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Love Shapes
I met a man with tattoos in a pub who told me that love is shaped like an English poppy. I laughed in his face. “A poppy? What kind of idiot are you...
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An Imperial Man
The fare gazed out the back of the cab as we crossed the Thames, eyes fixed on the night black water. At first, I thought the tranny would be chatty and bubbly like they were on TV or in panto.
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Lilly Ng and the Starlight Burger Bar
1. Career Opportunities When Leon Fish was 15-years old he told Mr Bier, his depressed and cynical Careers teacher, that he wanted to become a captain of industry.
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Tinder – Ch 10 – Lewis
Some residents were bad. Albert, he was the worst by far.
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Tinder - ch 4 - Barry
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions. I’m not saying I’m always right.
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Great to hear he's home and
Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022
Great to hear he's home and nice piece. Thanks for posting it.
Read full commentPosted in A Final Message From Moscow
This really flows beautifully
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
This really flows beautifully. Loved it.
Read full commentPosted in Life Through a Prism
That's wonderful and I'm very
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022
That's wonderful and I'm very grateful given all the superb writing across the site. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in Nor There
Much appreciated. That's
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Much appreciated. That's really nice of you to offer to take a look when it's done -- thank you. You're right, thinking about it, there are shades of Barget.
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I can hear you reading this,
Posted on Tue, 28 Sep 2021
I can hear you reading this, Rhiannon. It's a lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in Complicated lives of the little creatures!
Lovely poem. I spent quite a
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Lovely poem. I spent quite a bit of time up there last year, wandering lonely as a deviant, and you've captured the energy of the landscape beautifully.
Read full commentPosted in Trees Called To Me
This hilarious story is our
Posted on Sat, 18 Apr 2020
This hilarious story is our Pick of the Day -- it was performed superbly by Sean at our virtual reading last week. It's so well constructed -- the pacing of the dialogue and action, combined with little descriptions, are executed with immense ...
Read full commentPosted in Look Up The Inferno
That second stanza is
Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021
That second stanza is wonderful, but then so is the whole poem. Beautiful work.
Read full commentPosted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal
I've read this a few times,
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
I've read this a few times, Di. It's excellent.
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Lovely poem.
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in It's A Wonderful Life
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