Philip Sidney
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I have 159 stories published in
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My stories have been read 243164 times
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My stories
Triptych 2: Virgins
Madonnas of the bus, balance babes on denim clad limbs, all bones and angles, not soft and milky like renaissance paintings, their eyes are luminous...
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Triptych 1: Mass
Mother in a mantilla rubs her spit dampened handkerchief across a child’s face, not clean enough for God, who lives inside and judges us all. She...
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Love Song to the Universe (Poetry Monthly)
i am small a tiny dot shrinking beyond < invisibility... at the centre of the screen ♦ after all the lights are off YOU would not miss me even if...
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The Maths Tutor (Poetry Monthly)
How to e s c a p e halitosis and frac/tions torture inflicted on a torpid brain~ scratching equations at a desk + {(in a window) / over a gift shop}...
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Black Friday
Look as Black Friday leaks across time an inky comfort blanket against the chilling nightmare that has frozen our minds into torpor our collective...
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Wonderful characters and
Posted on Thu, 28 Jul 2016
Wonderful characters and memories drifting as smoke.
Read full commentPosted in Strictly, The Last Supper
A wonderful sense of
Posted on Tue, 05 Jul 2016
A wonderful sense of immediacy and an intensity of the moment. I really like the pared down style to give vivid images. I'm left with hair whipping my face and the taste of salt. Beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in Eriksay
A powerful piece, full of
Posted on Sat, 02 Jul 2016
A powerful piece, full of struggle and new beginnings. The last stanza is one of deep comfort and feels like peace. Thanks for sharing.
Read full commentPosted in La Boisselle (Raprochement)
Seeringly vivid, you
Posted on Sun, 26 Jun 2016
Seeringly vivid, you communicate this unbearable pain in such a way that we are all with you both, standing with you on each replay. My thoughts go out to both of you.
Read full commentPosted in The Silent Witness
The violence is sickening,
Posted on Sat, 25 Jun 2016
The violence is sickening, but I guess that's the point. You take us to the eye of the storm, the ebbing away a relief.
Read full commentPosted in Where people only go to work and from which they come away again at night
I like the strange and
Posted on Tue, 14 Jun 2016
I like the strange and atmospheric; the mystery of the story hinted at.
Read full commentPosted in Something Dead In The Road
I love the imagery here, a
Posted on Sun, 05 Jun 2016
I love the imagery here, a brooding state of tranformation, victim to biology. An interesting interpretation of the painting.
Read full commentPosted in Hope I (Gustav Klimt 1903)
Stark and bleak in its
Posted on Sun, 05 Jun 2016
Stark and bleak in its realism. Such a lot in this shifting piece.
Read full commentPosted in What happens with hope on a bank holiday
Full of pathos, humour and
Posted on Thu, 26 May 2016
Full of pathos, humour and the ridiculousness of wealth. Such a unique piece. I love it!
Read full commentPosted in Today We Dressed Up And Pretended To Be Rich
I like the visual quality
Posted on Fri, 20 May 2016
I like the visual quality here. It feels like a painting with blocks of stong colour and some sort of sleeping narraive connecting them. Really interesting voice, giving imperatives to self - or is it some sort of controlling external voice? ...
Read full commentPosted in The imperative (Poetry Monthly)
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