harrietmacmillan
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I have 34 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 17785 times
and 10 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Harriet MacMillan
My stories
Cartography
I write best when I use a fountain pen For then I can best map the rivers of blue (better than black). The eyebrows of ink arching the i's Stroking the t's. As the vein-blue capillaries sink
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A Life of Crime
You chose me with your eyes. You tell me, everyone tells That love is blind. Such lies make maggots of our souls. My face, dear victim, was your only mercenary goal.
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The Lake
She was drowning. Not literally, she was a competent swimmer and boasted as much survival instinct as anybody else, but she was drowning all the same.
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Autumn or Keats' Correction
How can you be called mellow when all around you are burning? In auburn flame the light gutters and half-lit hues of chestnut give birth, To creeping, wombed darknesses of night.
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- 393 reads
Decentre
Mine I We Us but always
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