VeraClark

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I have 7 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3251 times and 11 of my stories have been cherry picked.
321 of my 3,326 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 326 votes

321 of my comments have received 326 Great Feedback votes

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'It' is conveyed in such a

Posted on Fri, 29 May 2015

'It' is conveyed in such a loathsome way. The words fall off the tongue, loaded with assonance and quickly barked bitter. Made me think of Voldemort. He shall not be. A poem to be heard in a room full of listeners. The flip over is deft, Bee, you...

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Posted in Exit Stage Left

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This brings out psychological

Posted on Sun, 24 May 2015

This brings out psychological torment in a very sharp, clear way. The mind and the relationship play off each other so that your reader feels twisted.

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Posted in Gave it to the sea

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This is really good. A

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2015

This is really good. A mythically mad minefield of sex and drugs, nightmares and capitalist dreams. Something Chaucerian about it in a more explicit way.

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Posted in Madness Montage

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You've nailed Sunday Night

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2015

You've nailed Sunday Night Syndrome and made it so much more final with death. Very well done. I thought Sundays were just full of fly-stamped joints and stained uniforms in my childhood.

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Posted in A Small Ceasing to Be

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Captured something

Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015

Captured something irretrievable, here. Difficult to pin down a specific time in life and a moment in words with any ease, Tina, plus that gut-aching regret when you can't go back. It's expressed distinctly here.

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Posted in Now Blooms the Magnolia

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The buggy photo , the grown

Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015

The buggy photo , the grown up boy crying with his balding head, the word economy that leaves you to imagine. Made me tearful. A poignant piece.

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Posted in Big

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This reminded me of a book I

Posted on Sat, 02 May 2015

This reminded me of a book I had in childhood called 'Druscilla.' The themes of growth and death are steeped in sour blackberries, the child's minds wild as heathens against the religious backdrop. Made me desperate to find the book. A glorious...

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Posted in Measles

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Animated dialogue and comes

Posted on Fri, 01 May 2015

Animated dialogue and comes full circle with the tragic fish gazing - the residents are fish - it all comes back to deterioration and time passages, ageing is a waiting process and fish witness our olds doing nothing in nursing homes all over....

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Posted in Surface Tension

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