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huts second week, second day (first draft)
Our first formal class, critical theory in mental handicap nursing, takes place in the defunct maternity ward, in the old hospital. High ceilings,...
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huts second week (first draft)
Monday is Monday in anybody’s language. Black and wet outside and our miserable Monday weather seeps inside and ages me. I hunker down, bury hands...
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onion gloop
Confounded by myself Confronted by someone else So fragile So strong Carry on Carry on Internal menace External menace Clogs up the lungs Clogs up...
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huts first week
Wullie the Pole shouts me into the office. It’s just before three because I’m standing near the door counting the minutes as if I’m Houdini,...
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A song for Europe - part three
We begin with our apologies The song that we hum - justify I’m not the only one Whose looks matter History in a jar Skull beneath the slit Tells us...
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not sure what a foofie valve
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
not sure what a foofie valve is, but the competition is hotting up.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 2
What I've read so far is
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
What I've read so far is intriguing.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 1
the use of quartz stone for
Posted on Fri, 23 May 2014
the use of quartz stone for freezing it one of those details that make everything so real. Look forward to more. Another great episode. I'm wondering what Ian's game is? Something about him getting drunk so easily points to some kind of illness?...
Read full commentPosted in Ch4: May 15th part 2
what room? You lucky knob.
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
what room? You lucky knob. Fifteen and I was still working out what to do with it.
Read full commentPosted in The Walthamstow Bird
not sure about the Panda Gods
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
not sure about the Panda Gods and 'Dawn lighted the sky...' doesn't sound right, but apart from that some beautiful descriptions.
Read full commentPosted in Triptych
yep, a close call with those
Posted on Sat, 03 May 2014
yep, a close call with those clowns. It was so close it was surreal. Great story. I'm not familiair with all those American shows, but I guess you nose that.
Read full commentPosted in A Nose by Any Other Name
Childhood’s a place, son, and
Posted on Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Childhood’s a place, son, and not a time. ' visited and revisited. A holiday from the self. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in At Holcombe Beach (I.P.)
thanks blackjack, I'm working
Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2013
thanks blackjack, I'm working my way through it, knocking off the crusty corners of the worst bloomers.
Read full commentPosted in school photos
I don't know enough about
Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2014
I don't know enough about poetry to coment about rhythm, metre or lieation, but the imagery is wonderful and the voice is true.
Read full commentPosted in It is I, Abiku
the crew seem afire and I'm
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2014
the crew seem afire and I'm sure that death and glory is their desire.
Read full commentPosted in The Crew of the Wolverine
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