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Short stories

Obscurity of Objects

Her worst were the openings. Tim at the podium, reduced to an artist statement- a jumble of jargon, justification. Explanations he owed no one. Why…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

Childrens story

Tree Boy

There was a boy in a crowded city who wished he could be a tree. Wished he could be alone, wished he could be a…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

Short stories

Wendy the Weeper

Wendy stepped from out of the change rooms, usually reserved for sweaty sportsman, to meet a coliseum of twenty thousand followers. Upon her entrance some…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

musings

Letter on Sharkâ€™s and Beer peeling

Letter on Shark's and Beer peeling I sit with shark alarms ringing in the bay bellow, children and adults scatter from the water, as they…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

poetry Short stories

Ballad of -Frankie da Bum goes to Bollywood

From a road side stall-midnight- I see my destiny reflected in a cold cuppa chai You've been given the wings Frankie (I mutter to myself....prophetically…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

commentry

Hip Without The Replacement

Hip Without The Replacement I met Cheryl at a swanky Glenwood house party the other night. She marched over and introduced herself and we quickly…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

poetry

COCA -COLA BUDDHISM

Coca cola Buddhism New found Vegetarianism New wave Humanitarianism Coca- Cola BuddhismStudying palms Graft on self sustainable farmsI've heard organic veggies reach supernatural…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

Short stories

Circles For So Long

Circles for so long After the wake, after the last drunken mourner has left, I make my way to my grandmother's room. Candle wicks burn…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

Short stories

Seventy five strokes – a true story

At 5'oclock Mrs Webb was woken by the first signs of dawn flapping in the curtain. She rose quickly, taking a moment to rub arnica…

neilcoppenApril 14, 2007

commentry

KILLER WAVES HEAD FOR DURBS!!

Durban is the sort of city that, thankfully even Michael Bolton skips on his touring itinerary. When events do occur, (such as the recent A1)…

neilcoppenMarch 25, 2007

Obscurity of Objects

Tree Boy

Wendy the Weeper

Letter on Sharkâ€™s and Beer peeling

Ballad of -Frankie da Bum goes to Bollywood

Hip Without The Replacement

COCA -COLA BUDDHISM

Circles For So Long

Seventy five strokes – a true story

KILLER WAVES HEAD FOR DURBS!!

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