Stephen Thom
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8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 332018 times
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140 of my 1,148 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 145 votes
Stephen Thom
Carrbridge/Edinburgh
Mandolin strummer in a folk-rock band 'Dante' https://www.youtube.com/user/wearedante
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Aura (26)
Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (25)
Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (24)
Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (23)
Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (22)
Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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stellar, transportive stuff,
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2015
stellar, transportive stuff, delicate and gorgeous. pointless to pick out parts as would be reprinting whole thing here but part. loved 'cradles him like a cello/having fed him a teaspoon of sin.' whisks you away and feeds the soul :-)
Read full commentPosted in A Room In Chungking
lots to admire here, i part.
Posted on Tue, 26 May 2015
lots to admire here, i part. liked the stanza beginning 'You’ve flayed me once...' and its lovely/bruising final line, 'you bait me for catastrophe' as well as the aside 'you didn't hear'. rides a tense, bruised level of emotion but is also taut...
Read full commentPosted in Bitterness
this is excellent, the series
Posted on Fri, 29 May 2015
this is excellent, the series of moments come together well. lovely writing throughout; 'from the high window I can view and not be viewed/crouched, crooning as she feeds sweet grass'. the passage of time is done well, fluid between the...
Read full commentPosted in Skin
we are all our choices. loved
Posted on Wed, 27 May 2015
we are all our choices. loved this, v beautiful and layered, esp. last stanza 'trudging on.../with pockets full of pebbles' :-)
Read full commentPosted in Pockets full of pebbles
hey i read these two yday,
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2015
hey i read these two yday, there's so much observance in your writing and the characters are so real. i find such real-life writing hard to do but your attention to detail demands investment and i found myself mentally taking notes to learn. the...
Read full commentPosted in Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part Two)
aw i enjoyed reading some of
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2015
aw i enjoyed reading some of your prose! this had lots of personality, a quiet sadness, liked the layered possibilities of a disappearance and return at such a time 'the day after the end of the world' and i liked little attentive touches like...
Read full commentPosted in They Called Him a Tramp. I Called Him Joe
cracking, sparky stuff, loads
Posted on Sun, 17 May 2015
cracking, sparky stuff, loads of personality, much enjoyed reading. would like to read more. dialogue was excellent and part. liked 'After a lungful of piss-stink in the gents'. re: above ^ didnt think there was too many f words at all. great,...
Read full commentPosted in Belgium
hey, this was great, v
Posted on Tue, 19 May 2015
hey, this was great, v transportive in thoughts and propulsion. love train settings and it played alongside the thoughts well. really enjoyed some of the original prose moments - the rush of 'I am half-cut, face-pressed-against-the-glass glad to...
Read full commentPosted in I Can Stop When I Want To
very sad but very special
Posted on Wed, 04 Feb 2015
very sad but very special poem...appreciate the starkness, makes the keynote 'my heart was never strong enough-' phrase and the ending all the more devastating...wonderful piece
Read full commentPosted in The other day
trill thrilled song..
Posted on Mon, 02 Feb 2015
trill thrilled song...perfect three words. this is lovely, i love reading the poetry here, love that you can freeze these moments and stretch time this way and constantly reaffirm the wonder in the small things, and therefore everything...'makes...
Read full commentPosted in Small
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