Mark Burrow
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I have 75 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 62543 times
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73 of my 501 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 75 votes
My stories
Fairground
“Passports,” said the man from behind a row of tables. We shuffled along. Farther back, by a wall, soldiers watched us going by, one by one. Their berets, khaki uniforms and Russian assault rifles clashed with our tie-die trousers, hats, bracelets and beads.
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Assassin in My Village Supermarket
Buying scotch eggs and a pint of milk in my village supermarket,
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The Places
I took a walk in the countryside yesterday
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The Boy with Tight Underpants
After all these years, I still see myself as Tight Pants.
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No Eagles Allowed
Darren and Kelly were sitting in a pub near Brighton station, sharing a plate of dim sum. “Do you know what I hate about Russian dolls?” he said.
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Congrats -- this is our Pick
Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please share on Facebook and Twitter.
Keep going with the rewrite. You're onto something.
Read full commentPosted in Martha-The Rewrite Chapter Two
Brilliantly funny. Superb.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Brilliantly funny. Superb.
Read full commentPosted in Letters in the attic
Hence me forgetting to gild
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
Hence me forgetting to gild the cherry! Sorry. Lovely poem. Sparked a lot of memories for me too and I like it when something I read does that.
Read full commentPosted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
This evocative take on a trip
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
This evocative take on a trip to view the Taj Mahal is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do like and share!
Read full commentPosted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
I'm dreadful at commenting on
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
I'm dreadful at commenting on poetry but I loved the pace of this and, of course, the imagery.
"Community of bones" is so good.
Read full commentPosted in Toad
I desperately want to go back
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
I desperately want to go back to India now and spend a couple of months exploring again. Beautiful poem.
Read full commentPosted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
"milk-bibbed, cassocked / for
Posted on Thu, 04 Feb 2021
"milk-bibbed, cassocked / for a flight of prayer." So good.
A very well deserved PoD.
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Yeah, I was looking into
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Yeah, I was looking into doing a trek across a section of the Alps before you know what happened. One day!
Read full commentPosted in A Secret Forest
Lovely poem. I was 19 when I
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Lovely poem. I was 19 when I first saw the alps. I'll never forget it. You've captured that feeling here.
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Very lucky. I did Rajasthan
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Very lucky. I did Rajasthan and then down to Goa (Arambol) for Christmas and New Year with friends (full moon parties!). I then decided I wanted alone time and travelled back up to Varanasi to watch the funeral pyres (moody). I found a room that...
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