

You listen to World Service too! Sometimes cannot sleep al night and it is comforting listening to them talking, knowing they are al awake too. You have conjured the teetering fragile feeling of being very tired and unable to sleep, like an...

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