Cherrypicked stories
This scar
This scar on my right arm Is not from a fearsome battle, Nor from a sporting accident, Not even from racing on a circuit Or from a marshal bout in a...
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- 760 reads
Journalism Junkie
Addiction doesn't always mean substance abuse...
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- 1102 reads
C) Ice Cream
Ice Cream You would have to see the photograph, but we are both eating choc ices, my sister and I; there she is, intent on the wrapper, wrapped...
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- 1189 reads
Does your TV addiction really harm others&;#063;
Does your TV addiction really harm others? "Please turn it off" He said with a cough Just before you realised that he was half way through hanging...
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- 962 reads
SmashinFruit
Smashing Fruit Vine barren after the hard winter, licked warmly by spring rain, bud burst promising fecund joy. Daily fragile delicately- webbed...
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- 751 reads
The Wheel
The Wheel The fire's dull light flickers. A gentle humming wavers then begins anew. There is a spinning wheel softly creaking. Fingers, brown and...
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- 711 reads
Angst Poem Wanted
Tongue in cheek poem about the adolescent work we hide in boxes under the bed
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- 1138 reads
A Turkey for Christmas
Father Christmas was tired. He had been up all night delivering presents to children all over the world. He put his reindeer into the stables for a...
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- 1169 reads
Vinyl Magic
Dedicated to all e-woccies and my mother.
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- 1102 reads
Good Things Happen to Bad People
The three main characters in this story are Frank, Harry and Sam. Those aren't their real names but they are real people. For that and other reasons...
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- 887 reads
And The Shaman Sings On
Once you enter the Shaman World you may never get out..
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- 986 reads
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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- 1651 reads
Crocodile tears
Private grief, public interest
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- 2281 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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- 1035 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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- 979 reads
Praise the Lard
T'was in the Flour of My Youth
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- 1780 reads
Death By A Thousand Poems
Is writing poetry a variation on Chinese torture&;#063;
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- 743 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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- 1246 reads
Spectre of Grim Professionalism
Real Life Horror
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- 1823 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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- 945 reads
Smiling
Ever had the feeling you are being followed&;#063; How would you know&;#063;
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- 636 reads
Japanese Maple
How sad is this...&;#063; A poem about my favourite tree... :o)
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- 954 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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- 1123 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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- 1020 reads
P = chapter sixteen
his new sexy persona had been a miracle to him
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- 1056 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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- 958 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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- 763 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
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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- 816 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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- 750 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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- 754 reads
The Watch
The watch is not all it seems to be ...
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- 776 reads
Lost Arts
... and the lost art of binding
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- 678 reads
Duncan's Liberty
Freedom or neglect - a fine line...
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- 1241 reads
Balloon Pilot
Meeting on a Bus in the Snow
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- 763 reads