JamesF
Primary tabs
I have 133 stories published in
0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 67342 times
and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1 of my 47 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1 vote
James Fountain
My stories
My First Apocalypse
Watching the helicopters flying across my screen on this night, which feels like it will last forever, I am determined to go on until I see Willard’s...
- Read more about My First Apocalypse
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 471 reads
Emergency Caravan
Emergency Caravan The throb of the engine, the only sound heard, our caravan through the darkness, hundreds of miles of Arabian desert sands, some...
- Read more about Emergency Caravan
- Log in to post comments
- 244 reads
A Wood Pigeon Reminisces
Into the complex midst of sparrows jabbering, the sharp violence of two robins jousting, comes the master of the garden, stomach bloated, dressed in...
- Read more about A Wood Pigeon Reminisces
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1068 reads
The Gorgeous Things on Which We Prey
I alight on your food, rub hands with glee expect you to swat me, my crass brown body, thin wings take me away rapidly, quick as an eyelash closes,...
- Read more about The Gorgeous Things on Which We Prey
- Log in to post comments
- 236 reads
Singing in Lockdown
I am locked down, but my brain is in hyperdrive, extended reems unfold beyond me, forgotten schemes rediscovered in the tight confines of my...
- Read more about Singing in Lockdown
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 909 reads
Detailed but measured
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
I really like the measured opening two lines of the penultimate stanza: "The streets of Rome are empty./The tourists have all gone away." Sometimes simplicity says it best.
Read full commentPosted in Looking At Us (Hope It All Goes Away)