This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.
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It’s always this. What to have for dinner. The procedure for having a shower in each new bathroom. Where to prepare my food in each new kitchen. The idea of someone’s cat in my bed with claws and hair and dirt. Yet we’re made of dirt and most people live in dirt. The grimy kettle, Read more
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thirsty / souvenir shop open / teahouse closed … Read more
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If you’re a poet, novelist, or other creative writer, you’ve probably heard that you should steer clear of clichés—overused figures of speech like “steer clear”—if you want to be published or win competitions. But why? What’s wrong with them? Read more
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Made from Google-translated SMS messages received during 2019 while living in Yinchuan, Ningxia. // Today is Arbor Day. / Thank you for your support for the greening of the motherland! / Let us work together to fulfill the obligation / to plant trees and build / a beautiful China. … Read more
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Outside my hotel, / around the corner from the neon mirage / of the central shopping street, / a woman squats in the roadway, / a metre from the gutter / in the cold rain, / pants down / by her bag-lady bag … Read more
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Especially if you’re new to writing and publishing, you might think you don’t need to edit your poetry. After all, the poems we love to read seem so effortless. Surely the words were directly inspired by the Universe and could never have been anything other than what they are? Read more
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