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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)

By drew_gummerson on Tue, 24 Dec 2019

I was supposed to be the authority but it had to be said they were probably right, the duck did appear to be dying. It wasn’t a spectacular death,...

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Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 27 Oct 2019

At five o’clock in the morning you are woken by the sounds of the couple in the next room arguing and this surprises you because the previous night...

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Palestine

By drew_gummerson on Tue, 20 Nov 2012

1. God is dead Myron comes home and takes off his, ‘God is Dead’, sandwich board.

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Zola Budd and Big Books

By drew_gummerson on Mon, 13 Oct 2008

I am Zola Budd or an aspiring bum. Remember her, when they did get her in spikes you didn’t know if you were watching track and field or a remixed edition of Death Race 2000.

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308 of my comments have received 331 Great Feedback votes

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I hate robins. They are evil

Posted on Thu, 08 Apr 2021

I hate robins. They are evil little dictators. So I enjoyed your poem. Thank you.

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Nice ending.

Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Nice ending.

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I never knew him and now I

Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

I never knew him and now I miss him.

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It feels full of hope! Love

Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021

It feels full of hope! Love it.

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Ok. So, I like what happens

Posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2021

Ok. So, I like what happens within the story. Getting up to the window is too long. He needs to land on his arse quicker. So I'd cut some there. The monologue about his woes is too long. The speech back and forth between them is excellent. I'd...

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I love its simplicity, that

Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2021

I love its simplicity, that of a single moment. But it's so moving.

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I loved it. Was there in 1991

Posted on Wed, 03 Mar 2021

I loved it. Was there in 1991. I was a student. And in Milwaukee. As per Flamingo Hotel. It's all true! (Well, not quite.)

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It's great.

Posted on Sun, 28 Feb 2021

It's great.

One point of style. After a lot of your direct speech, you have, 'sais' and then a present participle...

'McDade sais, tryin tae sound authoritative'

'Scanlon sais, noddin'

'ah sais, scramblin fur...

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It's lovely. But very sad.

Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

It's lovely. But very sad.

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Great stuff. Glad you got

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

Great stuff. Glad you got jabbed. Now you're a red arrow can you loop the loop?