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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 490062 times and 282 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1740 of my 5,508 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1789 votes

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inklings

commas wait for speech, in thickening stillness wriggle, as possibilities shrink to silt in sun's incomprehension for small ink black slinkings...
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stravaganza

let off horizon's leash, sun casts hungrily through bare trees till shadow's cowered, tight- bowerered in honeysuckle stalks on a stumped giant,...
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Persephone's first day

I came from darkness into darkness from walls of Earth, veined halls seeping mesh of fresh water down, along, down sought and silent-supped by...
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two paths (may be distressing)

lithe russet, fox flickers through trees' lichened blue haze black, in black of branches raven calls, excited somewhere high buzzards too know woods...
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at bay

you've gone to the moon we know only as light, a white finger from Heaven whose pulse pulls Earth's sheathing waves noise clings to us, we cannot out...

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1740 of my comments have received 1789 Great Feedback votes

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Joyfully Surreal this

Posted on Wed, 31 May 2023

Joyfully Surreal this fabulous poem is Pick of the Day, please do share and retweet if you can!

The image is from here : https://upload....

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Posted in Ladies who lunch at The Entomol

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This skillful and informative

Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023

This skillful and informative Nature poem by Rhiannon is Pick of the Day! Please do share and retweet if you can

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Posted in On the 6500+ km journey, twice

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I feel sad whenever what you

Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2023

I feel sad whenever what you describe happens, someone nearby has cut down most of their trees, concreted over their garden, torn off an intricately carved listed wooden porch "I didn't know it was listed but it was rotten anyway" and persuaded...

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Posted in Am I a Snob?

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"had so many spams on my

Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023

"had so many spams on my account in the past, simply by trying to learn on my own, which then ends up costing me to get the computer sorted out....
When I ask anyone to show me what I need to do, I can immediately feel their impatience, as...

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Posted in Relaxed Day In Summer

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This reminded me of similar

Posted on Tue, 22 Nov 2022

This reminded me of similar journeys, powered by Spangles, but it's also fascinating for describing a time of change in how people lived,  the coming of plumbing and electricity, which now we take for granted. These wonderful memories of...

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Posted in Pengwndwn*

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yes! can see her making her

Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022

yes! can see her making her own homemade organic soup to throw at a painting :0)

She might even make it into a home schooling project, studying which kinds of soup are stickiest and getting the most effective chunk size. Can imagine her...

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Posted in The Pregnant Waitress (part 2 of 2)

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Hullo, did you know M&S do

Posted on Sat, 30 Jul 2022

Hullo, did you know M&S do online measurements, or even ones on the phone? If you type into google "UK how to measure for bra" M&S website is at the top, so lots of people must need this? If you go to the page, there is also an opton to...

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Posted in M&S

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" sea delivers selfless peace

Posted on Sat, 02 Jul 2022

" sea delivers selfless peace." It does. I liked this very much. 

Was a bit confused by this,, is it a crowd of crows?

"A black crowd straddles the sand....

Later the rogue tangles with another crow,"

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Posted in On Oddicombe Beach

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Great to read  Ugly Puggly

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

Great to read  Ugly Puggly again, this bit is genius

"Well, if we’re gonnae go up tae the crematorium, a council van will blend in like a tombstone. And if anybody spots us, they’ll hink we’re council workers. No expect us tae move, or dae...

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Posted in Ugly Puggly 42

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Phew, I thought now Ewan was

Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Phew, I thought now Ewan was being eaten up by the mysterious monster. It is like a detective story in its own right. Write

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Posted in Sticky Wullie

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