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little Hiroshima in my head

By celticman on Mon, 20 Jul 2015

Little Hiroshima in my head. Up in the air Single self fractures and disintegrates Leaving life too late Making rubble of the past A future that will...

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huts 2 (rewrite)

By celticman on Tue, 14 Jul 2015

'I'm looking for Ailsa ward.' I speak too quickly, trying to sound as confident as him, almost stuttering. But if I stuttered I would have died. The...

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huts 1 (rewrite)

By celticman on Mon, 13 Jul 2015

The security guard with a pencil moustache, slides open the window of the lodge at the hospital gates and addresses me as ‘sir’. I’m given directions...

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the case for the prosecution

By celticman on Sat, 11 Jul 2015

Every morning Papa Adams opened early to catch workmen before they started the early shift in the yard. He pushed her belly out like a pram and...

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K(C)rays. But don't kill the

Posted on Wed, 03 Dec 2014

K(C)rays. But don't kill the goose that laid the golden egg. Keep writing. Later you can move back and go horizontal, following the leads you've established here, giving a bit more detail. Fleshing them out!

Posted in BERMONDSEY GIRLS - Rose Amelia Wigzell - Part 3 - Brothers in arms

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oh, sad twist at the end. I'm

Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2014

oh, sad twist at the end. I'm not able to judge whether it's the standard iambic pentameter, or whether Melvolio is a play on Malvolio Twelth Night, but your skill is remarkable. I wish you well with this.

Posted in A Star Crossed Story

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good story, flows well, ends

Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2014

good story, flows well, ends well -well for some!

Posted in Kevin Smiled

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well written, I was wondering

Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2014

well written, I was wondering how she could have an organism when dead (which is a physiological impossibility) then she came 'alive' again in the bathtub. Interesting.

Posted in The (Nec)Romancer Part 1

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yep. gritty and groan filled

Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2014

yep. gritty and groan filled and full of dis-ease, but truth often hurts.

Posted in not quite AA, but only 12 steps to the bar

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nice and slow piece here we

Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2014

nice and slow piece here we go.

Posted in California sunshine and motorcycles

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cheers scratch, just playing

Posted on Fri, 07 Nov 2014

cheers scratch, just playing with words. Thanks Shannan, I wish I knew what it meant too. Often (more often than I'd like to admit) I've not got a clue whant a poem is and more often than that what it all means. I'm pretty good at deciphering...

Posted in raring

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fall in love ju[s]t by its

Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2014

fall in love ju[s]t by its words' I often wonder what poety is (and is not).

Posted in A Poets Mystery Lane

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Home from school for the

Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2014

Home from school for the Summer, I had been enjoying a leisurely reintroduction to home, taking my dog Barney out for walks [Back from school > that way you don't use home twice in the same sentence]

from los parentes [should this be...

Posted in A Wake for Barney

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cast (not callously caste)

Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2014

cast (not callously caste) although caste is perhaps nearer the mark. I'm sure everything will turn out wonderfully well when your shoplifting skills get better. I thought paracetamol screwed up your liver (not your kidneys) and was usually fatal...