fatboy74

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I have 25 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 163098 times and 37 of my stories have been cherry picked.
41 of my 1,990 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 44 votes

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simon whitworth

 

My stories

Silent Noon

Out of the Pent - second entry was a bit late but thought i'd post it anyway for abit.
Gold cherry

Onitsuka Tigers and Duck F**king Outside The Cafe Rouge

Mostly about what it says in the title. I don't write much prose.

Wasps

prawn sandwich story comp entry
Cherry

Nothing Ever Really Happens

A tortoise that knew Darwin pines for a return to the Galapogos.
Poem of the week

I Can't Help Wishing Christopher

I took your death out on a boy in a new Parka who smiled all wrong - the season you counted my saves match by match - the same year you scored twice from the half way line

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41 of my comments have received 44 Great Feedback votes

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Such good poetry as always

Posted on Tue, 13 Jun 2017

Such good poetry as always Kilb.

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Posted in Cathedral Swans

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like latent life's tight coil

Posted on Tue, 27 Jun 2017

like latent life's tight coil - lovely, a poem so delicate the act of reading it might break it.

 

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Posted in “The Hush of the Snow”

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Thanks Vera, it has been a

Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2016

Thanks Vera, it has been a long time, such a great comment. I learnt a new word today, which is hiraeth (Welsh) and which describes what you mention, a longing for home you cannot return to, or a grief for the lost places of your...

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Posted in Gloaming

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A lovely poem. Nice flow and

Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2016

A lovely poem. Nice flow and probably more difficult to write than we imagine, as it reads so easily. 

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Posted in The Hare in the Middle

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Well deserved poem of the

Posted on Mon, 30 May 2016

Well deserved poem of the week, writing the opposite of fuck you heavy-handedness.

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Posted in Cannibal

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The point where you describe

Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2013

The point where you describe the torch's myriad reflections in the quartz walls, was one of those wonderful visual treats where you have to pause the reading because the image is so strong it interferes with the words you are trying to process....

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Posted in Coventry carol

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I'd guessed why you chose to

Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2011

I'd guessed why you chose to do it in this way for that reason and I suppose it brings up the question of who we are writing for. Death of a Son (who died in a mental hospital aged one) Something has ceased to come along with me. Something...Read full comment

Posted in Details of life

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very good :-)

Posted on Thu, 24 Mar 2011

very good :-)Read full comment

Posted in an amnesia poem

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