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I have 75 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 89351 times and 42 of my stories have been cherry picked.
16 of my 197 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 16 votes

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Swep Lovitt

2nd book SOMETIMES THE WORLD IS TOO BEAUTIFUL, 2011, Texas Review Press. Amazon, barnesandnoble, Book Depository.

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Cherry

Miko

Woke early, rose Worked on a poem 2 cups of coffee On repeat St. Vincent Went to wake you A cup of hot, black coffee In hand, you pulled The covers...

Brookhaven

Jerene brought Swep V and Cannon To Brookhaven for a few days. The boys explored the yard, the back lot, Pilfered the playhouse, the attic, Dragging...
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Cherry

Report To The Boys

Yes, I crossed over. Saw Maha and Granddaddy Drinking coffee, under trees. I have loved You Swep-- You Jeremy--each and every day Since you were born...
Cherry

Fifteen-Years Later

Jerene´s just moved to a house, A nice area, that Jeremy bought for her. ¨I must´ve done something right.¨ She sold our house. Has gotten a dog. We...
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Beth Hart, Tremendous Blues

But Hart not exactly my type. I start her DVD, "Front and Center," 2018 NYC. Cruise, familiar Songs, until Hart launches into Tell Her You Belong To...

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16 of my comments have received 16 Great Feedback votes

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Parson, you've got a poem

Posted on Tue, 29 May 2018

Parson, you've got a poem here. much too long, would starken it up. get rid of everything you can stand to, and maybe even a little more, anything that doesn't add to your poem dilutes it, the effect. perhaps make the exchanges, the speech, even...

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Posted in Carboniferous limestone

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¨i thought of the ruby red

Posted on Mon, 26 Aug 2019

¨i thought of the ruby red colour when i lost the baby. it came dripping out of me, but i already knew.¨

and so another tale of the disenfranchised, those without a voice. in my poems a key word is essence, and so in your prose, a stripped...

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Posted in good tears and bad.

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they will alwys be yours

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019

they will alwys be yours

good story

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Posted in Katy, A Ghost Story (IP)

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a grim look into the way time

Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

a grim look into the way time carries us along, the way the relationships of our youth are forever.  

 

 

 

 

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Posted in two-faced

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cut the first line, and

Posted on Thu, 19 Jul 2018

cut the first line, and

"O, to capture what's within, and get it down"

which may take care of the need for the first two

stanzas 3, 4, 5, 6 pretty self-indulgent, don't establish their reality.

 

you write a lot...

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Posted in Lost in a space

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hi, not to be argumentative,

Posted on Sat, 23 Jun 2018

hi, not to be argumentative, seeking discourse on your poem and not adversary, insert is a smart woman and she sees your poem as if written by a child. i don't, though your speaker seems to be naive, perhaps simple in a good way, which is why a...

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Posted in In your shoes

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take out :A life made bland

Posted on Sat, 23 Jun 2018

take out :A life made bland by ease." and see how it reads. reads cleanly, clearly, (apparenly my favorite words of the moment) to me. 

have to repeat, "Have you seen a real tree?" not only is it overkill, but it could be read as a bit...

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Posted in In your shoes

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hi, would cut the editorial

Posted on Sat, 23 Jun 2018

hi, would cut the editorial "A life made bland by ease."

would cut "Have you seen a real tree?" as overkill.

good poem Di.

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Posted in In your shoes

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if you have true love in tow

Posted on Thu, 14 Jun 2018

if you have true love in tow then all the rest is details.

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Posted in The art of keeping going

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Parson, oh Parson: you are

Posted on Sun, 10 Jun 2018

Parson, oh Parson: you are such a natural writer that i think you are sometimes lax. the pieces of yours that i've read have been to borrow another's comment on another of your poems, "gentle", in a good way, in a tolerant, encompassing way. that...

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Posted in Sunday morning street cafe

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