Melkur
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I have 189 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85910 times
and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
November's Tavern
Fire flickers out from the hearth, To warm the back of the stranger, Hunted close by the law-hounds, Smelling the smoke of cured ham hanging, Lantern swaying from the roof.
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We Need A New Driver
Past smoke-stained cottages The dark engines pours ash of vitriol Over newly-baptised heads of babies peering From prams by the sweet shop’s windows, Clouding the sky a paler shade of grey.
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- 798 reads
Sea-Children
Tied to the ocean from birth, Reef knots supplant the umbilical cords Of the sea-children. Playing around the harbour Boats painted in preparation For the sea-children.
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- 487 reads
(Cathedral) Facade
Lozenge and circle, alternating As the bronze snake in the wilderness, Images of healing, sharp and smooth. Two houses alike in dignity perhaps, Yet another blind arch that does not see,
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- 377 reads
Nero's Baths
Decadent arches in Pisa, Along the Street called Straight from the tower, "Caldo e freddo" to the caldera, Boiling point of persecution. Red brick hides the silence of silo,
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- 402 reads