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thought police
When thoughts fail That’s a thing Do they go to a mental gym? Do they spell calisthenics? Hope to hop on one leg Spend leisure time in a different...
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only you
Sunlight lacks warmth Light without you Forget loyalty and respect Dark rise of swollen belly in our bed Glimmering embers of what we said Love gone...
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the day before Christmas
Christmas Eve is the cruellest day. Doreen steps up behind an old guy stinking of fags and booze, sporting a baseball cap back to front, reddish hair...
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tender souls 2
Hallelujah said it wasn’t far and he carried their suitcase. But by the time they got there Ray’s feet hurt. Hoar frost made the slopes from the Old...
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angry-white man
BNP cynicism. First came the drunken Paddy. Then the grasping Jew. Smelly Paki. Polish Plasterer Romanian rats Who’s to blame for our nation’s shame...
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Guilt and duty. Those
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Guilt and duty. Those sisphyean calls we heed or not are played out here and I like your ending. There's a sadness that runs through the story and finds expression in relief - and guilt.
Read full commentPosted in Doing a good thing
Lovely and gentle
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2015
Lovely and gentle remembrances filled with the flowers and icons of childhood. A treat to read.
Years ago my grandparents did not have TV or fridge a long time; [This is ambiguious. Your grandparents did not have a TV and fridge...
Read full commentPosted in My Childhood in the Countryside
all's well in that flag
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015
all's well in that flag-waving hell, some little grief that runs too deep, or something similiar your may say, but we live to fight another day. That's a ryhme crime!
Read full commentPosted in Berkeley (The Californian Tragedy)
the dead have all the good
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015
the dead have all the good lines and it'd be mad not to enjoy it.
Read full commentPosted in Dan's Dead
to really suffer it must be
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2015
to really suffer it must be brocolli. It's green. It's mean. It's obscene. But it's high in something or other. Chocolate is the devil's spawn. I know which way I was born.
Read full commentPosted in A Medal!
wonderful winding ways and
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2015
wonderful winding ways and finding your way home. An interesting journey or pilgramage the purpose of which is not clear, but it doesn't matter, with each step something gives.
Read full commentPosted in Camino 16a – 3 October 2014
interesting fairy-tale type
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015
interesting fairy-tale type story.
Read full commentPosted in The Ravens of Portobello
the wonders of science in a
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2015
the wonders of science in a kind of frankenstein way. Orginal and entertaining.
Read full commentPosted in Recluse
A nice beat to your poem and
Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2015
A nice beat to your poem and some great imagery. Well done. Should be sung.
Read full commentPosted in CITY
evernow is to be the person
Posted on Sun, 12 Apr 2015
evernow is to be the person we want to be. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Forever frozen on the flipside of the night.
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