Cherrypicked stories
The Girl With Norwich In Her Pocket
This is an experimental villanelle, with the repeated words within the lines, in the same order, rather than at the end of each line and rotated.
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A Passing Day.
Where do you find the time or inspiration to write?
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There's someone dead in the toilet
I know it's Emma's party and I don't want to spoil it but I think there is somebody dead in the toilet.
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We should call a man
It's not my fault that I'm not able to French Polish the scratched coffee table
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Inspiration Point: Soggy Butties.
New Confessions
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Give My Daughter Back Her Hair!
Playing the lottery is what people do instead of changing their life, she tells me, buttoning up her pinstriped jacket.
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Chapter Four: Captain Storm (EDITED)
“With a poppet?”
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The Shining Stone
“The Shining Stone”
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Dear Man I Saw On The Platform At Colchester
Dear man I saw on the platform at Colchester, You hugged the ugly Polynesian girl Then waited while she got on board the train I confess, my knee-jerk thought was Mail order bride
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FAMILIES
I took photos of the Woods, Ate healthily with the Greens, Got a cake from the Bakers, Had egg and chips with the Beans.
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River
Two bottles of rioja Are unleashed - 'My teeth were made for this', Grinning like a Greek. This midnight sneak To the river Is a way to jolt me Aloft. Riposting, I show My sad tits
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The West
(Driving Through Suburbia) When you drive through a suburb, You see the ghosts of the land: Pines standing free and open, Avenues of young maples, planted after the wars,
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What want mooring
What want mooring They went home and locked the home gate they went home and did the washing up and at tea time when mum said because I am in a boat having a hard time we have dog for dinner
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The god loss
The god loss Remember the little god who stood up to sleep, strolled across lawns mimicking ducks. They say he beat back books, charged per syllable with
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Apples and cheese
Apples and cheese I wouldn’t make much of a ploughman given I don’t like apples or cheese. In bed I’d unshirt him enjoy all the things and then like beer off a dog’s lip
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An Apology for a Class
Poor Inez puts up with a lot...
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Of mice and not men
You might need to know something aboutthe 12 steps.
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What It Is... (Scene 2)
Next bit. Any comments gratefully received!
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Just Eight Lines
The finger of creation.
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Some Drones
A waitress encounters a man lost in a story, but who's story is it?
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- 2348 reads