Cherrypicked stories
A Christmas Carol (My adaptation)
He was a tall man, powerfully built and yet not overweight although this was hard to tell under the thick winter coat he had pulled tightly around him.
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Tell Me On a Sunday
Notes passed can lead to trouble
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- 700 reads
Emblematic trousers
So wear your emblematic trousers Take the high ground Do I care ? Bisect my Abba mantras Lease the tortoise Life aint fair If it were, I'd have a Stealth switch To enlighten you to me
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- 1777 reads
ROMA, ITALIA
EASTER SUNDAY,April 12-Florence,Italy
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- 2451 reads
I Can't Feel The Guns
Shooting that occurred on boxing day 2007 next to my block on the Aylesbury Estate. The body lay unnoticed for more than 24 hours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7164679.stm
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- 1657 reads
Five Kisses
I was going to enter this for the Nostalgia Comp, but I just couldn't get it how I wanted it in time for the deadline.
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Someone Should Stop Me Falling In Love With The Fastfoto Assistant
Someone ought to stop me falling in love with the assistant in the Fastfoto shop because I know the Fastfoto assistant is not my type or rather, shouldn't be any more.
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- 2784 reads
Are you Lonesome tonight? Please read.
This is not a poem, nor is it a story, but it’s a heartfelt message to anyone else out there who is on their own tonight.
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- 1508 reads
Kitchen
I'm sorry that I broke Your favourite oven dish Especially in light Of the anecdote you had just recounted About the salmon dinner. I am also sorry For the Chinese bowl Now splintered stuck
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- 1120 reads
The Other Poet
What the Other Poet did.
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- 660 reads
In the Mouths of Children
A young child waits to meet his newborn brother for the first time, and has something very important to ask him...rough draft so any comments/feedback on this one much appreciated!
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- 2265 reads
PART 2 (a few weeks later):
This is my first attempt at following on from the short story 'the morning after'. It's still very new and fragile and ready for criticism.
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
another experiment in genre: detective fiction...all crit most welcome thanks
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- 1300 reads
Wing Walkers
A few short lines about a relationship
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Awakening
After aeons of sleep, Adam woke up. For an immeasurable time he had been lying naked on soft grass,
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- 792 reads
Of Plastic Pearls and Malevolant Sprites
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- 875 reads
Practice Makes Perfect
Experiment in genre 1: 'horror'...not a very nice story, so be warned...criticism most welcome!
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- 4299 reads
Gone fishin'
Take care if you go fishing, the oceans may hold a darkness that just could get on your line
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- 533 reads
Presents of Mind
A 200 word sort of IPOW story thing.
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- 1500 reads
Magic is in the word Pho
Magic, ventriloquism, soup, buffalo - what more could someone want in a poem?
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- 1012 reads
Isolation
Someone take these dreams away – that point me to another day A duel of personalities – that stretch all true realities
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- 760 reads
Chapter Nine: The Blackest Hair
The one that was smirking was skinny with the blackest hair she had ever seen.
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I Was There! (Nostalgia Comp)
I shouldn't really have been there and but for the intervention of the Furies I wouldn't have been.
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- 1273 reads
Peas and Melon
Mushy peas and watermelon - suprisingly delicious.
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We Boycott the Water Ban
Cows dip their tongues through the wire curling them around unmown grass already fully acknowledged and tutted at by neighbours Poppies drop red petals on gravel
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- 934 reads
End of the Line
As the queue moves steadily forwards and I stare at the bald patch on the back of Valerie’s head, I’m thinking back to Saturday night, when you asked if I was busy, said you could get me a pass.
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Circle Line
Darling, I have tracked you On every coloured thread Of the rail map. I could go on About empty tunnels Missed stops Old, old signals. How it is when 4am cakes my lids
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Venus
Thus they stayed, their mating act covered by the sheet of water as they swayed with the rippling waves - Venus, rising from the water, holding her lover-son in her arms...
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- 970 reads
I Miss You Much
I awoke this morning with the rays of the sun showering into my room. Many colors stimulated my senses, warming my thoughts and each part of my body that was exposed to the rays.
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- 644 reads
small mercies
self-parody?
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- 2439 reads
Growing Feathers
Growing Feathers I'd like to grow feathers as long as houses on wings as wide as a bus great cushion hands instead of claws for holding and scooping children and there would be golden sunset
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Bus
last winter´s icy finger...poem
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The Saison Poetry Library Does Not Charge For Overdue Books
A poor poet before Christmas, stubborn coins and a grateful writer.
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- 1128 reads
Chapter Eight: The Cook Pot
The woman before Florencia was much more tenuous and serenely beautiful than Lucia had been.
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The Magician's Assistant
The Magician’s Assistant A wonderful trick that, The way her tongue tips up Thread dips in, wet as one And it loops through easy.
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Never Crouch, Peter
Peter, you unusual man, the surprising maths of your skull, Pythagoras blushing at your ratios, but I am thankful because of the phrase: good touch for a big man
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Silence Speaks Volumes
What do you hear when no one says a word? Everything that isn't being said - in 200 words.
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- 1979 reads