Cherrypicked stories
Winter Blues A paradel (Another I. P. )
A Paradel/Paradelle is a complicated poetic form. Google for explanation
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A Triolet Of Woe ( For The I. P.)
Triolet of Woe
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Maxwell VS. Machine
WARNING: Tipping this machine or any other unstable object weighing in excess of 1000 pounds onto yourself can result in serious bladder injury or death
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2. Life just got better - The first fatality is the kicker (IP)
Part 2 Leaving a trail of blood, dead bodies and broken glass.
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THE SEVEN AGES OF [A SICK PERVERTED] MAN (Warning, may cause offence)
In response to Danrama's forum topic on censorship I raised the issue of self-censorship and the fear of writing in the first person. This poem is one I was previously loath to post.
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Far from home
Native American Love
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1. Life Just got Better - First impressions are important.
The radio tells me that friendship is just a phone call away, at a dollar ninety five per minute.
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Kevin the Gerbil
- September 2001
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The Late Miss Rigby
She is all the lonely people hiding behind doors, walking at night, experiencing life vicariously through lighted windows and television screens. She has watched him from
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2013
I don’t know why I did it. Actually, that’s a lie. It was the money. Root of all evil and all that.
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I will never tell you...
I will never tell you...
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Diary of a girl with low self-esteem
I would like to say something meaningful but I don’t know how.
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A Busy Boy
Lug a bag of loose bones to the bookstore
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Planet Earth is blue 10
A story in 200-word chapters. Conversation at gunpoint.
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IP Cherry Lips
a tenuous link with the IP, but who cares?
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Your children are fast asleep upstairs
Your chiropodist hasn't answered her phone all morning 'What can she be up to!'
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'Spit 'n Polish' (I.P.)
Each evening, Cherry, as she was called, cleaned her old man’s shoes...
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The Origins of Snow
Submitting this as part of my writing sample. I'm applying for the MFA Creative Writing at Kingston. Any feedback would be great!
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