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melanie greenwood
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Time, Please (A monologue)
Time, Please. Annie – a barmaid at The George; a quaint, ancient, country pub. It’s 5pm, opening time. She wipes the counter, sorts glasses, lights...
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Mammogram
I cast off the silk bra; a romantic present. Set free, in the cool compartment, my nipples harden. Areolas tug subcutaneous petal lobes, buoyed by...
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Mother-tongue
Mother-tongue. For B Maria, mother, best friend all five languages surgically removed. I transcribed your tongue-tied signs, desperate to comprehend...
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Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly Lake of Shadows, shrouded in foundering mist at Donegal’s glacial blue hour. Black-faced sheep disappear on heathered Inishowen. A briny...
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Cheers!
Builders abandoned their half-finished house, meaning two husbands arrived, to add to mine. Loaded, with sixteen cases of wine, one loo roll and a...
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Thank you Ed
Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2023
For your kind words, it is a spectaculary beautiful island, I aim to go more often. I never met Marie but I listened to her lovely daughter and wrote this for her. I hope you are well now.
Read full commentPosted in Mother-tongue
Thank for the cherries on Sunday
Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2023
am also making Clafouti ! :)
Read full commentPosted in Mother-tongue
brilliant scene-setting and dialogue
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023
Loved how she manipulated you, the way she looked, the stories so blasely told. Great dialogue. My mum was like this. Only in pubs. She wouldn't have been see dead in a cafe......! Great writing .
Read full commentPosted in Nellie the Devilment
x
Posted on Tue, 25 Apr 2023
not my husband with courtroom drama..... that was the one with wine, loo rolll and chorizo x
Read full commentPosted in Cheers!
Thank you for choosing me as Story of the Week!
Posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2022
I'm currently preparing for another Friday night! :)
Read full commentPosted in Teenage Twitterati
stunning
Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021
Simply gorgeous, all good art makes you see something in a new, sumptuous light, that's what you've managed beautifully.
Read full commentPosted in Mistletoe
brilliant
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021
love the rythm of this, made to be spoken, goes with the pace, lovely sense of atmosphere, smell, vision and that last line nailed it perfectly...
Read full commentPosted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza
Love the helicopter hope and
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
Love the helicopter hope and the way you have tried to connect seagulls with refugees and our attitudes to both....
Read full commentPosted in jormungandr
depth and beauty
Posted on Fri, 06 Aug 2021
My favourite is the image of the butterflies as velvet gloves clapping. I'll always see that now. Beautiful poem.
Read full commentPosted in fallow
Love this
Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021
Beautiful, makes me almost want to visit Ikea!! And that place is like Hell. Loved the languid, heated description, pulse tattoo, bolt of silk. brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in In IKEA, he dreams about the woman he loves
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