the last time
Click here to hear the poet read his words: the last time I didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hold your handorI’d have clasped it longerand more consciouslyand treasured every touch I didn’t...
View ArticleMurder Children – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – TERM Click here to hear the author read his words:...
View Articleleaving
Click here to hear the poet read his words: leaving it’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the...
View ArticleBannockburn – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – CONTROL Click here to hear the author read his...
View Articleshadow in the mirror
Click here to hear the poet read his words: shadow in the mirror I glimpse the shadow in the mirroras soft and dark as midnight airmy eyes are slow to see the outlineof the space where once you were...
View ArticleBoiling a Frog – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – CONFETTI Click here to hear the author read his...
View Articleback to Glasgow
Click here to hear the poet read his words: back to Glasgow as I walk the beachesof the Côte d’Azuror swim in the warmthof the Mediterraneanmy favourite of all seasmy thoughts still sometimessurprise...
View ArticleLamppost – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – DETOUR Click here to hear the author read his...
View Articlethe gull
Click here to hear the poet read his words: the gull isn’t it strangehow life can changein an instantwhen you realiseeverything you wantedeverything you hoped foreverything you dreamed ofand...
View ArticleA Day in the Death – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – FLUID Click here to hear the author read his...
View Articlefly away
Click here to hear the poet read his words: fly away I want to fly awaywith youto Parisor maybe Romeit really doesn’t matter whereas long as I’m with you I want to fly awaywith youto Rioor the...
View ArticleCramping My Style – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – EDGE Click here to hear the author read his words:...
View ArticleI didn’t die
Click here to hear the poet read his words: I didn’t die I didn’t diethe day you leftthat was the firstand biggest surpriseI didn’t seehow I could go onwithout the warmth of your smileand the...
View ArticleHome – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – KEY Click here to hear the author read his words:...
View ArticleThe Tyrant – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – STROKE Click here to hear the author read his...
View Articlebouchon
Click here to hear the poet read his words: bouchon I’m standing at a bus stoptwenty minutes from homethe reasons don’t matterno sign of scheduled servicealready long overduethe traffic is nose to...
View ArticleFriends – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – ERUPTION Click here to hear the author read his...
View ArticleI wrote a poem
Click here to hear the poet read his words: I wrote a poem I read a poem yesterdayit nearly broke my heartit spoke of lovers loved and lostthey lived too far apart I read a poem yesterdayit said she...
View ArticleAdventures with a Mosquito – Six Sentence Story
This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – STRIKE Click here to hear the author read his...
View ArticleScotland in November
Click here to hear the poet read his words: Scotland in November looking backit seems quite obviouswe were doomedbefore we started so very far apartculturally andgeographically but we had so...
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