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Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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My stories
Attrition
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Slick vast crush of bare ocean, split white with dolphin crest and the roll and the roll, frets and worries at the lip of the world.
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For my sons... (Poetry Monthly)
If I ever get to see those pearly gates, misted like a distant hill, or if I'm caught on charcoal shores, waiting for the open hands of God, I'll draw for you, in all their grace, the sinners kissing angels' feet.
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Passing Time
It's been years but you must remember the lights, hung gold orbs from that tree, on the river bank, silent. You must hear the horse's cry in the...
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One (Inspiration Point)
Excuse me. One's ever so sorry but if I could just take one minute of your precious time to talk about one thing that's on my mind it would be this:...
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Cracked Actor
Your art was death. Your death was art.
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You have a real skill for
Posted on Sun, 15 Nov 2015
You have a real skill for blunt, expressive prose. Can be a little overcooked at times I feel. You may need some softer moments to avoid it verging on parody. Great style - reminiscent of Ludlum or Lee Child, even Wilbur Smith before he went...
Read full commentPosted in TATORT FOUR - 2
Your poems are little car
Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2015
Your poems are little car journeys. They never fail to encapsulate the feeling of a time and place. They also give me space to think.
Read full commentPosted in Light in the Dark Age
Lovely flow to this poem.
Posted on Sun, 22 Nov 2015
Lovely flow to this poem. Could me maudlin and cliched like so many 'sea' poems but your short but long lines and stark imagery skilfully avoid this. I love the sound.
Read full commentPosted in Muse
Eerie but heartwarming.
Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2015
Eerie but heartwarming. Driven by tides. A few simple errors (ever/y) but a really atmospheric piece.
Read full commentPosted in Home
Oh I do like the ending of
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2015
Oh I do like the ending of this. Is it me or could you replace 'record' either the first or second time? Love the way your rhyme scheme builds.
Read full commentPosted in Return to Sender
I enjoyed this. At times, it
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015
I enjoyed this. At times, it can seem a little like you've over-used the thesaurus! Sometimes the simplest words are the most effective. However, that doesn't detract from some controlled sentence variety and a nicely plotted arc. Is there more...
Read full commentPosted in Ice Heart
Made me cry. I often think of
Posted on Sun, 11 Oct 2015
Made me cry. I often think of what my grandfather went through with his home help and his days in a home. Maybe I've coloured this too much with me but I couldn't stand the nosey, gabbing narrator you've created here. Great work.
Read full commentPosted in It's Only Me, Mrs. Jenkins
You have such an ear for
Posted on Tue, 25 Aug 2015
You have such an ear for sound but manage to spell phonetically clearly and unusually so we can get the flavour, even the sounds of the phlegm.
Read full commentPosted in Curiosity.
Hot but not grubby! But you
Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2015
Hot but not grubby! But you seem to have pasted it twice unless I'm going mad?
Read full commentPosted in Right Fit
Oh this is a bit lovely! Love
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2015
Oh this is a bit lovely! Love the word choices - very different. If I may make a suggestion it would to be to remove the capitals at the start of each line - disrupts the flow a little. You can break a line easily to draw attention to certain...
Read full commentPosted in Summer Cannot Wait
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