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I have 234 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
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Mark Pithie

Poet and Prose Writer

I have self- published  two poetry pamphlets  namely 'Back Wynd of the Mind' in 2011, and 'All Those Years Ago' in 2023.

Maybe the time is right for a new publication, maybe this year, time will tell!

My stories

Trying To Please

Trying to please, what do you do, write in rhyme and metre too? It's purely a personal choice you say, but should we think of poems in this way?...

Oldish Poet

Oldish poet, stares at his laptop, scratches his head for ideas uptop, Neither Ginsberg nor McGough being himself is just enough, Balding and bearded...
Cherry

Adrift

Dead-eyed, drifting, homeless rolling, Bedroll beggars and streetwise kids Buckfast couraged, words declaim Shopdoors slumped and slurring, Conflict...
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Cherry

Departure Imminent

In an pub in Aberdeen Where generations drink side by side, Old men drink lager, while young women text pals, I imagine the jukebox here in the old...

Mannie

Here's that mannie again Making a big issue of nothing Superlager handed, staggering in Main Street, confessing to the rain. Breath stinks of drink...

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