Picks of the Month
January
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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- 6666 reads
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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- 3156 reads
December
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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- 8440 reads
November
Total Quality Management

United we stand?
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- 3014 reads
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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- 4152 reads
October
Identity

We resent crush, constant news of hatred and horrors
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- 4338 reads
The Cold Thesaurus
With political content and hoity-toity language.
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- 3629 reads
September
You Never Said

For someone I loved a long time ago, you know.
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- 8806 reads