Simon Barget
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My stories
My Other Half
Half my body is clean and pristine, the rest is pretty much gunk. The left side is the good bit but it wouldn’t matter which side was which; it could...
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Diane
I once knew a girl called Diane. I knew her but I wasn’t infatuated like some of the others. She was intriguing. Some people were loopy about Diane,...
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My grandmother
My grandmother liked to break up the monotony of a normal dull moment with a chastening call-to-arms for a ‘nice kippah tie’, an exhortation that...
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After the ball
Devastation. We walked with our heads bowed in case they were watching. We didn’t want to say it, didn’t want to make song or dance. We couldn’t...
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The Light (III)
In the coolness of showers the light is less pressing, the leaves not just leaves, the green far more than just green. In the light, the green is a...
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I understand that people want
Posted on Wed, 30 Jun 2021
I understand that people want to know if it really happened. Thankfully no. But honestly, I don't think that it matters one way or the other. I don't mean to sound harsh. The sentiment is real.
Thank you for reading Paul.
Read full commentPosted in Mum
Lovely piece. Sweet steady
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Lovely piece. Sweet steady and beguiling.
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I was in arambol and Varanasi
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I was in arambol and Varanasi too Geoffrey
2004-5
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I enjoyed this alot. How
Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2013
I enjoyed this alot. How about annoying people who point out insignificant typos on other people's work 7 years later ? :)
Julie Burchill with a 'U'
Read full commentPosted in Grumpy Old Man
Fixed!
Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2020
Fixed!
And now I know you really do actually read these things.
Read full commentPosted in My life as an actor, part one
Very sweet and I can relate.
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Very sweet and I can relate.
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
Cherries are back in season!
Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2020
Cherries are back in season! Hurrah!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XLI
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XXII
Perusing? Surveying perhaps?
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2016
Perusing? Surveying perhaps? I'm not sure but that verb is important especially because the rest of the line is so accurate
very nicely evoked
Read full commentPosted in Musing
I like this alot. Lots of
Posted on Tue, 31 May 2011
I like this alot. Lots of very good writing here, though sometimes a bit overblown in places.Read full commentPosted in 7. Haad Yao