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I have 123 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
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Perspective

It's not the destination.
Gold cherry

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.

Hot Mommas

For all the mombies and their lost minds, I’ll tell you now – you’re doing fine.
Cherry

Our Neil

Not sure if this works better as poetry or prose.
Cherry

Our Neil

Not sure if this works better as poetry or prose.

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132 of my comments have received 134 Great Feedback votes

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Incredibly powerful work. The

Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015

Incredibly powerful work. The first person narrative really brings that home.

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Posted in Centralian

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A plethora of sumptious

Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015

A plethora of sumptious vignettes! Really enjoyed the impressionistic vivid images you conjured here. Present continuous 'ing's really make this poem move.

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Posted in Dress for the weather!

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I love this. Wasting words in

Posted on Thu, 07 May 2015

I love this. Wasting words in poetry is a crime and there's not one wasted here.

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Posted in when I am without

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You have made this sound very

Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015

You have made this sound very grand and wistful at the same time - that takes skill! Some editing needed with some words I think - line 2, stanza 3 etc.

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Posted in Time that passed

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Loved it. Punctures the

Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015

Loved it. Punctures the madness! Could you add in 'Colin of House that one with the green shutters next to the chippy that that nice old lady used to live in, first of his name' next time?

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Posted in A Song of Fish and Chips

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I'm no expert in commenting

Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015

I'm no expert in commenting on scripts but I found the dialogue vibrant and funny, the plotting was paced well and some intriguing pieces of action.

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Posted in Meeting the Buddha on the Road (1st draft)

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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...

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Posted in The Fifth Star - Chapter 15 (1/2) - In Ruin

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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.

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Posted in An Uneasy Truce

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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.

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Posted in Inner child

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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.

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Posted in Today I Wrote a Poem

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