JJ Alleson

But You’re Gonna Steal My Idea! Ah, if only we had a penny, cent or whatever your minimal currency is where you are, for every time a new writer said, “But if I show you my story you’ll steal my idea!” As if established writers have...

A penny or a cent or even a cedi for each time I've heard this. We've all been there, I guess. www.jjalleson.com/post/but-the...

Poems on Loss and Found
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EXCERPT from my poetry collection "Not Everyone Dies"

A DAY OUT

133 to Union Street.
Down Newcomen.
Narrow beat.

Into Guys.
Onco.
Farewell party –
Wrong floor.

Hours later.
Through door.
Back next week:
Chemo.

....

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Lordy, lordy.

2025 ... still bringing the heat.

a woman in a dress is standing in a field of white flowers Alt: a woman in a dress is standing in a field of white flowers

Planned to go out somewhere in the sunshine. Forgot that:

1. I'm in England.
2. It's a Saturday.

Ah, well, thank you, imagination. 🙏

It was horrific. Uriah Heep would have wept.

Went to Margate in Kent on Saturday, 24/05/25. It's come a long way.😢

Ride on a funfair, somewhere in the UK. The makings of a horror book cover, methinks.

A relative told me about a year ago that she'd asked one of the AI artists for a picture of a dog in a tree. It gave her a dog mangled up in a tree trunk. Now look at those little bots go, pilfering hither and thither.

Back when I thought selling me poems on Etsy was a good idea.

I can't work out if this is a rescue mission or a suicide one.