Cherrypicked stories
The phone
the phone lays silent on a pub table in the shadow of the pint protecting it embracing it yet it remains stubbornly silent taunting me with inactivity teasing me it's taking the piss
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ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR LOVE
I don’t deserve your love.
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Tom
It was bound to happen. As a fresher at university, I had to develop a crush on somebody. Like during any other major transition in my life.
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Monday Sonnet: Sanctis
Damn lack of italics. Sanctis is meant to be italicised in the poem.
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Near Paddington
Dead in the house fire. Nineteen seventy two. A girl, six years old. No remains. Today. The Father. A man of sadness, age and rheumatism, celebrates her life. Walking streets,
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The Open Road
The silence of the night, so quiet you can hear every tremble of your heart. And the whisper of your wheels on the rain-wet road are secrets that just have to be shared.
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I Believe in Kaitlyn Gold
If your answers are yes, I look forward to hearing from you. If you are less than one hundred percent certain then good luck. You are still alone.
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Fate
A sailor on leave finds a fate he never could have imagined
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Colored Town
Life, death, and eventual revenge and justice in rural Louisiana
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Valediction to Summer Love
The end of a summer love - a response to inspiration point
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Time to Play
I want my dad back, along with the years we missed.
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An Element of Surprise
A lovely evening turns sour.
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We used to take drugs together
you say 'I bet all of our primary school teachers are dead by now' I think back to Mr Holland and Mrs Phillips and realise you're probaby right.
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Sometimes when I think about you it makes me feel a bit sick
the lady in Barnados beamed such a smile when I came in with a bin bag under each arm.
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Evelyn.
My name is Evelyn. I never sniff glue.
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Alien Shores
Like a scene from a foreign movie.
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Rhiannon
I walked into the kitchen and she was there, at the table. She was wearing a check workman’s shirt, looking down with her watery eyes at the food she was eating.
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The day I grow up ...
...I'll watch the whole of Marathon Man.
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Murder in the City
An air of death in the City this morning.
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You Can Win A Goldfish!
He stood, at the bottom, of the Helter Skelter. Waiting. She will not be long, he thought. Then they can go, get some candyfloss, perhaps win a goldfish.
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