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poppy's last shout
Cast adrift. Poppy’s single room in the hospital annex is sparse and milky as a bone. The umbilical cord of the machine by her bed works almost...
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The big Malky
Frank took two days to hitchhike down to London. It was all new. A night sleeping in a plastic bin bag sheltering outside a Tube station, with what...
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snap
You didn’t need to be a fortune teller to work out what Granda was thinking. Eyes windows of the soul, but eyebrows garbed like two grey squirrel...
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Rambling
Rambled away – weather grey No road and mud suckled Muckle on Hold my coat aloft Breezed away into the day Hills that hug Jag-eyed vision of...
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a dowry
Memories inside the track Train filled with cinders Empty carriages Tossing and turning time The coal of life burning Firebox of hushed silences And...
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Reminded me a bit of Stephen
Posted on Tue, 01 Sep 2015
Reminded me a bit of Stephen King (Stand by Me and The Tommyknockers) it's certainly got that otherness that affects dreams and memory and turns a body. I don't think 'no one' needs a hypen. And I'm not sure about choosing 'initiates'. I love the...
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thanks vera and littlebit. I
Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2015
thanks vera and littlebit. I acutally forgot I wrote this. I guess that photo of the wee boy in the sand, like the one in MyLi, of a little girl burning in Vietnam, makes you think, just a splurge of sound, on paper, no real sense. What makes me...
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I suppose getting it down on
Posted on Sun, 26 Jul 2015
I suppose getting it down on 'paper' might help?
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slight breeze and a hint of
Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2015
slight breeze and a hint of danger in a leisurely lie.
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thanks Rob, I'd guess I'm
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2015
thanks Rob, I'd guess I'm held in such esteem because I've been here longest. I must admit to writing as much rubbish as the next man (or woman), but I'd also guess I've lucked in that it's the first you've read and you like it so much....
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tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow,
Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2015
tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, might never come, poor today, but rich in another way.
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that's the truth, truth,
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2015
that's the truth, truth, Nothing I can say, but the world doesn't have to be that way.
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death is never far away. Not
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2015
death is never far away. Not us we pray. But for a moment we lie and watch the bird of prey fly by. Lovely.
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excellent, fast paced with
Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2015
excellent, fast paced with characters that stand out and great ending. bound to be trouble. Ideal for the dealer.
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eighteen, bursting with life,
Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2015
eighteen, bursting with life, when you believe your a man but just a boy, chained to the grass, forever, or until forgotten. Sad. Funnily enough a guy reversed in a van today and shouted my brother's name. he thought I was him. He's dead, of...
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