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I have 590 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 856786 times and 347 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 108 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 9 votes

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My collections

California Diary

Cigarettes, Beer and Love

East of the Heart

Here's Some That Got Away

Knuckle and Traffic

Memoirs of a Disco Dancer (A Novel)

PACIFIC AND MAPLE

renaissance

Sodium Songs

Tales of Walthamstow

The Ossett Town AFC Collection

The Places

The Riots

The World Cup From Walthamstow

Things Matter etc

Unordered Tales

Wild Black Curly Hair

My stories

Fighting Pirates

By ralph on Tue, 14 Jul 2026

Fighting Pirates On days when I wake up in tears, engulfing my low tide, the rock pools of a right old life. I have one last trick. They won’t come...

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Uncoupling

By ralph on Sat, 27 Jun 2026

Uncoupling And here they are. Ice white. The canal buzzed with evolution. An afternoon in astounding heat. They entwine for life, these couples. Will...

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Darlings

By ralph on Sat, 20 Jun 2026

Darlings And we are talking about flights. Of longitude, latitude and madness. How this triplet can swarm over our canals of doubt — pierce through...

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Apeirogon

By ralph on Sun, 03 May 2026

Apeirogon A therapist once told me that it’s impossible to forgive without understanding reason. For months now, I’ve believed. I’m not a Christian,...

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Bows

By ralph on Sun, 12 Apr 2026

Bows after Stevie Smith You see. I have a pair of old scuffed shoes. Together we walk around, here and there. The shops, the gallery, my friendly...

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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.

The 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...

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