Cherrypicked stories
The Sun Bear
The Sun Bear In Pnom Penh, under the monsoon sky a Sun Bear cowers in a foetid cage rank with faeces and the stench of fear. Crazed with pain, eyes...
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- 659 reads
The Forty Foot
Swimming with Guinness
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- 1423 reads
Candle
Candle The candle flickered in the deserted room, blazing and growing smaller every minute. Then suddenly the window blew open and cold air rushed in...
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- 459 reads
Hate Shatters
Glasses and windows can be replaced, broken hearts will heal.
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- 616 reads
Footsteps
A wee meditation on fear and retreat
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- 455 reads
Message from the Shed
i am trapped in the shed
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- 199 reads
Baby Ate It
It was easy when pregnant, to blame the missing liter of ice-cream, that my husband would moodily accuse me of hogging, on the fact that the baby was...
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- 436 reads
Taking The Time To Truly See
It was another gorgeous day today, and I celebrated it as I usually do- by taking the dog, and my almost one-year-old daughter, hiking in the...
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- 419 reads
Spontaneous Goodness
If you had a wish, how stupid would it be&;#063;
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- 456 reads
Sterling Roses
Present at every special moment. The moment you proposed. The moment we took our vows. To celebrate the birth of each of our children. Each day one...
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- 548 reads
Pasties
A woman can do nothing but cook pasties
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- 527 reads
Green
I am green with envy, Mordechai. There is the reason why. You venture on a hill to espouse your cause. Were it sufficient to meet halfway, that would...
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- 462 reads
Hokey Cokey Moon (The)
Where other than by your side that hearth has warmed has staved off revolution has pacified the storm. In these pink ears the folk memory of Eden...
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- 442 reads
S and X
Sexual animal racing through my dreams. A stallion to your mare. Lost is your innocence and naive is your faith in the power of this moment. Yes you...
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- 477 reads
Ocean Roars (The)
The ocean roars my fears and your tender heart vulnerable, I shy away. Evening falls and dark descends, and visits each house, like an old uncle. '...
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- 492 reads
Chocolate is like a life of boxes
An old Greek myth, updated and twisted
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- 690 reads
Her Lullaby
An Lullaby for my daughters
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- 381 reads
Poetry for Beginners
How to write poetry
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- 541 reads