Cherrypicked stories
The Lovers and the Sniper
T is for The Lovers and the Sniper --------------------------------- Did he ever walk a sweetheart In the mid-day sunshine? Their love was fresh-it...
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- 689 reads
A Chip Shop Circle
'It's cold isn't it? I'll have a brandy when we get there.' There was an aura surrounding a rising sickle moon that was giving clues about the...
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- 2300 reads
Valley Farm
John Constable works on his last Suffolk painting, 1835
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- 1172 reads
Come On You Blues
8:30am. The alarm clock triggers its quadraphonic jangle, ricochets off the walls and splices into my brain like a swarm of hot bullets. It remains...
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- 1864 reads
Angel Stew
And you think you determine your own destiny
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- 1277 reads
Louise
L is for Louise ------ Where did she come from? Did she sail across the vast universe In a billowing galleon? A French name....fiery An Irish...
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- 766 reads
Knot
Knot to untie this, dance, free to feel you warm in curve of arm, turn at your heel close enough to take your breath and give it back strung on a...
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- 810 reads
Fairy Lights
I sit once again on the first day of January Staring at new books, perfume CD's I never asked for Piled near the chipped Moroccan book stand In the...
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- 961 reads
On the Passing of a Would-Be Poet
On the Passing of a Would-Be Poet She spent her days Believing in the gold mine Beneath the gutter Every one and every thing She could never have She...
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- 622 reads
Haiku of Intent
Haiku of Intent The ache is never quite what it once was. Am I cured or exhausted?
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- 713 reads
Langston Hughes Meets Saturday Morning
Pancakes.
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- 676 reads
Frost at Midnight
Fairy tales happen when you least expect them.
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- 582 reads
Quiggins
Because extraordinary people rarely see themselves that way.
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- 693 reads
BREAKDOWN
a man's obsession with his computer
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- 708 reads
The road at night.
For lost weekends.
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- 629 reads
Mister reliable
a fifty word piece on obsession
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- 1169 reads
Opening the Sixth Seal
There is no beauty anymore, My shadow thins away as evening falls. Days never seemed this long When I was with you. I join those with eyes fixed on...
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- 1431 reads
The Spice of Life
The road not followed...
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- 665 reads
Midnight Picasso
I will be your canvass Paint a masterpiece on me A vision of fulfilment That only you can see Let your brush-stroke fingers Stain my skin with...
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- 779 reads
The Snorosaurus
A bedtime introduction to the Snorosaurus
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- 1312 reads
Road Death
Choked up clouds masquerade as night. In Sliproads, cat's eyes glint, wink back at us and guide. Jester of the road, with load of young unartful...
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- 1736 reads
Grapes Of Gracia: Barcelona New Years Morning 2002
So we gulp the grapes of midnight with the pips of the new year you double up and it's funny cava and dribble you naughty thing your doctor would be...
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- 1666 reads
White Horses
The storm that whips the tranquil sea Creeps up with frightening speed On unsuspecting vessels it Unleashes watery greed On salt soaked deck the...
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- 693 reads
Her London Bed
An Asian Mother discovers contraceptives by her young daughter's bed....
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- 1854 reads
Heaven
We look upon the new day that hath been born We sit there on a bright summers morn Candescent smells of lilac blow through the air You sit between my...
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- 568 reads
Funfair
Pictures , words , sights and sounds Flashing lights and merry-go-rounds The smell of Popcorn and Candy Floss Win a goldfish on Pitch'n'Toss The wail...
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- 561 reads
Later
sooner or later it will be different it won't be so bad. or it might be worse, but it will be different - to now. to nothing. and no one. and...
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- 685 reads
P....Waiting
Waiting at the train station for over an hour, Cold washes over me And even the woman who sells flowers has started to stare Like I shouldn't be...
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- 707 reads
Concrete
Concrete. Thick, unyielding A gray landscape Soundscape Grey noise surrounding Impounding The sense of soul helplessness Unending matter Thick,...
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- 816 reads
Frozen
There is still snow on the ground. It is the same snow that yesterday framed you with its imperfect white by the lake and hardened under my feet. The...
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- 730 reads
Kelly's Eye
from the top of it on clear mornings like today you can see Brighton my hometown they say i'm not craving salty sea air that much just ice cream a...
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- 1658 reads
Version
I spent this morning asleep dreaming versions of you. And, I have to tell you, we kissed. God, it was fantastic. Even awake, I can still feel your...
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- 792 reads
Hen
I brought the hen in today. It was too cold to leave her out alone. She is the last hen, all the rest have been fox taken, or just died of old age,...
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- 818 reads
Field of Burefly Bells
Sat in the sun the other day, Breeze ruffling hair on skin, Heat on face, Eyes shut, Against the bright white. Only to bring forth a canvas of...
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- 1110 reads
The cane mutiny
hopefully this will leave you thinking
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- 1087 reads
Everything off
Those clothes you are wearing Well, take them off. The skin. Peel it off too. Strip off the flesh, I tell you. No. You may not keep the bones...
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- 883 reads
Wanna Dance&;#063;
Lets Dance. The shallow dance. The dance of a thousand nuances, Of glancing reflections and shadowy corners, The dance of colours, the dance of odour...
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- 1032 reads
A Doubt
I visit all of the places That we ever went, Just to try to find a piece of you there. I'm planning all of the letters That I'll never write, To try...
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- 741 reads
Just something I like...
A trip through some Northern lands...
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- 1068 reads
The trouble with Tolkein
A review of the film 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
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- 1104 reads
Just call me James
James and Julia find love in the most unlikely place.
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- 759 reads
How To Blanch Onions
How To Blanch Onions The recipe sounded easy, told me just what I had to do I know this may sound clich?, but I got in such a stew! Peeling spuds was...
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- 5933 reads
Finding Fleur
Katie's looking for Fleur.
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- 1263 reads
HAPPY NOO(SE) YEAR.
HAPPY NOO(se) YEAR. sneak. Suicide is painfull. My neck is very sore. I've been hanging here for hours - by this drafty door. I'm sure I've got flu...
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- 997 reads
The Things That Are Easily Abandoned
You are Charlotte. You are your bulemia, your boyfriend, your problems. You don't know who you are.
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- 569 reads
Deliverance
how much do you hate your boss&;#063;
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- 810 reads
I wanted to kiss you
I wanted to kiss you like the impulse to walk infront of fast traffic, not wait for the lights to say I can. I wanted to kiss you like licking just...
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- 1010 reads
Nine things I didn't say
Tears are never weak. And there should always be gin and tonic available for you by council swimming pools. Only a fool would think of leaving you...
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- 815 reads
K- From the Outside in
Looking in the mirror
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- 685 reads
B- Begging for Help
Finding without searching
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- 818 reads