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Waiting for Treacle Tart
Matron secured herself into her apron. She took the hand-made card her children had presented her with that morning from her bag and slipped it into...
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Dirty Lucre
Troubles are scratching at your door again. We eat fruit and drink coffee in the sun, bright smiles collide and clink, eyes meet and blink, I know...
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The Bus as a Microcosm
En masse, bus passengers are mundane. They lack the individuality possessed by drivers of the sleek cars that passengers look down at as they chug...
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Gauguin Girl
He saw my hibiscus face in sunlight, strong feet in warm dust, eyes that soaked up the world, thighs grasping heat from a horse’s flank. We listened...
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The Turnip Eaters
There was a large water stain on the wall of Katie’s new bedroom. It fascinated her. The more she looked at it the more it became clear that it was...
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So sad, I read the other poem
Posted on Fri, 02 Jan 2015
So sad, I read the other poem first but now see that that tells of the haunting presence of a missing colleague.
Read full commentPosted in Rock Bottom
I like the sense of certainty
Posted on Thu, 01 Jan 2015
I like the sense of certainty, the mix of natural laws and human behaviour.
Read full commentPosted in Cosmological Constant
Oh my goodness! This is
Posted on Tue, 30 Dec 2014
Oh my goodness! This is utterly heartbreaking and beautifully written.
Read full commentPosted in Everyone Says Hi
Good idea styx. I'm not
Posted on Thu, 25 Dec 2014
Good idea styx. I'm not suggesting myself as I am not even slightly funny, not on purpose anyway. I've partnered up for some writing with Noo on the site, nothing professional though. There are quite a few deliberately funny writers on the...
Read full commentPosted in Finding A Writing Partner?
A touch of beauty amidst the
Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2013
A touch of beauty amidst the drudgery of killing. Always like this I suppose. Thought-provoking.
Read full commentPosted in Coventry carol
I like the perspective of the
Posted on Sat, 20 Dec 2014
I like the perspective of the old man, this adds some depth.
Read full commentPosted in WHY - I
A unexpected ending, justice
Posted on Thu, 18 Dec 2014
A unexpected ending, justice seems to have been done.
Read full commentPosted in THE PAPER WAR - VI
Wonderful writing, showing us
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2014
Wonderful writing, showing us the dark place.
Read full commentPosted in while the candle burns
Love the way this has ended,
Posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2014
Love the way this has ended, you kept Dorothy's family at arm's length and their coldness seemed so threatening to Akil it was a relief that he was removed. Lovely perspective.
Read full commentPosted in The Devil's Dish Served Six Different Ways (chapter 7)
The central part of the story
Posted on Tue, 16 Dec 2014
The central part of the story works really well, a father shaken by the idea that it might have been his daughter who was killed and changing his life. I'd really like more of a sense of India.
Read full commentPosted in THE REDEMPTION
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