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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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if life is a classroom I'm in
Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2016
if life is a classroom I'm in the wrong school.
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in a circle, in a cycle, a
Posted on Sat, 25 Jun 2016
in a circle, in a cycle, a controlled storm of writing.
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this is good, really good,
Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2016
this is good, really good, but could be far better if you broke the three seperate narratives into seperate storylines of six, thirteen and eighteen. Slow down time. It's got an edge about it, which I like.
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The movement and moments of
Posted on Tue, 14 Jun 2016
The movement and moments of silence and complicity make a sweet kind of electiricity.
Read full commentPosted in Something Dead In The Road
difficult question to answer,
Posted on Thu, 09 Jun 2016
difficult question to answer, but I guess poetry throws a light.
Read full commentPosted in I Really Deserve
Lovely and the denouement
Posted on Wed, 01 Jun 2016
Lovely and the denouement fits like a driver's glove.
Read full commentPosted in SECRETS Part 2
yeh, I like this or get it,
Posted on Mon, 30 May 2016
yeh, I like this or get it, as like seems the wrong words, as does like. I'm sure you know what I mean.
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the rise and fall of us all.
Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016
the rise and fall of us all.
Read full commentPosted in Today We Dressed Up And Pretended To Be Rich
yellow, my favouritie colour
Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016
yellow, my favouritie colour and this is so sweet, it's right up my street. Mellow and blue it combines the colours of you.
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yep. 3000 words isn't a lot;
Posted on Thu, 12 May 2016
yep. 3000 words isn't a lot; only it is. All the reasons you outline are lived examples, but what struck me most was the word 'perfect'. First 3000 is never going to be perfect, if it's legible, or evern if it isn't, that's a start. An outline....
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