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Generic Update
I had an idea for a post about some of the gender related stories that have been circulating in the wake of the mass shooting in the US, but maybe that’s a post for another time. I’m not reluctant to...
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Your Mask & Other Poems
Your Mask It always hung by the door Brightly coloured and suited for a festival Bringing cheer into the dark hallway. I never liked it. The eyes seemed dark and empty Hiding too much anger beneath...
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Surgery
Usually I find titles quite easy, but every so often I write something for which a title doesn’t immediately suggest itself. This week was one of those weeks, so apologies for the title, but here’s a...
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Coffee & TV IV: The Double Date
Lights up on a standard living room shared by two guys. There’s a TV towards DSR, facing a couch, on which is sat ALEX. He has a bowl of cereal and is watching the TV, laughing at whatever show is on....
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Will O’ The Wisp & Other Poems
Will O’ The Wisp I come home and the house is dark All the lights are on, but she’s not here. A house’s not a home without that light. Not comfort and not safety, just a shell, A place, a building, a...
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Search Terms
I got a lovely message from wordpress this week saying that my stats were booming. My initial thought was that it was nice they keep track of these things and that it was surprising, especially given...
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All Writers Drink
I got asked today if I’ve ever written things drunk in response to my talking about my last piece where someone got to my blog through searching “all writers are drunk”. The answer is not no, but not...
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The Cagebirds: Tickets Now Available
Tickets for The Cagebirds are now available from The Little Theatre Box Office. Tickets are £5 each and for that you will get to see not only The Cagebirds but also Shakespeare’s A Dick by Mark...
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Oubliette & Other Poems
The Return Take my hand and bend to kiss me Tell me that you’ll always miss me Then take the road and go. I can’t cure this deadly sorrow Blood turns black, there’s no tomorrow So take the road and...
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Tailor Made
It was Locklear’s first time in the rain. He couldn’t say that he was enjoying it. The droplets of it beat at his fibres and soaked through to his lining in a way that made the wind chilling. His...
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Why The Cagebirds?
Tomorrow night marks the opening performance for The Cagebirds, the play I've been directing with The Little Theatre, and I thought you all might be interested in why I've chosen to direct this play,...
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Morning, Girl & Other Poems
Morning, Girl I am writing to you in the dark, Because when the morning light comes I will be drifting on a sea of sleep, Lost in the swell of my dreams. I am writing to you in the dark, Because I...
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In Castle Park & Other Poems
Star Eyes Look into these eyes, sparkle like stars, Do they tell you how beautiful you are? I think they should. Because I don’t have the perfect way – Don’t have the right words or the right to say...
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A Farewell to Apps
Recently I deleted the Facebook app from my smart phone. There were many reasons for this but the chief amongst them was that I had taken to checking the app immediately on waking up and constantly...
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Remember & Other Poems
Remember When the bar seems set too high up And the mountain seems too tall, When the sky shatters with the thunder As the rain begins to fall, Remember there is starlight, Inside you shining bright...
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Why I’m Bad At Dating
I am bad at dating. This probably won’t come as a surprise to those of you who know me in real life, but sometimes people do express some shock if I admit to that. I don’t know why – I don’t really...
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New Life & Other Poems
New Life All these words come from somewhere And that somewhere is you Who gave new life to my heart. All these words come from somewhere And nothing is more true That you’ve given new life to my...
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I Miss & Other Poems
I Miss I miss your morning messages I miss the nervousness I get just before I see you I miss the euphoria of having just seen you where I feel like I could run a thousand miles I miss your smile I...
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Stardust & Other Poems
I Promised Myself I promised myself I wouldn’t cry on the train home I promised myself I wouldn’t cry walking home alone I promised myself I wouldn’t cry the minute I stepped inside I promised myself...
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Little Heavens & Other Poems
Conversion Alarm bells jolt through pleasant dreams The sunlight blinding through the blind- Morning’s broken, or so it seem, Stranger still, I don’t even mind. Because I know I’ve heard from you....
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