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I'm John. I live in Norwich and write poems and books and for the radio. My first full poetry collection Most people aren't that happy, anyway is published by Nasty Little Press. You can take a look at it here.
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A Bookshop in Aberystwyth
It was in my drinking days, hungover at the seaside, Butty Bach after Butty Bach, bringing up all my usual drunken topics, people on their phones in...
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On Certainty
On Saturdays we get a Guardian delivered it's always through our door at 8.55 the regularity makes us feel good that someone is in a routine their...
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They have decided they might get a dog
It had been their ‘on the way home from work’ pub conversation. Let’s both make a list of pros and cons. Long walks in parks hand in hand, saying ‘...
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Marc with a c
He reads out the long number of his card, the sort code, the expiry date, ‘422, Natwest, Marc with a c, Martin with a y, Jonsson with no h and two ns...
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(two tall mountains)
A series of postcards of mountain ranges, the Appalachians and the Southern Alps, all of them stamped and posted to an address in Glasgow’s Southside...
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Red wine and Maltesers!
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Red wine and Maltesers!
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Ah, sorry, had no idea! Have
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2020
Ah, sorry, had no idea! Have changed it now!!
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