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I have 584 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 691230 times
and 337 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 104 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 7 votes
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Clacton Beach Memoir: 1975
Clacton Beach Memoir: 1975 Was she red with anger? It was difficult to tell. What with the sunburn, heat haze and lipstick. From the water’s edge,...
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Basildon 1971
Basildon 1971 Those new town early years. Pushchairs, lollipops and wasps. Paths, treeless streets and coughs. The colours of weakened beer...
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Less
Less Flee the womb! Bloody, flawless. The cough of breath, the catch of life. Pissed up husband, exhausted wife. Neither here or there. Never more...
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The Gifting
The Gifting So here we are inside HMP Brixton. The mood brighter than usual. New spring hot sun diffuses mustard through dust thick classroom windows...
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Buttershaw
Buttershaw Upon our hilltops – the horizon preludes a taut silkscreen over a city groan. Fairweather intentions morning made suffocate trashed long...
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Notes on the poem
Posted on Thu, 30 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for your kind words about this poem.
Read full commentThe poem was written over an extended period of time and was the start of a deep personal change for me. It’s complicated. The poem was due to be an international commission...
Posted in Shame
Excellent and restrained.
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Excellent and restrained.
Read full commentPosted in Anthem
No
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
No.
He is saying sorry for his crimes. I work in prisons teaching serious offenders creative writing.
Thanks
Ralph
Read full commentPosted in Record
Thank you!
Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023
Thank you, means a lot. I read this tonight at an event in Bradford.
Read full commentPosted in Geese
Excellent. I'll definitely
Posted on Mon, 14 Oct 2019
Excellent. I'll definitely come. Thank you. I'll email ABCTales.
Read full commentPosted in Serotonin Rag
I think Hank would have liked
Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2014
I think Hank would have liked that...
Read full commentPosted in Shut Your Mouth Bukowski!