Cherrypicked stories
Sick Computer, The
with apologies to Wm Blake
- Read more about Sick Computer, The
- Log in to post comments
- 900 reads
Q... Night
There's a wall around my bed. You can't see it, but it's there. I can feel it in my bones. I could burst through if I wanted to And run to Mummy But...
- Read more about Q... Night
- Log in to post comments
- 847 reads
B: THE SWORDFISH AND SHAVE
Beat one of Pacific and Maple
- Read more about B: THE SWORDFISH AND SHAVE
- Log in to post comments
- 2243 reads
Shoes in a Cupboard
A poem about bereavement
- Read more about Shoes in a Cupboard
- Log in to post comments
- 543 reads
Managed Retreat
poem about the tide
- Read more about Managed Retreat
- Log in to post comments
- 571 reads
Flesh Wounds
"To see a thing, one has to comprehend it." (Borges)
- Read more about Flesh Wounds
- Log in to post comments
- 707 reads
Focalising
The clouds puff blueness onto the orange luminosity, Congregated concrete structures flatter the yellow lights. The darkness of dusk filters shape to...
- Read more about Focalising
- Log in to post comments
- 793 reads
A) I am thinking of
I am thinking of you saying I could come stay with you. Of me asking if you had a spare bed and you saying no. I am thinking of what sort of person I...
- Read more about A) I am thinking of
- Log in to post comments
- 1096 reads
The Carpenter
He chiselled the wood, careful to keep going in the direction of the grain. Slowly but surely, the block of wood took on animation. He paused for a...
- Read more about The Carpenter
- Log in to post comments
- 1113 reads
A day in a life
Fast moving images; slow moving people. An Asian man moves through London on an average day.
- Read more about A day in a life
- Log in to post comments
- 655 reads
Z - Den and Joey at The Diner
I have seen the end of the world and it's at the bottom of a bottle. "How's that for a first line?" I say. "I like it," she says. "But where does it...
- Read more about Z - Den and Joey at The Diner
- Log in to post comments
- 1622 reads
Little Larceny (A)
between a lady and her purse.
- Read more about Little Larceny (A)
- Log in to post comments
- 711 reads
Guilt
Guilt An ugly feeling deep in my stomach Like a sharp-edged stone swirling around And if it draws blood then I deserve it I can cough it up and draw...
- Read more about Guilt
- Log in to post comments
- 1515 reads
Idyll
Idyll Mr. Lymph and Mrs. Gusset subsist on a Diet of Worms, discussing Luther till the cows come home in a chalet of seagrass, Bibles, false teeth,...
- Read more about Idyll
- Log in to post comments
- 709 reads
The Haruspex
The Haruspex He makes little parcels of his dirty clothes, wrapping his pastel shirts around the dark, discarded jocks and socks, as though he were...
- Read more about The Haruspex
- Log in to post comments
- 767 reads
Secret layers
Find me pull off the layers Flimsy skin of cigarette papers Its only the secrets which conceal me
- Read more about Secret layers
- Log in to post comments
- 1103 reads