Mark Heathcote

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I have 597 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 356543 times and 9 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Mark Heathcote

My stories

Lord my love don’t you know…?

We’re going to be soaked in seed Divorced of low crawling weed We’re going to be clematis climbers Entwining all we lambast—fast We’re going to be flower chamfers

Winter wingless prey…

Leaping down off a 216 bus In the city centres morning Rush-hour—one gold grey wet day. I saw—a lone pigeon, moving… In a tarmacs Titanic icebergs sway. I heard his sinking engines say?

Windup my sail

Windup my sail Like falling, leaves. Windup these pirate tales What no one else believes? Oh, quarter master— Mistress of the high seas Beat your drum Let these oars men

Ode; to a bony old feral foundry cat

Over head I watched, from the crane A bony old feral foundry cat fleabane! Swaying like a shipman, in the rigging. He too was all at sea, he even glancing...

Greenbrier

I’ve cut my teeth on smoking barrels Chewed honker in a drawn out kiss

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