celticman
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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2441605 times
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huts 1 (rewrite)
The security guard with a pencil moustache, slides open the window of the lodge at the hospital gates and addresses me as ‘sir’. I’m given directions...
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the case for the prosecution
Every morning Papa Adams opened early to catch workmen before they started the early shift in the yard. He pushed her belly out like a pram and...
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school project
you purl kisses into a corner of eternity my body an empty bucket filling slowly from the tingle of teeth feet in a slow dance of time swell and the...
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everything I once knew
Everything I once knew Grows apart and forgotten Like some dull stick Scarred and mutilated. The need to believe in – hope Hopeless Hazy eyed and...
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Bible John 2
I clutch the handle of my holdall, with my purse secure inside. ‘I’m not sure,’ I say. I hold a leaflet out as a shield. ‘Perhaps she’ll get some of...
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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.
family worries, how we scurry
Posted on Wed, 08 Apr 2015
family worries, how we scurry to and fro from that worry.
Read full commentPosted in Cinderellas Have Stubble Too
A stor[e]y below
Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2015
A stor[e]y below
so the journey begins. Not sure why anyone would volunteer their child for sacrifice. The story of a lottery and sacrifice for the good of the land is more common.
Read full commentPosted in Dancing Silhouettes
take a deep breath, powerful.
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2015
take a deep breath, powerful.
Read full commentPosted in Deterioration Haiku
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