PAIN

Pain Constant pain Not quite physical A mental pain An invisible wound. Constant pain My life is ruled by it Its tendrils ensnare me Its power engulfs me At times it overwhelms me.

The Lady With The Dog

Originally entered for BBC Radio 3's The Verb's Chekhov short story competition where the springboard was a title from a Chekhov story.

Iphigenia

I want to know whose war it is That I have fought without a bruise, Without a sound, without the news Of where the breach or the defeat is, I want to hear the name, the cause

The City "Symphony" (Ashland, Oregon, USA)

The bass of thousands of cars on the roads the flute-song of the wind bouncing off the wooded mountains the soft snarl of electric saws the distant cawing of crows
Cherry

Clayton

About an old chicken coop that occupies a place in my backyard. It's almost like a member of the family at this point.

The Silence

For love that is lost in the darkness... x

do not flower too well

your breathe, the stem... you grow below the sunshine, stretching hairs of light breathe, your grow with tension: do not long to become the full radiance where life will eat you

Rules Of The Road

The trick is to learn how NOT to go in circles... but you have to discover how to do that for yourself. However, here are some handy hints...

Grand Slam 2008. A personal recollection.

Sickly sweet and pungent, the heavy scent of Gaulloises taints the air, as, with cloudy eyes, the grim, grey skies of Cardiff watch over the gathering tribes of Wales and France, as they move in
Cherry

Chapter Fourteen:

Chapter Fourteen:

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