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Forbidden Fruit.
‘Put your false teeth in,’ I said, ‘maybe then they’ll believe in you and believe in your prophecies more’. Old Joe had taken up a position between...
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Blood is thicker than water
Rain splatters the pavement when I set out. My sister, Teresa, doesn’t live far, but then the moon isn’t that far, and I don’t particularly want to...
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A song for Europe 2
Cry off negotiation Cut up small Snatch a breath Will she-won’t he? Luck of the draw Those who survive Those who died Word of mouth Mouth on mouth...
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Plot without a story
The note flapped through the letterbox and lay on the linoleum. I pulled open the door, just in time to see a denimed back sauntering up the street...
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No Good Reason to be Chicken
Madame Cheekie was a hen’s kind of hen, no clucking about, her hooded eyes darkened and she’d just tell you how it was, or should be, which was the...
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if you look through your
Posted on Tue, 29 Nov 2016
if you look through your fingers it seems very much like this world, but instead of space travel, simple air travel. that's a good thing to base the future on, being like the past, but with speedbumps. .
Read full commentPosted in Is Space The Final Frontier? Who Will The Man Of The Future Be? (Ch.13c)
I prefer the sun, but I guess
Posted on Sun, 27 Nov 2016
I prefer the sun, but I guess I'm not the only one. Without rain I fear makind would be history.
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30 story in 30 days, you're
Posted on Thu, 24 Nov 2016
30 story in 30 days, you're having a fucking laugh! keep at it.
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so many invisible days, in so
Posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2016
so many invisible days, in so many ways.
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the sweet and the sour the
Posted on Fri, 18 Nov 2016
the sweet and the sour the bouquet of forgotten flower, the aftertaste, that's what makes this poem so great.
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yes, I agree, echo it is for
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
yes, I agree, echo it is for me.
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a stout heart and a wet mouth
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
a stout heart and a wet mouth, right enough. But I don't like the start: 'Paidi’s hurled face of wrath.' I'd guess you'd have to put it another way to get the man and his moods right.
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I really enjoyed reading this
Posted on Sat, 12 Nov 2016
I really enjoyed reading this. The only false note I detected was you saying you were 'socially withdrawn' I prefer the more striaghtforward, I was shy. Reminds me a bit of Jackie Kay going to the same kind of meetings, but for socialists, and...
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there's a lot of pain here,
Posted on Sat, 12 Nov 2016
there's a lot of pain here, brimmng and overflowing words that stain our minds and we have no refrain, because, to be honest, we do the same cruel things again and again.
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a year is nothing, but
Posted on Fri, 04 Nov 2016
a year is nothing, but sometimes it is something.
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