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I have 291 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 197862 times
and 192 of my stories have been cherry picked.
4 of my 72 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 5 votes
Simon
Open-mic poet, writer and eternal optimist.
Book two of The Keepers of the Song series, The Sisterkin, now available: www.haveyougotthekindness.com
Debut publication painting for lemonade now available: www.cerasuspoetry.com
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My stories
a dumbness of mallets
a dumbness of mallets the first warm sunday of the year, the sun barely up and yawning before men grunt in garages, clatter in sheds, unsheathing...
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only when
only when poised at the edge of dimension, awaiting a safe day for first contact, they see – a hideous hardcore refusing to welcome children in boats...
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hog plum and lobster
hog plum and lobster as the sun gears itself up for another day, young lives teeter toward ending bedrooms lit by greedy screens desperation, silent...
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stars over kennet
stars over kennet star lit stones wrap around me and i am held rapt for a pitch-black procession the memory of daylight sleeping beneath frosted ice...
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speed-dating for the vanished
speed-dating for the vanished light streams from warm bars, smiles recoil from chandeliers i watch, hooded and rained on too close to the glass,...
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Wow - these seems popular.
Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2014
Wow - these seems popular. Thank you all for your comments. There is sadness in this poem; sadness in the surrender. But, that's the thing about surrender, you can change it. You can work hard to not wave the white flag.
Read full commentPosted in not quite AA, but only 12 steps to the bar
Wonderful. Simply beautiful,
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
Wonderful. Simply beautiful, with just enough of a whisper of stark to give it bite. Powerful and well deserved picks.
Read full commentPosted in Our Soil
Thank you for the golden
Posted on Fri, 10 Mar 2023
Thank you for the golden cherry and the kind comments everyone!
I would have loved to have joined in with the reading Insert... - but I'm seeing the Steve Hillage Band that night (a very good excuse, surely?) Next time...
Read full commentPosted in meltwater
Love this - perhaps it could
Posted on Sun, 18 Apr 2021
Love this - perhaps it could replace the daily news? Smart, clever and funny.
'We can meet people (no more than six)
for social intercourse but not dirty tricks'
Glorious Luigi.
Read full commentPosted in After the Storm