Philip Sidney

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I have 165 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 738937 times and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
393 of my 5,296 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 391 votes

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Triptych 3: Souls

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 17 Jan 2016

Children nod heads at the priest as he instructs them on sin and the soul, they arrange their faces to radiate understanding, as they might for an...

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Triptych 2: Virgins

By Philip Sidney on Sun, 10 Jan 2016

Madonnas of the bus, balance babes on denim clad limbs, all bones and angles, not soft and milky like renaissance paintings, their eyes are luminous...

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Triptych 1: Mass

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 05 Jan 2016

Mother in a mantilla rubs her spit dampened handkerchief across a child’s face, not clean enough for God, who lives inside and judges us all. She...

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Love Song to the Universe (Poetry Monthly)

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 12 Dec 2015

i am small a tiny dot shrinking beyond < invisibility... at the centre of the screen ♦ after all the lights are off YOU would not miss me even if...

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The Maths Tutor (Poetry Monthly)

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 05 Dec 2015

How to e s c a p e halitosis and frac/tions torture inflicted on a torpid brain~ scratching equations at a desk + {(in a window) / over a gift shop}...

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How wonderfully restful.

Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2017

How wonderfully restful. Really nice use of rhyme too.

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Haha, serves him right!

Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017

Haha, serves him right!

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Posted in The Errorphobe

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Haha! I have long greyish

Posted on Sat, 10 Jun 2017

Haha! I have long greyish hair too - if you do yours I'll do mine.

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Such a strong, lilting voice

Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017

Such a strong, lilting voice in this sad, thought-provoking piece. Some things should not be forgotten. Well done to your father, Elsie - this is our facebook and twitter pick of the day.

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