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8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 498680 times
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126 of my 1,328 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 128 votes
Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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My stories
Perspective
It's not the destination.
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Amy Amy Amy
Sailor-tat marionette a fag-end fishwife with your filthy laugh and oiled piston hips, a hot, wet Minnie Mouse. Gutter mouth.
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Hot Mommas
For all the mombies and their lost minds, I’ll tell you now – you’re doing fine.
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Our Neil
Not sure if this works better as poetry or prose.
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Our Neil
Not sure if this works better as poetry or prose.
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I enjoyed this. I'll be going
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015
I enjoyed this. I'll be going back to read the rest. What a strong start 'For generations the people of Kierton - most knowingly, some less so - had danced precariously on the edge of a blade' and doesn't let up from there. Technically accurate...
Read full commentPosted in The Fifth Star - Chapter 15 (1/2) - In Ruin
Some beautiful parts here. I
Posted on Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Some beautiful parts here. I especially enjoyed:
'for me the tree sways not only for breeze
but to atone for time'
- a gorgeous, epic line I keep coming back to.
Read full commentPosted in An Uneasy Truce
I'm always glad to see poets
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2015
I'm always glad to see poets playing with their structureing and I think the left aligned interjections here work well - made me read them in a different voice.
Read full commentPosted in Inner child
This is so powerful. Pulls no
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2014
This is so powerful. Pulls no punches right to the bitter end. Thank you for sharing this - it couldn't have been easy but it is a wonderful tribute. Forgive me if this is too forward, but I think she would have been proud.
Read full commentPosted in Today I Wrote a Poem
I would never have through to
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2015
I would never have thought to move so swiftly from the cheek to the tap but it does add a needed echo: a heartbeat.
Read full commentPosted in His Father's Eyes
You tell stories so well
Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2015
You tell stories so well through a series of pungent images.
Read full commentPosted in To a Cherry Tree
Agree with insert.. here.
Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Agree with insert.. here. Pared down style works as there is no need to dress up this subject matter. It all still remains incomprehensible to me. I went to a holding camp in Prague and saw pictures drawn by children of smiling Nazi guards.
Read full commentPosted in Ashes
Nice.
Posted on Mon, 19 Jan 2015
Nice.
Read full commentPosted in HD
I enjoyed the symbolism here.
Posted on Sat, 20 Dec 2014
I enjoyed the symbolism here. A wall's a big thing and between the 'gathering darkness' and the 'inhumanity' your character makes a dent. I also appreciate your lack of adjectives describing the wall. It would have been a bit cheap to try to...
Read full commentPosted in 25 Years After
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