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The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
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Author Archives: TanGental
Poetic Rant (Sort Of) #poem #poetry
A silly ranty poem… I hate it when you’re lateI loathe your clothes(I detest that vest)I abhor you forThat girl-next-doorNiceness.It pisses me when you kisses meDespite my animosityNot making you cross at me.How can my integral animusNot cause you to … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany
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Improving My Mind, Understanding My Body #reading #nonfiction
I suppose it’s no surprise. This pandemic has been a forced education for a lot of us as to how the body works, or doesn’t, what antibodies do, what are T cells and RNA based vaccines. It’s a bit ghoulish, … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Books, miscellany, reading
Tagged Adam Kay, Bill Bryson, Books, human errors, Nathan Lents, Reading, reviews, the body, this is going to hurt, Tim Spector
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A View From The Hill #westnorwoodpark
My nearest park, a five minute stroll from my front door is West Norwood Park. It’s not as pretty as Dulwich park, nor as varied as Brockwell Park, nor as steeped in history as Crystal Palace Park, and it lacks … Continue reading
The Sue Vincent Rodeo Is Live
Yes it’s here. it’s a lovely idea and it’s got a prize attached. Read on… It’s time to saddle up and get in line, because the Sue Vincent Rodeo Classic is happening NOW at the Carrot Ranch! Writers will have … Continue reading
Another Year, Same Garden: January 2021 #garden #january2021
It’s been cold, wet, frosty, snowy, sunny and all shades in between. What it hasn’t been is warm. Definitely no global warming and yet we are seeing plants that, by rights should be dead, dormant or craving some sort of … Continue reading
Rock And A Hard Place #writephoto #creativewriting
This week’s #writephoto prompt is ‘guarded’ and this picture Jason Pondweed stopped the van and peered out of the rain smeared windscreen. This couldn’t be it, could it? He checked the clipboard listing his deliveries. Last one was ‘the Guard … Continue reading
Posted in #writephoto, creative writing, fantasy, humour, miscellany
Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, flash fiction, humour
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From One Question To The Next, Ad Infinitum #carrotranch #specialprompt
A lot of thought has gone into Charli Mills’Special prompt, here, for Sue Vincent January 28, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about life as a river of consciousness. Think about the possibilities of … Continue reading
Sue Vincent, A Special Kind Of Blogger
I’ve known Sue for the best part of six years, throughout my time of blogging. I’ve met her, too, at the Bloggers Bash (when I admit to a certain disappointment the red hair – see above image – wasn’t present … Continue reading
Posted in prompt
Tagged 99 word flash, Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers, competition, prompt, sue vincent
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The Ever Afters, Part Two; What’s In A Name #fairytales
Have you ever wondered what happened to the characters in fairy tales, after we leave them? Well this is where we find out. ‘Maybe it’s my accent.’ Rodney Drawstring, the registrar peered over his half-moon glasses, hoping his gaze was … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Fairytales, miscellany
Tagged creative writing, fairy tales, humour, snow white
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