Picks of the Month
October
Autumn Wasp
You have made of me an autumn wasp. The last yellow gasp of summer has been uttered and the air crisped around me, solidifying into acorns. A quirky...
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- 2732 reads
September
Game
The deep violet of evening You tell me that you’re at war with a sunflower. That you’ve been trying to stand it up straight in the middle of its vase...
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- 3048 reads
August
Please, leave the light on. ( The reply)
As always, there are two sides to every story. Here's the reply... Dear Robert, Your letter was forwarded onto me by the new tenants of Jenny’s old...
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- 13121 reads
running in the rain
There is something compelling and slightly unsettling the way the rain strikes my face hits my cheeks and my lips. Droplets drum a delightful pattern...
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- 4965 reads
July
(I Don't Want to) Ride the Piss and Graffiti Train Anymore
Thinking on the train.
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- 3663 reads
June
The Sewing Machine
The Sewing Machine As a young man, I was fond of walking holidays and particularly liked the wilds of Scotland, covering vast distances by foot. They...
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- 4224 reads
May
A Room In Chungking
On the gritty wall askew in sultry disrepair, hangs Hokusai’s Great Wave. Almost a window once perhaps, this place has won it over. Below on crumpled...
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- 3568 reads
Gave it to the sea
The cut between these times was such that I thought it possible I was living in an afterlife. In louder places we sat in filthy messes, plates and...
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April
Another baby
The barmaid's waiting for a phone call. Her sister-in-law is in labour. She’s desperate for the phone to ring so she can hear from the corridors of...
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My Other Life is
My other life is a peach bare feet, warm sand clear running water mind, body, place sweet blossom contentment gold, green birdsong sunlight leaves...
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- 7503 reads