Cherrypicked stories
No Good At Maths...........................13
had this conversation with 2 people, so must be my fault
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- 656 reads
A Smoke Signal...................................8
Called to the telephone that evening, I clutched the receiver of untouchable treasure. It took me a while to work out what the soft "click" was in...
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- 802 reads
Failing To Think About Trees..............11
I had this comfort before: the free shawl of afternoon light draped over me, warming me inside out walking in the woods. When your companionship came...
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- 710 reads
Glass Of Water...............................4
You see through me every time, have learned how I distort the world. When you come I tremble; with a finger, you could stir me. If you drank me I...
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- 670 reads
The journey
A feeling of calmness A stillness like a cold empty cathedral The sudden warmth hits you Replenishing the desire for comfort Like a child handed back...
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- 257 reads
Vase............................................18
I wouldn't pick flowers, but, you hand me a vase; beautiful it was - days pass for hours through its glass. So carefully I took it, and, wondering...
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- 789 reads
Jarring Emptiness.............................14
In the garden air simmers. Under the bright tight fitting saucepan lid sky. bruised raspberries lie, meltsoft sweetsharp jewel juices ooze veins wasp...
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- 763 reads
Different Kinds Of Music....................10
On the internet I'd told you I sang all the time: out of tune - songs you don't like. Asking me to stay the night, you'd said we could each have our...
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- 766 reads
Let Me Tell You Now It Is Too Late.......17
Beached on an opposite chair separated by the misunderstanding silence: sand which fills my mouth, blows to your ears I knew I should have said...
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- 697 reads
Hannibal
Can a granny prevent her twin grandchildren being called by inappropriate names&;#063;
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- 576 reads
Just Two Photographs
I took just two photographs of you, thought when you'd gone looking at them would be like trying to track your warmth from a frost glossy print; that...
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- 770 reads
Recollectons
Memories Before a cosy fire, my wife and I now sit, and reminisce, Reflecting on Christmases, the children came to give that kiss, Tired with...
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- 521 reads
Progress
The Modern Telephone. HUH! I phoned my insurance the other day All I heard was a woman's voice that had to say. "If car insurance press one,...
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- 566 reads
Quit Pretending
I have feelings inside me ...somewhere...e
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- 515 reads
Pulling Pints
A poem about working in a bar.
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- 606 reads
Youth Group Guy
you know... THAT guy!
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- 729 reads
Kestrel
A Kestrel Holding stock-still in the tumult of a gale Head bowed in prayer above the great altar below Eyes fixed in a microscopic doom glare Reading...
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- 426 reads
Lost in Amish Country
A strange strange family.
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- 330 reads