nancy_am

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Right now, I have 141 stories in 10 collections on the site. My stories have been read 63885 times and 80 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Stories

For the pigeons

Submitted on November 15, 2008 - 13:51 | 70 reads

I know a monk

Submitted on October 26, 2008 - 17:17 | 102 reads

The things that make her stay

Submitted on October 11, 2008 - 08:17 | 109 reads

The Lima News, July 11 1950

Submitted on March 23, 2008 - 13:15 | 299 reads

All India will ever be, fits in the palm of your hand

Submitted on October 26, 2007 - 18:20 | 118 reads

on Mr. Hughes' death

Submitted on May 17, 2007 - 10:21 | 325 reads

On Tuesday was the sandstorm, Wednesday comes the rain

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 08:38 | 286 reads

You don't think of these things in Jerusalem

Submitted on January 24, 2007 - 21:42 | 251 reads

Anna's Poem

Submitted on May 11, 2006 - 16:51 | 753 reads

Dear Kaleb

Submitted on April 25, 2006 - 11:48 | 364 reads

unforseen circumstance of lamentable smiles

Submitted on March 16, 2006 - 11:36 | 372 reads

give me a reason to be a woman

Submitted on November 16, 2005 - 21:42 | 522 reads

on pins and needles

Submitted on October 31, 2005 - 13:52 | 2412 reads

that third picture...

Submitted on October 26, 2005 - 12:16 | 485 reads

He walked away from the typewriter because...

Submitted on October 24, 2005 - 10:48 | 570 reads

as winter comes

Submitted on November 10, 2004 - 07:59 | 392 reads

X - Gravedigger

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:58 | 355 reads

the day you walked in

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:03 | 368 reads

postcards to the edge

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:00 | 371 reads

Learning, forgetting, unlearning, aching...

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:00 | 408 reads

Falling in Love Fifties Style

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:33 | 398 reads

Californian Despair

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:25 | 472 reads

the cigarette burns between us

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:25 | 496 reads

by the window

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:58 | 367 reads

clinging to the sky

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:05 | 364 reads

photographs of the living

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:13 | 461 reads

X - Lesotho, in the airport

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 381 reads

Y - leavng the kalahari behind

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:09 | 384 reads

V - Lesotho to Cape Town

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 364 reads

W - Lesotho, dares and alligators

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 392 reads

T - Lesotho, and apologies

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:35 | 349 reads

U - Lesotho, on the horses

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:35 | 384 reads

R - Lesotho, and the inevitability of forgetting

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:33 | 387 reads

S - Lesotho, in the evening dew

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 357 reads

P - Lesotho, in Semonkong

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 388 reads

Q - Lesotho and Junior, Understanding

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:33 | 404 reads

N - Lesotho to Victoria Falls

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:31 | 359 reads

O - Lesotho, and what Douglas doesn't know

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:32 | 375 reads

Lesotho, under the blankets

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 384 reads

M - Lesotho and what we will not admit

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 381 reads

Lesotho to Johannesburg

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:27 | 452 reads

K - Lesotho, in her belly

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 438 reads

H - Lesotho - Coelho and I

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 382 reads

I - Lesotho, and the home of god

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:27 | 403 reads

Lesotho, as the petals fall

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 504 reads

G - Lesotho, and what we did not want to know

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 391 reads

Lesotho, and what we do not believe

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:24 | 472 reads

Lesotho, in the hills and stars

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 465 reads

Lesotho, and what we want to forget

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:34 | 513 reads

Lesotho, Remembering

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:22 | 497 reads

Lesotho, back today

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:34 | 473 reads

The Chapter of Scents

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 13:25 | 510 reads

Walking Away

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:16 | 376 reads

Emily

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:34 | 499 reads

The Language of Love

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:06 | 543 reads

Suzy

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 10:23 | 402 reads

Why I Don't Believe in Love

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:04 | 516 reads

Snapshot

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:43 | 533 reads

J

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 02:20 | 511 reads

People Who Are Happy Don't Die

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 05:53 | 577 reads

Roots, or lacking them

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:21 | 492 reads

Taxi Driver

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 11:05 | 514 reads

Misinterpreting Oliver

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:04 | 475 reads

He read Paul Weller lyrics...

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:31 | 525 reads

Carved Oak

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 18:00 | 488 reads

Finding Nicolas

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 02:22 | 488 reads

Remembering

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:33 | 463 reads

The things that are missing

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:24 | 406 reads

Beginning

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:49 | 478 reads

Maya; Growing up

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:14 | 381 reads

trading scars

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:17 | 507 reads

together, flawed

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:20 | 508 reads

Inside

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:50 | 399 reads

Doris

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:41 | 501 reads

Z- Thank you Frankie

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:16 | 404 reads

x - "Sprang sullen in bursts of fear"

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:58 | 475 reads

Y - have not been said

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:14 | 509 reads

V- cat scans and black &; white photographs

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:43 | 418 reads

W - Do we really have to do this? (or how not to cut a cantaloupe)

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:49 | 495 reads

T- 'Did you have a good world when you died?'

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:29 | 386 reads

U- can you hear the ticking?

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:33 | 374 reads

R- Unintentional Roadtrip

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:14 | 373 reads

S - Ficksburg prophecies and jealousy

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:26 | 343 reads

P - did someone say patriotism?

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:15 | 361 reads

Q- The Joy of Family Gatherings

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:21 | 372 reads

N- scars, cherry tea, novels and absolute disgust

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:08 | 373 reads

L - when taking a taxi becomes hazardous (&; more on the honey)

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:03 | 400 reads

M- surprises and (I'm sorry) another taxi driver

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:08 | 364 reads

J - Writing Egypt...

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:57 | 386 reads

k - when waiting at the bus station becomes hazardous..

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:02 | 393 reads

H - Guitars, bumper stickers and a 2-second attention span

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:48 | 417 reads

I - Almost Happy

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:54 | 366 reads

F- Matchmaking from Hell (26 August 2003)

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:34 | 334 reads

G - Old Friendships, New Lives (3 Sept. 2003)

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 23:49 | 376 reads

D - Resume Transmission (March 2nd 2003)

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:25 | 363 reads

E - Rundown (21st August 2003)

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 03:13 | 352 reads

B- Subways

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 11:12 | 370 reads

C- Almost Outings and Hairdressers

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 11:21 | 359 reads

A- Contagious

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 11:08 | 386 reads

P - eye to eye

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:22 | 488 reads

It's just skin

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:40 | 525 reads

Adrian

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:15 | 492 reads

Stopping Clocks

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:38 | 517 reads

Nostalgia

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:53 | 547 reads

Letter

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:44 | 518 reads

my father's cousin

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:25 | 566 reads

On Cutting Your Hair

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:53 | 493 reads

Phone call, long distance

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 03:27 | 512 reads

Cursed in Colour

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:41 | 483 reads

Spooning

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:21 | 498 reads

On having your photo taken

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:44 | 533 reads

Dilemmas of a Poet

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 493 reads

A Man, Coming of Age

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:33 | 485 reads

Nicolas Revisited

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 17:52 | 527 reads

You, captured twice or Four reasons why I don't know

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:55 | 518 reads

Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 06:39 | 679 reads

Whispers in a shrine

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 13:39 | 488 reads

Here by your Grave

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:39 | 483 reads

N - spaces in between

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:00 | 481 reads

sugar, melting

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:22 | 541 reads

Platform, Imagining

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:31 | 556 reads

Poem

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 06:06 | 504 reads

on Writing Poetry

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:14 | 591 reads

Black Inkstain on a White Dress

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 10:06 | 524 reads

I am easy to break

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:05 | 518 reads

blankets hiding broken bones

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:45 | 487 reads

Trying to Find the Good in It

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:20 | 553 reads

Caramel II

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:06 | 553 reads

Curtains of Dust

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 07:49 | 543 reads

Andrew's Ideas

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:44 | 501 reads

Comfortable

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:09 | 511 reads

Amandla

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 04:46 | 515 reads

from a smoked up jazz filled bar to the quiet of this seat

Submitted on January 19, 2005 - 12:57 | 387 reads

and we opted for the easy way out

Submitted on December 1, 2004 - 11:59 | 394 reads

Snapshot II

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:41 | 540 reads

Taxi Ride

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:33 | 472 reads

God's Breath

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 486 reads

G- at 2 am

Submitted on November 21, 2004 - 11:29 | 413 reads

one morning in november

Submitted on November 21, 2004 - 11:23 | 408 reads

What she saw...

Submitted on October 11, 2004 - 10:33 | 403 reads

Lesotho, in the evening dew

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 549 reads