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My stories have been read 337660 times
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Terence Mullan
During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.
Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.
My stories
Mother Bulgaria
As Lenin looks down from his sombre pedestal Concrete erupts from a bleak landscape like The broken teeth of windswept peasants Drinking homemade...
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Betty Lewis Eyes
A teapot on a tray she brings. Digestive in each saucer. Horrific tales of war to tell But only if she’s forced to. She’s angelic, prim and ninety...
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Crucial Moves of Fantasy
Sit back and watch the sea above Where images of waves and whales and fish and ships Collide and slide and get mixed up Until it is a sea no more But...
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A Hot Afternoon in Malki Chiflik
Nothing moves. There is no breeze. No birds fly by in the cloudless sky. No creature has the will to disturb the cruel tranquillity. Not even bees...
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Frosty the Snowman
I was going to go out to the garden and build a snowman but then I remembered that I needed to put some fat on the cat’s abscess. I haven’t been...
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It's very clever the way you
Posted on Fri, 17 Nov 2023
It's very clever the way you intermingled physical geography with human physical behaviour.
I think there's something special about mountains that brings out the best in us.
They certainly inspired you to write a very enjoyable poem...
Read full commentPosted in Analogy Of Adventure
The Polish poppy cake and the
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
The Polish poppy cake and the ability to control what happens in your dreams and hallucinations sound good to me.
However, I'm sorry you're having to endure all this treatment and I'm sorry I didn't wish you a happy birthday on the day....
Read full commentPosted in Chemo2 - session 3
Three neat verses of good
Posted on Fri, 17 Nov 2023
Three neat verses of good advice that fit together extremely well.
The drawing impressed too. I never even managed to draw unemployment benefit.
Read full commentPosted in Lea(r)ning
Congratulations Demo. A well
Posted on Sun, 12 Nov 2023
Congratulations Demo. A well deserved accolade.
Read full commentPosted in The Party
Possibly the first tanka I
Posted on Tue, 14 Nov 2023
Possibly the first tanka I have ever read. Interesting!
You have informed and inspired me.
Thank you very much.
Read full commentPosted in Breath
This is powerful stuff.
Posted on Thu, 16 Nov 2023
This is powerful stuff.
Every word and every thought hurts... I get it.
I hope you're okay.
Excellent writing. My kind of poem.
Read full commentPosted in Anxiety
Indeed it does.
Posted on Sat, 11 Nov 2023
Indeed it does.
I'm waiting up for it.
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 3 part 2)
I'm enjoying this more and
Posted on Tue, 14 Nov 2023
I'm enjoying this more and more with every episode. Good on you.
But Vanessa should tell her mum to avoid wearing flip flops as they encourage toe clawing. Shoes with a deep toe box will reduce the likelihood of friction on the dorsal...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 8
Good stuff Mono.
Posted on Sat, 11 Nov 2023
Good stuff Mono.
You always finish with an 'ooh, what's next?' paragraph.
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 3 part 2)
I feel sad for this poor
Posted on Wed, 15 Nov 2023
I feel sad for this poor family now.
We have a seven-strong feline death squad that deals with our rodent population. So we never see the little visitors, dead or alive.
Read full commentPosted in The after Party
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