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Borrowed lines
This was a poem specifically written for a book we had to make for my BA in writing. Was written in 2017 and was very much a snapshot of my life then. I suppose the style is confessional. The book was rather pointless but the writting for the degree was ok.
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Points of View
snap to trap … stare and share … in the dark of night with eyesight bright …
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Green Days
I’m in a creative writing workshop that I’m facilitating for a group of community researchers. I’m having a wonderful time. Everyone has been so...
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Fire in the Prison Library
Fire in the Prison Library Wish for us the cigarette smiling gals of 1948. Lipstick curled, etched stockings and a try if you dare sweetheart wink...
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24-hour crisps cost more than £2
24-hour crisps cost more than £2 each door is different but each reminds me how exhausted i am my bicycle seat is worn but can still bruise – so many...
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Feline Frustration
Feline Frustration How long have these humans known me? Why can’t they grasp the simple premise that I want something and it’s clear to me, so why...
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1:5:9 Duel (Part 2)
The crowd started to get riled up. Half shouting Crait’s praises the other cheering for Lore. The noise rang in their ears, distorting their vision...
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Hyacinth and the Economist
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Parcel for You - Part 49
Vanessa sighed and dropped down onto the bed. She felt as if she’d had the stuffing knocked out of her as she stared at the vacant plug socket which...
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The survivor part 2
Chapter 4 The meeting at the planetarium I,d been summoned to New York if I wanted to make it into the big leagues fast there would be no more...
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The survivor part 1
The survivor Chapter 1 I thought they were police , I am imprisoned now thanks to my own stupidity in this cold dark corner of a cold dark room. With...
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Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Dead Reckoning series - Part 45)
Samantha seeks help from Jeannie and the police are racing toward Evanley Hall, but will it be all too late for Josiah and Archibald?
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Portal
Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...
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The Patrolman - 5
After the looks he got from the cab driver, Mr. Slate made up his mind - tomorrow, he'd buy a car.
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Yard Sale Chapter 7
Well I guess you cant spell families without the word 'lies'!
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Staring at Ophelia
I haven't been able to leave this room in Tate Britain for eight years
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Making Resolutions at Ned's 1944
“I thought you hootch hounds weren’t drinking anymore,” said Ned. The men at the bar looked at each other and balked. “Don’t sound like us,” said...
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Good Intentions
A way of approaching life that took me too long to grasp
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Mars
Mars let's think about some facts we know about the red planet. Mars is uninhabitable and no technology exists to make it habitable. The development...
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