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Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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My stories
All that remains
So I tell group that sometimes the tightness feels like I’ve moved into the house across from you but the walls seem further away and I can't...
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Run
watch your hair fall out in those unfaced, blank slate sertraline dreams.
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He is. But he isn't. But he is.
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Aversion Therapy
These are the things that keep me up at night, all stitched together . I will say these words twice daily, gently, and watch them lose their power or...
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At five years of age
you told me that people are shaped like stars and I realised that nobody else gets to see this, gets to see you and what you are in the pauses, in...
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Beautiful, powerful and
Posted on Tue, 18 Sep 2018
Beautiful, powerful and replete with loss.
Read full commentPosted in Manhatten
Fantastic writing and a
Posted on Sat, 15 Sep 2018
Fantastic writing and a pertinent message. Wish you all well!
Read full commentPosted in Not One Punch
Sorry! Maybe I’ll do a post
Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Sorry! Maybe I’ll do a post in Irish and no bugger will be able to translate it! Did you see that some poor English blokes were duped into thinking ‘Tiocfiadh ar la’ means ‘It’s coming home’? It’s an old Irish rebel saying meaning ‘Our day will...
Read full commentPosted in The meeting - good friends
Such depth. Lovely.
Posted on Thu, 05 Jul 2018
Such depth. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Rivulets
Very powerful. The transition
Posted on Wed, 04 Jul 2018
Very powerful. The transition between the law and the law of faith is deftly done.
Read full commentPosted in Reality Has a Face
I thought exactly the same
Posted on Tue, 03 Jul 2018
I thought exactly the same thing as Parson! This has such fear and claustrophobia about it that the surreptitious leaving of 'Take the first transport out' is a nice, dark ending. Really atmospheric writing.
Read full commentPosted in Go Now
This has an interesting
Posted on Mon, 02 Jul 2018
This has an interesting format and internal rhyme. The absence of punctuation lets the well chosen words do the talking.
Read full commentPosted in Silence is Night
There is a great skipping of
Posted on Sat, 30 Jun 2018
There is a great skipping of topic here which shows your scope and skill as a writer as it never seems illogical. You’ve described thoughts most people have had with dexterity.
Read full commentPosted in Someone Died Today
There is such a fine line
Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2018
There is such a fine line between satire and reality. I’m going to check this listing in five years time and tally up how many are actually being aired. Fingers crossed for ‘Secret service duck’.
Read full commentPosted in Today's TV
What a lovely poem. Hope you
Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2018
What a lovely poem. Hope you enjoy your new kittens.
Read full commentPosted in Two Purrfect Sweethearts
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