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Paul
I am a Brummie living in Northampton. I love to write but get distracted with other things. I love horror/fantasy and anything that provokes original thought. My literary heroes are Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft.
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Dreams of Halloween
Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/dreams-of-halloween-mp3 Dreams of Halloween In celluloid dreams I walk in graveyards of the...
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Samhain and Beyond
Samhain and Beyond We stand in hallowed doorways, hand in hand, hallway light spilling out onto pavement traffic, small fingers summoned to fumble in...
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Strangers on a Street
A fleeting acquaintance can be memorable but will it be remembered? Strangers on a Street Rain cascades in near horizontal sheets, neon light dances...
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Giant Redwoods
Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/giant-redwoods-mp3 Shafts of silver light cascade at twilight, a canopy bordering an evening...
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Autumn
Autumn The Harvest Moon will reach peak illumination on Monday, September 20 The Autumn Equinox is on Wednesday 22 nd September 2021 Moonlight lunar...
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I know nothing at all about
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
All caught up again. You have
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
All caught up again. You have my full admiration for the length of the story so far and the consistently high standard you achieve with each episode. You are on course to have a fully fledged novel. Keep going!
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 18
Compelling dialogue and
Posted on Tue, 21 Sep 2021
Compelling dialogue and strong narrative, Sean. In other news, I am onto Chapter 2 of Excavatum and like what I have read so far. You have a very distinctive voice. Paul
Read full commentPosted in Our Bones
Your poetic reminiscences are
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Your poetic reminiscences are like no other, Jenny. Another gorgeous poem remembering times gone by. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
A very enjoyable diary entry.
Posted on Sat, 23 Oct 2021
A very enjoyable diary entry. Just before my time musically but loved the detail in this. Some big names in there. Never really got into Genesis and may have come to appreciate Wishbone Ash and Hawkwind if I had put my mind to it
Read full commentPosted in That Was Genesis
"cold air's become a glitter
Posted on Wed, 06 Oct 2021
"cold air's become a glitter ball" There's that wonderful Di turn of phrase. A beautiful poem worthy of the accolades.
Read full commentPosted in October robin
What a sad poem but wrapped
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
What a sad poem but wrapped around the relentless efficiency and beauty of nature. Congrats on the POTD, bhi. Paul :)
Read full commentPosted in Owl Down
It all seems so long ago now.
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
It all seems so long ago now. I guess lockdown reminiscences remind us of tougher times hopefully not to be repeated. Well written piece.
Read full commentPosted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 2 : Lockdown In The City
Ah supply chain problems. It
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Ah supply chain problems. It's probably an economy in transition. Things will sort themselves out. Sometime soon. Soonish. Someone will be along to explain...[I like your ironic pieces]
Read full commentPosted in The Department of Explaining
Beautifully bleak and buried
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Beautifully bleak and buried at thresholds.
Read full commentPosted in What is Buried at Thresholds
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