Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 757829 times
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392 of my 5,290 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 390 votes
My stories
On St Swithun's Day
On St Swithun’s Day let the sky be overcast drab drizzle feels more real than the primary bright of summer sun, crayon yellow in a corner of a...
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Chinook (Poetry Monthly)
In the quiet stillness at the end of the school day real life creeps in, a merest echo in cool corridors the shadow of a signature across a dusty...
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Solstice
The sun has stretched the day as far as it can and another year has passed, we must roll down the hill toward dark night, colour flashing on each...
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Loathsome (Poetry Monthly)
Speech is difficult words swell in my throat become a glob of thick phlegm that obstructs breath heaves into my mouth, fills then falls green and...
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Wool
Lambs follow the others from the meadow, with its sweet grass and yellow flowers smiling back at the sun, into the mountain folds, the secret places...
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A torrent of conflicted
Posted on Fri, 04 Mar 2016
A torrent of conflicted emotions, very moving.
Read full commentPosted in Nuthoused
I like the melancholic voice,
Posted on Thu, 03 Mar 2016
I like the melancholic voice, floating alone for eternity...
Read full commentPosted in HAL 2104 and Dave.
Great pace and humour; so
Posted on Sat, 27 Feb 2016
Great pace and humour; so frustrating that he can't see what the drink is doing, but this is very realistic.
Read full commentPosted in John's Fireball.
Lovely spooky stuff.
Posted on Fri, 19 Feb 2016
Lovely spooky stuff.
Read full commentPosted in The Everlasting Pie
The weight lifted, such a
Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2016
The weight lifted, such a wonderful feeling.
Read full commentPosted in Restrictions lifted (Poetry Monthly)
I like the use of rhyme here,
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2016
I like the use of rhyme here, has a gothic weight to it.
Read full commentPosted in The Evil Eye
I enjoyed these musings.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2016
I enjoyed these musings. 'Love is a temporary, biological imbalance', is true, but there again that's what we are too. Love is such a complicated word.
Read full commentPosted in Time To Love ?
Completely feasible.
Posted on Sun, 07 Feb 2016
Completely feasible.
Read full commentPosted in The Coldplay Problem
Your description of meanings
Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2016
Your description of meanings dissolving into the surreal is a great metaphor for the reaction to transforming news.
Read full commentPosted in Grave news
Full of the wisdom of
Posted on Fri, 29 Jan 2016
Full of the wisdom of experience. 'ish' is a wonderful suffix, a word in its own right.
Read full commentPosted in Like What We Was
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