celticman

uncovering oneself (3)

By celticman on Fri, 16 May 2014

The downstairs bar shut. I bought a bottle of Buckie from the Off Sales. It was more expensive than usual, but I was more flush than usual...

Drama

uncovering oneself (2)

By celticman on Sun, 11 May 2014

I spent so much of my life not fitting in I fitted in best with those that didn’t. The Atlantis lounge and bar was a two-storey building that had...

Drama

uncovering oneself (1)

By celticman on Sat, 10 May 2014

In my head it was Monday. The garden gate didn’t cry, or try and out-rattle me. Mum’s gardening shoes were resting on the bottom step of the decking...

post down the line

By celticman on Sat, 03 May 2014

We grew up, lips leerin’ The whistle went son, the game begins Once round, no-man’s again Barbed wire, no-holds quintain Drilling, dodging, filthy...

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interesting, I was just

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2015

interesting, I was just thinking about something similiar (but different). How each generation weighs time. Trees by their weight of leaves offers the obivious analogy, are we so different?

Posted in My Father's House

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the sunset must have invaded

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2015

the sunset must have invaded the sky an orange.' I know what you mean, [the sun makes the sky glow orange] a little more care and you'll be right up there.

Posted in Running on Desire - The Boat

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there's a kind of coming back

Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2015

there's a kind of coming back I like, an echo of the past and present, the begining and end.

Posted in The sound of my love

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you carry on too Jeanne we

Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2015

you carry on too Jeanne we just muck in and write as we do.

Posted in dread-nought

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feels real. a headache that

Posted on Sat, 05 Sep 2015

feels real. a headache that binds all thoughts to hurry up and pass or let me die.

Posted in Migraine

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Reminded me a bit of Stephen

Posted on Tue, 01 Sep 2015

Reminded me a bit of Stephen King (Stand by Me and The Tommyknockers) it's certainly got that otherness that affects dreams and memory and turns a body. I don't think 'no one' needs a hypen. And I'm not sure about choosing 'initiates'. I love the...

Posted in Relic

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thanks vera and littlebit. I

Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2015

thanks vera and littlebit. I acutally forgot I wrote this. I guess that photo of the wee boy in the sand, like the one in MyLi, of a little girl burning in Vietnam, makes you think, just a splurge of sound, on paper, no real sense. What makes me...

Posted in dread-nought

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I suppose getting it down on

Posted on Sun, 26 Jul 2015

I suppose getting it down on 'paper' might help?

Posted in Love Journal #1 Damage Control

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slight breeze and a hint of

Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2015

slight breeze and a hint of danger in a leisurely lie.

Posted in Thoughts on a Rooftop

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thanks Rob, I'd guess I'm

Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2015

thanks Rob, I'd guess I'm held in such esteem because I've been here longest. I must admit to writing as much rubbish as the next man (or woman), but I'd also guess I've lucked in that it's the first you've read and you like it so much....