Cherrypicked stories
X - The Big Leap
It was after his third successive failed suicide attempt that Joseph truly began to believe he was immortal. His first two bungled attempts had led...
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- 1645 reads
Crocodile tears
Private grief, public interest
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- 2272 reads
Melted evening
Early evening has melted into lamp lit night Intermitted hours mingled in complimentary shades Have deceived the sluggish machinery of my perception...
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- 1030 reads
Birth of Jerry Holiday
The Birth Of Jerry Holiday one morning jerry woke up and found that ambition had snuck in through his window during the night so he put on a pair of...
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- 970 reads
Praise the Lard
T'was in the Flour of My Youth
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- 1776 reads
Death By A Thousand Poems
Is writing poetry a variation on Chinese torture&;#063;
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- 738 reads
Balaklavas At Alma
Ponders End circa 1968 - now if that doesn't entice you, I don't know what will.
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- 1239 reads
Spectre of Grim Professionalism
Real Life Horror
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- 1821 reads
Glove
I lost a glove in the snow You lost your temper The cooling pattern of January's sky born gifts Melted prematurely on steam poached thoughts...
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- 942 reads
Smiling
Ever had the feeling you are being followed&;#063; How would you know&;#063;
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- 629 reads
Japanese Maple
How sad is this...&;#063; A poem about my favourite tree... :o)
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- 949 reads
Merrilee
The whine splits open my melon head, Which is green in the window-field light. She sags in crumbs and crying, Whinging and whining. One second is all...
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- 1118 reads
You are fireworks
I am black viniyl sky year round unbroken record of silence this is bonfire night when Heaven hisses crackles: bangs bloom in spangles, falling I...
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- 1015 reads
P = chapter sixteen
his new sexy persona had been a miracle to him
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- 1054 reads
Antfarm
a n t f a r m ? I remember as a child watching an episode of Macgyver, which featured rampaging killer ants. Marching on some human stronghold...
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- 953 reads
Observation
I watched a black and yellow turtle explore my walled garden this morning. He checked out all the possiblities and met the stone likeness of himself...
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- 757 reads
Nicotine
Nicotine Nicotine won't let me go, I loved her once but not anymore. I've tried to break up with her many times. Only to be choked by her craving...
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- 1022 reads