Cherrypicked stories
Crocodile tears
Private grief, public interest
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- 2267 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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- 1029 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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- 1774 reads
Death By A Thousand Poems
Is writing poetry a variation on Chinese torture&;#063;
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- 737 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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- 1238 reads
Spectre of Grim Professionalism
Real Life Horror
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- 1819 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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- 628 reads
Japanese Maple
How sad is this...&;#063; A poem about my favourite tree... :o)
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- 945 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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- 1116 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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- 1014 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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- 950 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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- 756 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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- 1021 reads
What you Said
Jake struggled with his hangover. The tequila had seemed like a good idea at the time but now&;#8230; He shook his head, realising it was a...
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- 807 reads
Phoenix riding on a fire flame
Phoenix Riding on Fire Flame Look, I'm the clot lipped devourer, I reveal myself to you. Don't speak, I'll eat your tongue, spit hit you with buried...
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- 747 reads
My wretched muse
My Wretched Muse I wanted to be better, She saw I looked down. I wanted to be special, She watched me sparkle. I wept "I loathe her She should know...
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- 750 reads
The Watch
The watch is not all it seems to be ...
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- 771 reads
Lost Arts
... and the lost art of binding
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- 671 reads
Duncan's Liberty
Freedom or neglect - a fine line...
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- 1233 reads
Balloon Pilot
Meeting on a Bus in the Snow
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- 758 reads
A) Even Teddy Bears Get The Blues- Part I
The pilot of a series- Depending on public opinion.
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- 1104 reads
V: Fisherman's Curse
has your husband ever told you, that you cursed his fishing trip&;#063; Then you have to read this
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- 1048 reads
Udders and The Chicken King
I&;#8217;m eighty years old &; have just burnt one hundred and thirty nine cows.
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- 1025 reads
T-shorts
Big Nose We met in the pub not Ansells or Yates's but Microsoft's bar with no beer or faces we typed our hello's she had witty one-liners we went to...
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- 1010 reads
Forgive Us Our Creditors
F is for Forgive Us Our Creditors ------------------------------- The actor and comic genius Peter Sellers was always in debt to tailors, restaurants...
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- 866 reads
Humpty's Fall
Nursery Rhymes Get A Beating
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- 1810 reads
The day my barber was murdered
Two tragic and unfathomable events at the same time
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- 1135 reads
July, Dusk
July, Dusk Swatting through the thickness of the buzzing trees, the bruise behind us, we wobbled out across the knobbly backbone of the hill, ankles...
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- 1195 reads
B) Sabrina Bridge
Sabrina Bridge I had cosy-jumper jigsaw dreams of you and I meeting half-way. I would lean on the grey rail at the centre of the web, listening to...
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- 889 reads
Talk too fast
Some people say I talk to fast. They find me hard to take. They struggle to keep up with me, And fight to keep awake. They cannot understand my...
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- 1195 reads
K) The Keeper
About Tom, who lost his wife
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- 989 reads
Passing On
Based loosely on unexplained dreams &; experiences
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- 1056 reads
The Thoughtful son
Anexiled son returns to old memories when cleaning away his last links with Ireland.
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- 889 reads