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Dear Virginiathere’s a questionI would really like to asksince you first put pen to paperthrew your gauntlet downset us your taskand that is:'How far have we come?' Is Mary Beton grown now?Is she married?How many children does she have?Did she ever get to writethe words she longed to share with us?did she give her children... Continue Reading →
Don's mate Skip (pictured above) is refusing to speak to me after I featured Priscilla and Ralph in last week's post. He's gone to spend some quality time with this Kangaroo friends. Meanwhile Don continues working hard to bring you more Flippant, Comic, and Serious poetry. Enjoy this week's offering! I Am An Offbeat Poet... Continue Reading →
Her head bobbed just beneath the surface of the waterhair spread out like a painting by John Everett Millaisandrogynous, amorphous:wide eyessevere jawbonesharp aquiline nose. She was afraid to break the surface;and to emergefrom the silence of her amniotic sac:‘Stay safe inside,'her inner critic counselled: 'Do not dream to give the world the words it does not lack.'... Continue Reading →
I cut a fringe to hide my frown linesI hate my frown lines but I love myself- no -I hate myself but love my frown-lines- no -I love my frown-lines and myself butI don't like how they look in the mirror- no -I cut a fringe because I cannot afford botox- no - I don't... Continue Reading →
I am thrilled to have been voted Author of the Month at Spillwords Press for Jan/Feb 2021! I wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who voted for me: this means so much and I am so grateful for your time, kind words and support. Another heartfelt thank you to Dagmara and the... Continue Reading →
Celebrating 20 weeks of guest posts at EIF this week, Don and the FCS team bring you another thought-provoking trilogy! Meanwhile, his feline friend Priscilla is tasked with keeping the birds from Don's coffee, with limited success... Miracle Man You don't accept a warming EarthWhich scientists say is soYet happily accept a miracle man2000 years... Continue Reading →
A while back, I promised Hobbo A.K.A. 'The Yorkshire Laureate' that I would include some Cumbrian dialect poetry on this blog. First have a listen to the following recording. Esther Dixon-Graham recites a Cumbrian Poem Cumbrian version (my transcription) If ivver twa farmers at Caer'l should meetYe'd hear what they say, t'uther side o' the... Continue Reading →
"I am the bud and the blossom, I am the late-falling leaf" - Paul Dunbar, The Paradox Young at heart, though old in bodysound in mind, though oftentimes insanein my dreaming, bound by dreams which set me freeback to the beginning, bent like a young birch treeover the water, on the pivot of a divenature's daughter,... Continue Reading →
It's summertime Down Under, and Don is having some trouble with fans trying to crash the FCS compound. Luckily, his mate Skip (pictured) provides security at FCS so that Don can focus on what he does best: writing poetry. Ain't no one getting past this marsupial... The Journey I've just been on a journeyTo farewell... Continue Reading →
How I wish for this dark night of the human soul to be over, and for all of thefossil fuels to stay underthe ground so that wemay not become part of the fossil record just yet:I wish to reserve this privilege fora later date... © Experimentsinfiction 2021, All Rights Reserved I've had enough... Of all the... Continue Reading →
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