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I have 279 stories published in
12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 443826 times
and 145 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Jude Edman
My stories
Schadenfreude
The paper seller’s ragged call like John the Baptist prophesying price of oil lost homes, job woes lopsided spreadsheets Your bad news is gleeful good those with immune plans survive
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In Regent's Park
In the café, in a well-groomed park endless skies attract glances; percussionists with teaspoons drum in your mantra “God willing… one day at a time”.
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Advice on Dying
Face the open window, make collages of clouds Add lovely garden things like fuzzy felt In this, your second infancy Wake to a plume of starlings or a finch
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Borrowing Children
I am still undecided whether I want kids myself!
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Lake Fides
How simply I learned to pause, tilt , plunge into the gravel pit on stark cobalt evenings
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