Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 694141 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
My stories
Cold Call
I hang wet sheets on the line and they slap me - they struggle in the spring air so I leave them with the resilient daffodils, the colour of...
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The Cow Hand's Wife (Poetry Monthly)
Tedious green sates the lazy cows, they chew in dull absence and wait for the next round of milking. A crow rummages in a fresh pile of digested...
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Kuini Takes a Break
Credit for the photo is at the end of the poem.
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Hikikomori
Removed for submission.
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Banshee Blues
We walked by the river in the green of our sun, we bathed in dry leaves beneath the red of our sun, you left me bone cold with my senses undone. You...
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This enjoyable piece brings
Posted on Mon, 06 May 2019
This enjoyable piece brings ancient history into the present - It's our facebook and twitter pick of the day - do share if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in A Roman Triptych - 1) Calpurnia's Story
Delicate and beautiful.
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2019
Delicate and beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in In the wee small hours of the morning...(that's the time I miss him most of all)
The story leaking through
Posted on Fri, 29 Mar 2019
The story leaking through the gaps. Gently powerful.
Read full commentPosted in The Instrumentalist
Great hard-boiled style and
Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2019
Great hard-boiled style and some lovely touches - the difficulty of managing wings and tails ...
Read full commentPosted in 30. Lady Writer
Oh I just love this!
Posted on Sat, 02 Feb 2019
Oh I just love this!
Read full commentPosted in A Molecule Lies Sleeping
Not deja vu - just that this
Posted on Wed, 09 Jan 2019
Not deja vu - just that this second part is so good too - so it's our facebook and twitter pick of the day! Do share...
Read full commentPosted in Chances ( 2)
What a thoroughly enjoyable
Posted on Wed, 02 Jan 2019
What a thoroughly enjoyable piece!
Read full commentPosted in After The Funeral (Part 1)
Let’s hope!
Posted on Mon, 31 Dec 2018
Let’s hope!
Read full commentPosted in Here's to a new year
Dark indeed - but it's all
Posted on Wed, 19 Dec 2018
Dark indeed - but it's all out there. Small typo with the apostrophe in eyes.
Read full commentPosted in No Good News
This beautiful and
Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2018
This beautiful and heartbreaking piece is so special. Do share our facebook and twitter pick of the day.
Read full commentPosted in Moon Whisperer
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