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My stories have been read 35305 times
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seagull memory
The wind picks up by Barbican, doglegs me through St Paul’s, past a nut-seller huddled by his stall on the bridge that will wobble no more whips foam...
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new year
grey this new year morning, wait this new years morning for the hangover to pass Rebel-Rebel mothers sang in a whirl for boys and girls singing late...
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Getting dressed on a bad day
My shirts hang like vultures above my head waiting, impatient, drumming their buttons. Soon, one will float down, meld to skin, and begin to gnaw...
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Canal
Busy sunday banks earphoned joggers families of cyclists, near, just below the surface, a transparent medium the clarities amazing uncurling green...
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Underground
Soft creeping through tunnels, exuding fresh clean air, no clatter, the underground approaches. It gently strokes the platform as doors slide to...
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i've got no idea how this got
Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2014
i've got no idea how this got onto my account - it expresses the anger we all feel at these events in a direct and powerful and direct way and is a great piece of work but i was very surprises when i thought I was editing a verse abour half-...
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This struck me as a powerful
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2014
This struck me as a powerful poem because of its honesty and slightly chaotic form, held together by the balance of the first and last line. Very vivid, thanks for sharing.
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Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2014
Loved the unexpected images and juxtapositions of separate lives merged
Read full commentPosted in I remember when the pub was full of old men