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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: On poems: 1 of 176

How to Give Birth to a Poem You must give the poem time. You should never rush the poem or induce labour. The poem must be born naturally, word by word sentence by sentence feet first head first or all at once in a rush, stumbling over itself. Once the poem is out kicking, screaming on the white sheet, time to cut the umbili...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Relationships: 63 of 181

LIKE LITTLE BITS OF SNOW New York at night was what Ruby loved most. Canal Street, lantern lit and bustling, was filled with people, food and rows of counterfeit purses. In the side streets, green grocers and fishmongers slashed prices as the sky darkened. A man selling pashminas on the side of the road, called out as she wa...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Smiles: 37 of 105

DEPARTURE You smiled at me today through a shop window a far away fade of a smile It flickered flew away when the wind blew Separated by more than glass a window display of linen and lamps I brushed the traces off my crumpled coat and carried on * Later you left a letter in my mailbox I counted all the times you forgot to cr...