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The Fabulous Jackie Buree

Nick GerrardMay 7, 2019

The Fabulous Jackie Buree written by: Nick Gerrard I stood there putting on my purple lipstick, in front of the mirror in the hall above the phone. ...

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Letting Go

Dianne MoritzMay 6, 2019

Letting Go written by: Dianne Moritz Do you spit out words as you might a bite of bruised apple? Do you say: Today my dog died? Do you tell how you...

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Haiku 18

Luiz SyphreApril 26, 2019

Haiku 18 written by: Luiz Syphre @luizsyphre last turn sun and moon celestial bodies loom I will be home soon...

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666 Hope Avenue

Godfrey HolyApril 20, 2019

666 Hope Avenue written by: Godfrey Holy That new house smell has long faded__ drifted away to more deserving abodes, to noses that cheer the he...

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Piano

SpillwordsApril 14, 2019

Piano a poem by D.H. Lawrence Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see A child sitting unde...

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Death

LadyLilyApril 6, 2019

Death written by: LadyLily @AFairymary The sea awaits you, running, trickling. Winds hustling, bustling rattling. Your shadow, woven of roses, gr...

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Proclamation

Jesse BatistaApril 3, 2019

Proclamation written by: Jesse Batista What shall come of the forsaken people? What is that which lies outside the realm of the underworld; the b...

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When Shadows Fall

Jan SmithMarch 29, 2019

When Shadows Fall written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL When shadows fall all around you Do not fear dear heart Let darkness come Don't stop the flow ...

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Blank To Butterfly

Sally S. AliMarch 26, 2019

Blank To Butterfly written by: Sally S. Ali Like a cotton bra She held my heart in the right place Covering my soul from the fiery eyes Bitter...

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Story of an Independent Mountain Girl

Abhishek PandeyarFebruary 19, 2019

Story of an Independent Mountain Girl written by: Abhishek Pandeyar The most painful time is not the day you leave home. It is the one before when y...

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Home Alone

Gabrielle SchenkelbergJanuary 2, 2019

Home Alone written by: Gabrielle Schenkelberg last night I shut all of the curtains took off all of my clothes and tip-toed through the living roo...

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Roots

Supriya RakeshJanuary 2, 2019

Roots written by: Supriya Rakesh I’m a rooted animal, Almost a plant, one might say. Watch others taking flight, Feel a tinge of envy Long for the...

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Forgotten Structure – FOR SALE

Sheri M. StewartNovember 13, 2018

Forgotten Structure - FOR SALE written by: Sheri M. Stewart The entrance remembers better days the rush of children in and out the homecoming of a...

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Near A Creek Among The Cotton Trees

Nisha RaviprasadNovember 13, 2018

Near A Creek Among The Cotton Trees written by: Nisha Raviprasad @NishaRaviprasad Near a creek among the cotton trees I dream of a home made of wood...

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I was born and bred in Coventry and write under the pseudonym 'Ricky Hawthorne', a character from one of my favourite books from my teenage years, 'Ghost Story' by Peter Straub. In 2002, fearing I would lose my job, I started an MBA in Theatre, Film and Literature at Warwick University, graduating in 2006. During the course I, inexplicably, developed a film narrative inside my head. I then wrote out a script. My first screenplay – ‘Myth’. Since then I have completed four more with the latest ‘Would Love to Meet’ being the first requested by a producer through Inktip. I also have written three teleplays based on my own short stories, a children’s short story, 3 stage plays, a TV Pilot and found my fondness for writing poetry return after several years of dry wood. I am married to my lovely Mairea and we have 5 children.