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I have 1174 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2375666 times and 1197 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1623 of my 15,409 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1657 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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onion gloop

Confounded by myself Confronted by someone else So fragile So strong Carry on Carry on Internal menace External menace Clogs up the lungs Clogs up...
Cherry

huts first week

Wullie the Pole shouts me into the office. It’s just before three because I’m standing near the door counting the minutes as if I’m Houdini,...
Cherry

A song for Europe - part three

We begin with our apologies The song that we hum - justify I’m not the only one Whose looks matter History in a jar Skull beneath the slit Tells us...
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the things that we buy and don't know why?

The thought came like a First World War telegram – he assumed that she’d thought his family were marvellous. His mother was short and plump as a...
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Forbidden Fruit.

‘Put your false teeth in,’ I said, ‘maybe then they’ll believe in you and believe in your prophecies more’. Old Joe had taken up a position between...

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1623 of my comments have received 1657 Great Feedback votes

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The movement and moments of

Posted on Tue, 14 Jun 2016

The movement and moments of silence and complicity make a sweet kind of electiricity. 

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Posted in Something Dead In The Road

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difficult question to answer,

Posted on Thu, 09 Jun 2016

difficult question to answer, but I guess poetry throws a light. 

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Posted in I Really Deserve

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Lovely and the denouement

Posted on Wed, 01 Jun 2016

Lovely and the denouement fits like a driver's glove. 

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Posted in SECRETS Part 2

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yeh, I like this or get it,

Posted on Mon, 30 May 2016

yeh, I like this or get it, as like seems the wrong words, as does like. I'm sure you know what I mean. 

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Posted in Cannibal

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the rise and fall of us all. 

Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016

the rise and fall of us all. 

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Posted in Today We Dressed Up And Pretended To Be Rich

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yellow, my favouritie colour

Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016

yellow, my favouritie colour and this is so sweet, it's right up my street. Mellow and blue it combines the colours of you. 

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Posted in Yellow for my daughter

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enjoyed reading about your

Posted on Tue, 17 May 2016

enjoyed reading about your travels. 

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Posted in Tommy Mel's

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yep. 3000 words isn't a lot;

Posted on Thu, 12 May 2016

yep. 3000 words isn't a lot; only it is. All the reasons you outline are lived examples, but what struck me most was the word 'perfect'. First 3000 is never going to be perfect, if it's legible, or evern if it isn't, that's a start. An outline....

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Posted in It shouldn't be this hard...

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he is what he'll be, that's

Posted on Fri, 06 May 2016

he is what he'll be, that's plain to see. 

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Posted in Rising Fives...

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how could you miss it, insert

Posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2016

how could you miss it, insert? you read everything, even the stuff I've yet to write. that's how good you are. 

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Posted in a day in the sun

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