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Grimms 100
Bedcovers deaden Tony’s hearing, seals him in the tomb of his dreams, but when he sticks his head out of his bed, he’s alive to the wind rattling...
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Grimms 99
‘Weet, weet,’ says an man at the bar, the cuffs of his gabardine coat falling down his thin wrist as he necks down the last of a Grouse whisky. ‘Aye...
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Grimms 98
Three boys shuffle into the pub through the swing doors, tagged together, a little cortege of platform shoes and high-waist bands bigger than their...
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Grimms 97
Jaz’s handler is waiting for him underneath the clock and the monument of remembrance. A gold-leaf list of the Clydebank dead from the First and...
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Grimms 96
At the top of the Cressie Stairs, just before Angela crosses the road to go to school, she bends away, follows the black train of crows in the sky...
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big guy often wins.
Posted on Wed, 20 Oct 2021
big guy often wins.
Read full commentPosted in A Sparrow
autumnal, makes us think of
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
autumnal, makes us think of the end of the begining. to slip away- depart, that's a start.
Read full commentPosted in Grounding Of Autumn
he does seem true-to-life.
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
he does seem true-to-life.
Read full commentPosted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town
it's the almost that gets you
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
it's the almost that gets you. the unexplained.
Read full commentPosted in Esther Cox
ah, innnocence is us. or was.
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
ah, innnocence is us. or was.
Read full commentPosted in Innocents
great photo. great poem,
Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021
great photo. great poem, jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods
It's got a noirish feel,
Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021
It's got a noirish feel, whatever that means.
Read full commentPosted in Strangers on a Street
no journey too long or short,
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
no journey too long or short, Jenny, like your poem.
Read full commentPosted in Stone Loach
I read a book about a talking
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
I read a book about a talking mongoose (The Hauting of Alma Feilding) talking cats are so cliched. But it's the way you tell 'em.
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality
never heard of caddis, but
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
never heard of caddis, but the invisible threads ties us all together. gritty.
Read full commentPosted in I, Caddis
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