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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 402278 times
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115 of my 4,142 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 121 votes
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So long
Everything to come and all there ever was
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Apparition
You wandering bag of cancers Innumerable tragic parts How can you stand and look like that? As though nothing’s going on
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Another week is whipped from under
like a rug.
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The sadness of an accordionist
A doodle
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Wages of fortune
Wednesday morning. Sitting by an open door. Coffee long drunk.
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Reading this gave me a lot of
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2017
Reading this gave me a lot of pleasure. I'm not sure whether that was the intention or formed part of the writing process, but who can tell what a reader will derive from our outpourings?
The upshot is that it put a smile on my face....
Read full commentPosted in Home, with family, with scars.
Can't beat a friendly ghost
Posted on Tue, 26 Dec 2017
Can't beat a friendly ghost dropping by. Best wishes, Richard.
Read full commentPosted in Welcome to Ghosts
Nice sentiment, Richard.
Posted on Sun, 24 Dec 2017
Nice sentiment, Richard.
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Lovely poem, Richard. I love
Posted on Sun, 24 Dec 2017
Lovely poem, Richard. I love the natural rhythm of this. It fits the reflective mood. Well-chosen and economical words. "dance of field and sky" is wonderfully evocative.
Great timing, too. A bit like the holiday adverts. No, much better...
Read full commentPosted in More Than Poetry
Aaaaah, Penny4athought. Those
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2017
Aaaaah, Penny4athought. Those dreams. So sweet and yet so cruel. Lovely piece. Nice format, running down the page. Great pick.
Read full commentPosted in Sounds from the Heart
Hi Richard. Tried that myself
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Hi Richard. Tried that myself. Came to naught. Reminds me of all the great musicians playing in shop doorways around the world.
There are some good precedents: "The Old Man And The Sea", "The Cruel Sea" and many more, I'm sure. "Sea" has...
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Hi Richard! Long time! How
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Hi Richard! Long time! How are you?
Yes. Agreed, about the sea and the shuddering. It's enough when ploughing through big seas, but the thought of striking rocks in that wildness. Makes me shudder. A warning down the generations. Has a...
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Thoughts of sea journeys can
Posted on Sat, 02 Dec 2017
Thoughts of sea journeys can be very inspirational. Against the elements. The road has produced some very readable literature, though. Your poem resolves nicely.
Read full commentPosted in Half moon
Describes a horrible feeling
Posted on Sun, 03 Dec 2017
Describes a horrible feeling very well, Paul.
There's a rogue apostrophe in comes.
Nicely written.
Read full commentPosted in Forgotten Stranger
Great stuff, well-wisher.
Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2017
Great stuff, well-wisher. Many kids suffer and are scarred for life by their school experience. I like the idea of automatic writing technique. Creating at the cusp of conscious thought. Like snatching it out of the sky. It worked well here.
Read full commentPosted in School (Automatic poem)
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