Picks of the Month

February

Gold cherry
Pick of the Month

Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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Cherry
Pick of the Month

An Octopus Picks Litter at the End of the World

A serrated bottle cap. A triangle of green glass. These are unusual shells: strange, immortal tools that she collects during a morning’s foraging...
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January

Gold cherry
Story of the week
Pick of the Month

Uncle John's Popemobile.

Black specks were moving on the stacked plates of uneaten leftovers and the casual smears of a man that had tried to tidy up. Casualties lay on the...
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Gold cherry
Poem of the week
Pick of the Month

Act! A Poem for Basildon

Act! Looking from the window above, like a story of love. Can you hear me? — Yazoo, Only You. 1982 I'm lonely here. There are no poets here. Oh yes,...
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December

Gold cherry
Story of the week
Pick of the Month

Children of the Absolution

A recollection of thoughts I had during my childhood in the 1960s. I intended writing them down long before now but I was always terrified to death at the thought of the potential consequences.
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November

Cherry
Pick of the Month

Total Quality Management

United we stand?
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Cherry
Pick of the Month

The Fisherwoman and the Sea

THE FISHERWOMAN AND THE SEA For days I watched her. Every morning when I looked out to sea the trawler was there in exactly the same spot: about half...
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October

Gold cherry
Pick of the Month

Identity

We resent crush, constant news of hatred and horrors
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Gold cherry
Pick of the Month

The Cold Thesaurus

With political content and hoity-toity language.

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