Mark Heathcote

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I have 597 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 415998 times and 9 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Mark Heathcote

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Love is a road...

Love is a road... You must follow unto the end: For what isn’t in sight? Hold a candle to the night Ring-fence your heart - that it might, re-offend

For: Edith Södergran

Inscribed … In red granite A clearer thought, as… Anything—Scandinavian, Or any other rests, upon a grey lawn. Anon, it circles a silent grave! Where once stood a blue forest

All to show some self-control

Boots on teardrops purveyed Like a forte of guards on parade!

A poem holds your hand

A poem holds your hand It whispers come gather These windblown, fruits Eat of this suns lather. The bee’s stamens sting, Is like a gloved fist. And, like the poets pen!

“Up-wellsprings poetry from the coldest; deserts hearts”

“Up-wellsprings poetry from the coldest; deserts hearts”. Where; blooms the most exotic flowers of all… “They’re dunes, they’re zephyrs, and they’re petals caul,

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