Cherrypicked stories
Van Gough- faction
It could have been that way.
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- 711 reads
Chamillova's Tatranka
Marta Chamillova, also more cheekily nicknamed 'Stara' (old wise woman): Slovak National Treasure And we lived by her fierce folkloric dictum: “Fitting in is death. Remember that. You want to stand apart from your peers. Always."
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- 6655 reads
Two am
i look at the clock two am two ? doesn't look right should be spelled differently am wide awake why in a chat room talking to myths am close to myths...
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- 1437 reads
Enemy Inside
Rustling bags of food placed beside the door Fumbling fingers in handbag to fish out the key Key pushed in deeply and turned once more Pulled down...
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- 724 reads
Irrelevant Thief
is there something missing&;#063;
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- 739 reads
I want to write a poem
Getting my point across with no poetic ability.
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- 679 reads
RedGlorious.
A poem about self harm, femininity,love, betrayal, and beautey.
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- 762 reads
Commuter Train
monday morning on a commuter train
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- 993 reads
The Pattern
Kirsty stared at the tattoo on the naked old woman's thigh. It was faded and distorted, clearly intended for a younger leg, but it was beautiful. She...
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- 1074 reads
Muskie's Big Break
The same characters as "Angel and the Elk", a few years later...
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- 1106 reads
Marzipan! Marzipan! Marzipan
About a woman who dreams of marzipan
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- 1345 reads
Five ways to immediately improve your writing
Go on, start now
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- 712 reads
Can You Hear Them&;#063;
Well can you&;#063;
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- 893 reads
Agnostic
I know your blue shadows: the cold white bright of you dazzles me with distance untrod by my understanding this doubt great as sky and I so long to...
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- 858 reads
Ice
I contemplate ice- notebook is solidified ideas frozen
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- 901 reads
Friendly Fire
A cautionary tale from a holiday island.
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- 825 reads
GERALDINE
It's not always necessary to divorce an abusing husband.
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- 1367 reads
Ogre Hands
I had but blinked; and there I was. With yearning memory of the moment I had left - my window, lead winter, Cosy coffee and cigarette, 'Ready Steady...
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- 1251 reads
Overheard in a Cemetery
If you don't want to hear, don't listen
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- 1057 reads
Story Beginnings : Ten to avoid
What editors dread at the start of stories
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- 826 reads
Cow The Kids
Child Management My View
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- 737 reads
Z: Anonymous
i got another letter today unsigned undated it was from you a calling card there's quite a collection now they're not with me i screw them up and...
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- 1452 reads
The afternoon
take the afternnon off you said so i pulled a sickie for you we boarded a bus and sat amongst the pensioners you held my hand fiercely as we sailed...
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- 1478 reads
A Beadling Shame
Peter's view on hidden camera shows!
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- 642 reads
Train Now Leaving
Memorable Crash
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- 732 reads
Genesis - The First Book of the Dark
In the beginning was the thirst
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- 776 reads
Beneath the Workaholic
No need to check the time: it's 8.42 She says "Hello" to everyone with her eyes downcast Puts her bag and brolly on the desk; still on cue Whilst...
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- 702 reads
A--Dream Days
remembering my grandmother
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- 688 reads
A Living Death
The sound of the handle being pushed down The door opens into a stuffy and stale room Trying to accustom eyes to the darkness ahead Flicking on the...
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- 699 reads
Paper cuts
The truth was packed inside that letter Folded in quarters A crease in my mind I do hope the edges were sharp! As knife edged as my sentences Can you...
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- 854 reads
U: The Lesson
From an early age most men are taught their central lifelong macho fear: that basic fear of being caught. Those secret playground fights we fought to...
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- 757 reads
Glass Heart
Deception and hurt predicted in the crystal ball...
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- 686 reads
Breath of Alex
He had fire behind his eyes. Red raw and bubbling orange, a spicy spreading glow that often warmed the back of his head, a furnace blast of energy...
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- 1703 reads
By the automatic doors
We stood with lit cigarettes in the wind Reflections sliced by the automatic doors The sky heavy; a cruel twist in the breeze I felt my own heart...
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- 1005 reads
A Lover&;#8217;s Quarrel
Rhyming Verse
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- 896 reads
Raw throat pain
Having a throat so sore and a languishing larynx that left him unable to talk, in a strange sense liberated him. Usually he crammed a
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- 2191 reads
Rowing on a Lake
Narrabeen Lake Sydney Oz Long ago
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- 727 reads
Evening comes softly
short lyric
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- 676 reads
One Year On From Flowers
A light long lost now, the candle flickers but never dies; still lights the room and many faces. A year ago, an accident: small, compact and quickly...
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- 624 reads
Summer Factory
Muggy mornings all too often drag us out of bed and out the door, then throw us onto the bus and drive us to destiny: allocated time slots in a...
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- 730 reads
Please Pay and GO!!!!
A telephone rings and we look and shake and nod and glance and feel our pockets and grin and then somebody answers and goes out of the room and talks...
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- 636 reads
BDressing gown on the bedroom door
memories of childhood innocence
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- 681 reads
Hunted
Someones` worst nightmare brought to life
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- 771 reads
Flowers
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know' John Keats (Ode on a Grecian Urn), May 1819. **************...
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- 764 reads
Crush
I wasn't sure how to categorise this poem. Reactions please!!!!!!!
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- 1011 reads
Abacus
On the right side The heroes On the wrong side The murderers. On thr right side The victims On the wrong side The victims Are legitimate targets...
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- 963 reads
The Tourist's Photograph
A few lines on wandering into the lives of others.
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- 827 reads
Same
Men&;#063; Women&;#063; Are we really THAT different&;#063;
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- 838 reads
Invisibles (extract)
A slightly unusual love&;#063; story
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- 882 reads
Werewolf
based on a German poem by Christian Morgenstern
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- 816 reads