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I have 580 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 666678 times
and 332 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 100 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 7 votes
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Buttershaw
Buttershaw Upon our hilltops – the horizon preludes a taut silkscreen over a city groan. Fairweather intentions morning made suffocate trashed long...
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- 76 reads
Hope's Eve
Hopes’ Eve Dirty old river must you keep rolling beneath a setting sun for the boy who waits… Mod suited, Chelsea booted outside the Friday night hum...
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Return to Waterloo
Return to Waterloo These once children chiselled on a bench – holding hands. A July southern seafront. They are hostages to screeching pushchairs,...
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Fire in the Prison Library
Fire in the Prison Library Wish for us the cigarette smiling gals of 1948. Lipstick curled, etched stockings and a try if you dare sweetheart wink...
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December 28th
December 28th Glazed on a northern wintered beach. The shoelace kelp tethering her boots. Where are the tide times for setting sons? A childhood once...
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Notes on the poem
Posted on Thu, 30 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for your kind words about this poem.
Read full commentThe poem was written over an extended period of time and was the start of a deep personal change for me. It’s complicated. The poem was due to be an international commission...
Posted in Shame
Excellent and restrained.
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Excellent and restrained.
Read full commentPosted in Anthem
No
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
No.
He is saying sorry for his crimes. I work in prisons teaching serious offenders creative writing.
Thanks
Ralph
Read full commentPosted in Record
Thank you!
Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023
Thank you, means a lot. I read this tonight at an event in Bradford.
Read full commentPosted in Geese
Excellent. I'll definitely
Posted on Mon, 14 Oct 2019
Excellent. I'll definitely come. Thank you. I'll email ABCTales.
Read full commentPosted in Serotonin Rag
I think Hank would have liked
Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2014
I think Hank would have liked that...
Read full commentPosted in Shut Your Mouth Bukowski!