Mark Burrow
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I have 81 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 83725 times
and 149 of my stories have been cherry picked.
108 of my 651 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 111 votes
My stories
Council Estate Jesus
The stones are lined out to throw. Baz has the broken bricks. We crouch behind the second-floor balcony of the flats. He peeks to see if he can spot the hearse.
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Dayroom Conversation
It was the girls who starved themselves at school. Never the boys. No-one could explain why.
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Christopher L Johnson’s Heroic Act
People don’t understand what it is to be a hero. They think it’s about sport or the military. The obvious stuff that you see in documentaries and films.
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Weightless
In the beginning, the absence of a body bothered me. I‘d look in the mirror and get upset about my weightlessness. Like all bouts of anxiety and melancholy, it passed.
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Pigeon Variations - Ch 4 - Hero Grill Chef
The hotplate was vicious. Pyser had a shift with Phil one night. Phil was doing the usual. Two greasy wooden sticks to flip strips of chicken, pork, beef, fish, whatever the customers had given them in a bowl to cook.
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I like how the momentum of
Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021
I like how the momentum of this builds in such a controlled, marshalled way, Great imagery. I was there in the park, watching this unfold.
Read full commentPosted in Tiresias and the Birds
Enjoyed this, M. Ambitious
Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021
Enjoyed this, M. Ambitious and well executed. Made me think of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. “Past thinking determines our present status, and our present thinking determines our future status; for we are what we think."
Read full commentPosted in Saccades of Sands
It's really good, Richard.
Posted on Tue, 27 Jul 2021
It's really good, Richard. Strong imagery and a message that rings true. Thanks for posting.
Read full commentPosted in The Wonder of it All
Enjoyed this poem, Richard.
Posted on Tue, 27 Jul 2021
Enjoyed this poem, Richard.
Please share on Facebook and Twitter as this deceptively simple piece us our Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in The Wonder of it All
I was going to use a pic of a
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
I was going to use a pic of a vending machine!
Read full commentPosted in When Robert Left Helen
Or "When Helen Left Robert".
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Or "When Helen Left Robert". This made me laugh. It's nicely done.
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Brilliantly done. Some great
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Brilliantly done. Some great turns of phrase but I love "slick of oil at the boundaries of time".
Read full commentPosted in The First Stars
A nice piece for Bloomsday
Posted on Tue, 15 Jun 2021
A nice piece for Bloomsday Eve.
Read full commentPosted in June 16
It's well deserved! Thank you
Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021
It's well deserved! Thank you for posting it
Read full commentPosted in Pride
Congratulations - This is our
Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021
Congratulations - This is our Pick of the Day!
Please do feel free to share on Facebook and Twitter ...
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