Ewan
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34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3346885 times
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410 of my 3,580 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 452 votes
Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here
My stories
Typographical Error
%&*$% Image is by J W Orr and in the public domain.
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An Ocular Deception
A trick of the mourning light: a slight figure's determined gait, seen at a distance far enough to reach the other side. I see them, my parents,...
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The Big Picture
I think you'll most likely work this one out for yourselves. Image is by Thomas Nugent licence CC BY-SA 2.0
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Boys' Own Up
Hmm... I'm sure you'll work it out
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Land of Hope and Fury
Rant Photo is faked, from several different images. It is not a real place.
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 02 Oct 2022
A slice of history, almost 40 years ago. I was in uniform then, Air Force blue, but admired those at Faslane and Greenham. Futile in the end, but what days of innocence and belief.
Read full commentPlease share and/or retweet this excellent depiction of a...
Posted in A Break in the Clouds - my Memories of living at Faslane Peace Camp back in August 1983
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022
Succinct and vivid, this poem takes you there, and that's why it's our Pick of the Day.
Congratulations!
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Read full commentPosted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road
Love this so far,
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
Jack.
I do have one quibble. Ugly Puggly's last two bits of dialogue are a bit didactic. Whilst the sentiment behind the words is true, it comes over as a little authorial, even though the words come out of UP's mouth. This:
"we can'...
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 7
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Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
A splendid depiction of ourselves as a parasitic blight on Gaia itself. Skilfully done and with possibly the first use of 'Agrestal' I've ever seen in a poem.
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Posted in This Cannot Be Our Home
One of the hard truths
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
is that our armed forces are not up to contributing to a coalition force at the same level as that which went to Iraq. Or indeed to Afghanistan. This is fine. Limiting defence spending to sufficient to defend the realm is sensible. Just don't...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
Strange and evocative
Posted on Thu, 18 Nov 2021
There is great beauty in your work. Looking forward to your collection.
E x
Read full commentPosted in The Solitude of Sleep
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Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021
What if, indeed. This great piece from a returning contributor is the story of the lucky escape we get most times we buy a ticket and how we overthink things.
Why not share and/or retweet if you like it too, dear readers?
Read full commentPosted in Being Careful What You Wish For
Ah yes,
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021
what a double-edged sword that big win might be!
You have a typo in the penultimate stanza "op-des" vice "op-eds".
Really splendid writing, Ed.
E x
Read full commentPosted in Being Careful What You Wish For
Excellent.
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Very fine. Whimsical, I agree.
You have a missing apostrophe at line 5 in "Willows favourite".
Always best to keep the fantastic rooted in the everyday. You do that well here.
Well done.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail"
I am
Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020
speechless. Or at least written-wordless. This bears many more than several readings.
Read full commentPosted in At The East Lake Where I'm Often Drunk, Thoroughly
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