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
Category Archives: miscellany
The Insipid Traveller (part 2): Baby Steps #holidays #travel #hernebay
Every summer holiday from when I can remember until 1970, when I was thirteen and we’d moved making the journey more problematic, we stayed with my grandmother in her Georgian terraced house overlooking the sea at Herne Bay on the … Continue reading
On Rocky Ground #canada #holiday #2013
My godfather was Canadian. In truth, he was born a Brit, but that’s not as romantic. He went to school with my dad and emigrated to Canada in his thirties, set up an airline that flew from Fort Nelson to … Continue reading
The Insipid Traveller #holidays #travel
I’ve written about many holidays and travel and walking trips I’ve undertaken as an adult, to give a flavour of the places I’ve visited, what I’ve seen, how they’ve struck me and what I think about them. If I’m to … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, miscellany
Tagged Canterbury, Herne Bay, holidays, memories, Reculver
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The Christmas Letter #amusedpoetry #chelowens
Chelsea runs her A Mused poetry contest here. This weeks it is the Christmas letter, in poetry form… okay, what about this? Anus Horribilis – my bum year Well 2020’s been one hell of a year Though as you see … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged a mused poetry contest, chelsea Owens, poem, poetry
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Be Careful What You Wish For #flashfiction #flashfriday #humour
Be Careful What You Wish For Terrance stopped, breathless. ‘You’re not going to wet yourself, are you?” Of course Susan grinned, disarming any passive aggressive overtones. He’d ignore her. ‘It’s unique.’ ‘When were termites unique?’ ‘These mounds…’ ‘Yeah, yeah.’ She … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, flash fiction, humour, miscellany
Tagged creative writing, flash fiction, Flash! Friday, humour
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Forbidden Love #poems #poetry #theowlandthepussy-cay
Here’s another top 100 English poems reinterpreted, this time the beautiful The Owl And The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea To escape the prying attention Of an intrusive media, and several far seedier … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged Edward Lear, poem, poetry, the owl and the pussy-cat
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Avocado, A Conundrum #flashfiction #carrotranch #morganandlogan
In addressing this week’s #carrotranch prompt, I have sequestered a story which is possibly apocryphal involving a well known UK politican, Peter Mandleson… November 12 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story includes avocado toast. … Continue reading
The Blue Door #blogbattle #shortfiction
Was it really just a week ago? Time seems to have come loose, it’s lost its shape, its coherence. I recall the start. That much is easy. I can recall the exact time, too. Six am, by St Stephen’s clock; … Continue reading
Posted in #blogbattle, creative writing, flash fiction, horror, miscellany
Tagged #blogbattle, creative writing, flash fiction, horror
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Danse Macarbe #flashfiction
The consultant’s words soared like the opening sequence of her acclaimed Nutcracker, ‘We removed the tumour, but…’A but, from an optimist!‘Molly?’Her smile sank gracefully to his stage, part of his chorus. ‘How long?’He misunderstood. ‘I’d say a year.’‘To dance?’The space … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, flash fiction
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After Sangatte: Based On Sea Fever By John Masefield #poem #poetry
It’s about time I revisited a classic English poem and added a modern spin to it. This one was prompted by the regular tragedies that take place between France and the UK as desperate refugees try and make the short … Continue reading
