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I have 1931 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3111593 times and 583 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1403 of my 12,568 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1444 votes

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Cherry

Breakout!

Tired of lockdown, hundreds flock down … others bitter… lock-up … divisions … locked in
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Cherry

Unmown ‘lawns’ – plant conglomeration

Golden ‘Cat’s Ears’ flourishing, where drought and soil unnourishing has left the grass short, yellowing … but on the other lawn, abundance, of variety – self-heal, cinquefoil and clover daisies, moss …

“Repent and believe the good news”

…there’s so much news that grieves, appals, but he brought news that’s truly good. Don’t miss the blessings of this Word. [Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series]
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… but it can deceive

A scene set-up with ‘paper’ fairies*, or tricks of lighting implying mysteries, and plates corrupted (before our day of digital manipulation, to...

Aaron’s Rod (Mullein)

Striking spike shoots up from the woolly furry star-like pile of leaves on the wasteland floor … surprise and laughter among the scrub and stones!

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1403 of my comments have received 1444 Great Feedback votes

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I'm not sure if I read this

Posted on Sun, 03 Aug 2014

I'm not sure if I read this before, but if so, I think if so I must have done so too quickly. I have now caught its picture more clearly, and really feel how it has captured much of both worlds quite simply, and effectively.
It reminds me...

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Posted in Touring the City

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I enjoyed your journey among

Posted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014

I enjoyed your journey among the changing shades. Your spaces are much more vast than in England's farms and countryside, I think.
I looked up Leshenaultia, but it seemed to have a 'c' between the 's' and 'h', if I had the right plant....

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Posted in Yellow Days

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This is very well 'sculpted',

Posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2014

This is very well 'sculpted', Bee, and the interweaving rhymes heighten the flow. So much unsaid, left to the imagination, including what kind of love could lead to such a parting, and the finality of not being able to yet ask that question...

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Posted in Smiling, Waving and Crying

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I liked this very much too.

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2014

I liked this very much too. Concise, but not obscure. Actually, I thought that the rhino's horn looks like a pointed bone, so poetic licence! Particularly liked 'Labouring body lumbers' alliteration.
and in the last lines...

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Posted in Thandi

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Well put, Taris. I think I

Posted on Wed, 09 Jul 2014

Well put, Taris. I think I would add that the desire to obey God needs to be there, though if it is really there then there will be a realisation of the need for his help to do so, and for his forgiveness of the constant failings.
There is...

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Posted in Burning Bridges

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The contrast of escape to the

Posted on Mon, 07 Jul 2014

The contrast of escape to the garden peace, observation and imagination, with the tension of everyday struggles of communications and misunderstandings of relationship interestingly portrayed, Maisie. Rhiannon

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Posted in the bench

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You leave us with wondering

Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2014

You leave us with wondering about the background to this. Rhiannon

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Posted in White Walls Of Hope

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This is very touching, real

Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2014

This is very touching, real and vivid. The slow bereavement, the mind swimming about, but not agitated. The brevity and conciseness and form helps. Rhiannon

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Posted in For Ann

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Some lovely threads, and

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2014

Some lovely threads, and detail again – so much beauty out there to see and feel, and you share and beckon us to look! Rhiannon

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Posted in Poetry and That

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It  is the videoing aspect,

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2014

It  is the videoing aspect, and it would seem the lack of sober trial, and the apparent pleasure and fickleness in accusing and carrying out judgement that is puzzling and shocking. Or am I wrong? Rhiannon

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Posted in Crime and Punishment

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