Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 755074 times
and 211 of my stories have been cherry picked.
392 of my 5,291 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 390 votes
My stories
Spindrift
I am no longer there cannot see standing horses bending heads against the wind leaning into each other sharing warmth dreaming waiting nibbling...
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Bathing
Take in the kitsch candy colours of the Blue Lagoon, limpid aqua pools, backlit, like pictures of Jesus or Elvis, frilly lime algae floats, languid,...
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Trolls
Trolls look down from the ridge at those who pass watch colours change they know each rock how light reveals the curve of the land how shadows...
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Cod War
A low key Icelandic harbour, one jaunty fishing boat, the salting-shed is shut, gulls swoop, ducks bob on the swell, their Frankie Howard, 'ooohs'...
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On Not Seeing the Northern Lights
I never have seen the Northern Lights, you sent pictures from your garden after I had left, beautiful, but you said an image cannot capture how it...
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It is so strange to be left
Posted on Wed, 07 Oct 2015
It is so strange to be left behind, looking at the space they grew in. Loved the avacado and its resonance particularly.
Read full commentPosted in Stepping Stones (Poetry Monthly)
Beautiful, especially lovely
Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2015
Beautiful, especially lovely with Leonard Cohen playing in the background.
Read full commentPosted in It's Four in the Afternoon...
This is so very moving, now
Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2015
This is so very moving, now you've really set me off, my darling ones grown and flown...beautifully effective in its simplicity and vivid moments.
Read full commentPosted in 'Mine's a Saveloy!'
Interesting perspective and
Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Interesting perspective and idea. Rather too much description of the 'special lady's room', detracts from the voice of the narrator.
Read full commentPosted in Muddy Heels: Chapter 1
A lovely dreaminess to this.
Posted on Thu, 17 Sep 2015
A lovely dreaminess to this.
Read full commentPosted in for ever
This is wonderful, the moment
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2015
This is wonderful, the moment preserved, the words giving me the experience. I feel the loss of the moment I never had, pretty special.
Read full commentPosted in Stockholm archipelago
Great story with a shocking
Posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2015
Great story with a shocking end.
Read full commentPosted in That White Man In The Corner
Lovely imagery, a mythic feel
Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2015
Lovely imagery, a mythic feel, ancient and present at the same time.
Read full commentPosted in Through fragrant Esplanades
Immensely readable, I look
Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2015
Immensely readable, I look forward to part 2!
Read full commentPosted in Cafe By The Sea- Part 1
Love this, and the notion of
Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2015
Love this, and the notion of a running tree. Your poem is light but runs deep, how we cannot be free to be who we are, very well put.
Read full commentPosted in Baobab
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