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Lola and Lolita
Lola and Lolita were sitting in the trap whilst the horses rested Rain was forecast but the clouds although gathering were high in the sky Let us make peace or our journey will be dreadful I cannot see the heather It is the paint and pigments that hide the heather but there are areas to […]
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Fabian Gill
Spool 2 Unchecked tickets please Thank you Thank you Unchecked tickets Seventeen pages There were seventeen pages can you believe that? It was a moderate success I was slightly embarrassed but my GP said it was quite common and totally harmless The cream was lavender in colour but smelt of bleach Spool 2 complete duration […]
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The Chronicles of Nelly the Pirate (Fragment)
6 My sister is trapped in a Rood Screen I have made no attempt to rescue her This fact is noted in my chronicles 9 My favourite colour is blue tinged with grey I always wear clothes of this colour When travelling north 13 My body was found some sixty years After my initial disappearance […]
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Black Spotted White Sharks
Black Spotted White Sharks Have been spotted off of southern coasts I am aware of their vanities These small differences are critical
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The Poetry Field
You have shown me evidence Of a hard winter Your soil now crumbles in my hand
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Three Poems about Nelly the Pirate written by Nelly the Pirate
One I shared a chocolate bar with you And kept the wrapper in my overcoat pocket As a memento So why do I call myself Nelly the Pirate When I am really a cross-breed dog Two I found Nelly the Pirate Weeping In a field of wheat She could feel the waves But […]
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The Bristol Wallet
Belonged to a Mr Charles Martin Who lived near the suspension bridge In his youth he had known Darwin And had joked about their shared name Although he was now nearly ninety Charles Martin still collected earth worms As he considered them a superior species He would often throw them from the bridge And later […]
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Felicity Hendricks Topless
Screamed the headlines of the lesser newspapers It seems that the most famous Rock Star in the world has been photographed topless in Barbados She looks in poor shape Annie Too many tattoos and needle marks Do you think she cares about the photographs? I doubt it she seems to spaced out to care It […]
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Rainbow over Totnes
For a while to the west of the town A rainbow curved brightly in the grey sky A few people noticed the display But most missed it As they were sheltering from the rain Two mothers with their babies snugly held Stopped to enjoy the vivid theatre And both their babies With infantile glee Slowly […]
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Three and a Half Short Stories
The Signalman who appreciated the Light of the Sea Lived in a house further up the hill When a train was due he would run down the slope and guide the train into the correct platform When there were no trains he often gazed out to sea Awaiting the perfect light A rare phenomenon After […]