When does a man stop
being what he feels?
On the street he smiles
calls himself a fool…
online he likes, comments
on her words, holds back
being a man he’s missed.
Month: April 2020
PorterGirl – Second Editions. Still First Class.
Ladies and gentlemen – your attention please – the PorterGirl series second editions released – new jackets, author Lucy Brazier ever stylish…
Ladies & gentlemen – introducing the brand spanking new editions of the PorterGirl series, in association with Smashing Blouse Productions. Second editions – but still first class.
As one of the most ancient and esteemed establishments of the academic elite, Old College is in for something of a shock when it appoints its very first female Deputy Head Porter. As she struggles to get to grips with this eccentric world – not to mention the polite and discrete appearance of some dead bodies – she begins to wonder just quite what she is doing here.PorterGirl – First Lady of the Keys is a quirky and, at times, laugh-out-loud funny glimpse into a world usually reserved for the upper echelons of society.Whether she is chasing after naked students, drinking copious amounts of tea or getting embroiled in nefarious deeds, Deputy Head Porter is never far from…
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That
She likes that
he’d like that
finding that
they do
Throwback Friday – ‘Greenland’ – Eric (EDC Writing)
‘Sam & Erin’s Story’ has been on hold a while as I completed ‘Shorts – a take on poetry’ – their story first saw the light of day as a mix of narrative scenes and messages – then became all messages – on re-reading I think I might change my mind again and add narrative text like this back in – your thoughts as ever welcome please…
This post a lengthy piece of narrative text written as part of ‘Sam & Erin’s Story’ back in September 2017 – this its first exposure at the Go Dog Go Cafe…
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With hail ricocheting off the wing, backsides bouncing on their seats, her hand gripping his, painted nails digging in, not daring to breathe, let alone speak, his brain exclaims shit, how’s this thing still flying?! As wheels touch the ground and spent air is released through every orifice he strains to hear her breathless whisper. “Sorry, Sam, your fingers are bleeding.”
Sam grins as he looks at his deeply scarred hand. “When I said get a grip I didn’t mean quite so literally! At least this one is already ugly.” Amy gives his hand a kiss; a trace of Sam’s blood merges with her lipstick.
Both give a nervous laugh as the pilot nonchalantly announces, “Welcome to Kangerlussuaq…
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These days…
My morning, still
birdsong, open window
no people walking by
quiet, almost forgotten
the sound of child’s play
Two by two, walking
midday, both sides
middle of the road
break step, pause
others stare, move on
Good evening, late
afternoon, politician’s
speak, experts, statistics
common sense retreats
press questions, repeats
Don’t touch my books, they’re his
Reblogged as simply brilliant I believe…
He touched me wearing nothing but his charm
from then on I wore nothing
but the fabric of his pages,
Lace exposing the intimacy of biography
Online links – Short Prose – Gabriela M
Today sees the publication of ‘Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings’ by Gabriela Marie Milton – known too many of us online as Gabriela M at Short Prose – a writer, a poet and a good friend.
I got to know Gabriela, as so many of us do, through the exchange of comments on our posts of poetry and prose – our first exchanges the Spring of 2018, I recall, each finding our online way – a like, a word of encouragement, a follow – Gabriela does this for so many, and two years on, her posts liked and commented on by us in our hundreds – a poet we love to read, a woman we love to interact with – the charm, the talent of Gabriela so evident to all.
And for those who may not have read her, may not yet know what lies within her ‘Passions’ – here are links to two ‘love poems’ – no more from me – Gabriela says it all:
‘The miracle of you’ linked here – and ‘I am the one’ here.
Six Words – 15/Apr/20
Shorts – a take on poetry available for pre-order!
I’ll keep this short … thank you for reading me
Coming in May is the next release from Potter’s Grove Press
Shorts – a take on poetry by Eric Daniel Clarke
The eBook is available for pre-order now and will release on May 12 along with the paperback.
Click here to pre-order now!
Many of you may already know Eric as EDC from his blog Believing Sight Unseen. If not, take a moment to visit his blog and check out some of his work.
Online
He her, she him
read words, their code
not said to any other
