Cherrypicked stories
Beneath the Workaholic
No need to check the time: it's 8.42 She says "Hello" to everyone with her eyes downcast Puts her bag and brolly on the desk; still on cue Whilst...
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- 704 reads
A--Dream Days
remembering my grandmother
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- 694 reads
A Living Death
The sound of the handle being pushed down The door opens into a stuffy and stale room Trying to accustom eyes to the darkness ahead Flicking on the...
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- 703 reads
Paper cuts
The truth was packed inside that letter Folded in quarters A crease in my mind I do hope the edges were sharp! As knife edged as my sentences Can you...
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- 857 reads
U: The Lesson
From an early age most men are taught their central lifelong macho fear: that basic fear of being caught. Those secret playground fights we fought to...
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- 760 reads
Glass Heart
Deception and hurt predicted in the crystal ball...
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- 686 reads
Breath of Alex
He had fire behind his eyes. Red raw and bubbling orange, a spicy spreading glow that often warmed the back of his head, a furnace blast of energy...
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- 1708 reads
By the automatic doors
We stood with lit cigarettes in the wind Reflections sliced by the automatic doors The sky heavy; a cruel twist in the breeze I felt my own heart...
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- 1008 reads
A Lover&;#8217;s Quarrel
Rhyming Verse
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- 897 reads
Raw throat pain
Having a throat so sore and a languishing larynx that left him unable to talk, in a strange sense liberated him. Usually he crammed a
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- 2192 reads
Rowing on a Lake
Narrabeen Lake Sydney Oz Long ago
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- 728 reads
Evening comes softly
short lyric
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- 677 reads
One Year On From Flowers
A light long lost now, the candle flickers but never dies; still lights the room and many faces. A year ago, an accident: small, compact and quickly...
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- 630 reads
Summer Factory
Muggy mornings all too often drag us out of bed and out the door, then throw us onto the bus and drive us to destiny: allocated time slots in a...
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- 740 reads
Please Pay and GO!!!!
A telephone rings and we look and shake and nod and glance and feel our pockets and grin and then somebody answers and goes out of the room and talks...
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- 637 reads
BDressing gown on the bedroom door
memories of childhood innocence
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- 685 reads