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Kevin Marman
Retired care worker, writer, memester, autist, dissenter.
I like people who not only think outside the box, but reshape the box into something else!
I've been writing since I was 10. It's my sanctuary - though the structure often needs maintenance. In 2015, at the grand age of 56, I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition (Asperger's). I live alone with my cat, Daisy, my bicycle and lots of books.
My stories
Taking Care 5 (ii)
I wasn't sure how to get to Sainsbury's, but Terry seemed to know the way - telling me 'next left' or 'next right' in that robotic monotone of his. "...
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Taking Care 5 (i)
Over the following days and weeks, as I settled into the routines at the Centre, my conviction consolidated. I'd never dreamed that I could get such...
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Taking Care 4 (vii) - Day Centre
We had coffee at just before three. Most people had finished their painting by then. We put the ornaments on the windowsill to dry in the sunshine...
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Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
Laura's group came over at just after 1:30. There were a couple of replacements from the morning. Instead of Terry and Matthew, there was a young...
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Taking Care 4 (v) - Day Centre
As soon as we got back, Maggie herded her people into their Previa for the trip back to Sittingbourne, and Laura took hers over to the farmhouse. "...
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Wonderful! Never lose that
Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018
Wonderful! Never lose that inner child. I doubt you will, though
Read full commentPosted in Inner Child
Love it - especially that
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Love it - especially that second stanza. I well remember my ex and I looking askance at one another when James Naughtie on the Today programme introduced a certain Culture Secretary!
Succinctly and poignantly put. Had me nodding...
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I like this. An interesting
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
I like this. An interesting analogy. Those sudden blow-outs, too. And I've never found a puncture outfit that's worked for love.
New loves, though? New tyres? There can still be hope. So, maybe not a 'sad' poem, but a reflective one...
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I can't believe I overlooked
Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2014
I can't believe I overlooked leaving a comment on this, Hespera - maybe because everyone had said it all. But still...
Scratch is right: it's utterly convincing. So much about it rang true for me on a personal level. That sense of the...
Read full commentPosted in 03.02.2014 - The Noose*
Good, Jess. Well... not bad!
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Good, Jess. Well... not bad! I like this piece. I hope you're going to post more. Write from the heart, mate - it's where the best stuff comes from
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I like the way you bring
Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2014
I like the way you bring these things together, Bee: a casual phone conversation about the trivia of ordinary life, bringing us up with a shock to that final final line. To be honest, I hadn't taken much notice of the title until I'd...
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Here you go, Bee. Best I can
Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Here you go, Bee. Best I can do...
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Read full commentPosted in Capturing Beauty
Another gem, Bee. I like the
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2014
Another gem, Bee. I like the way, too, that there's a wave-like structure to the stanzas. I agree with Bear, too, on how you've worked those breaks and run-on lines together. Nicely done.
That first stanza pulls you right in. Who could...
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