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"You must write only about affirmations, religion, racism, and family. If you write poetry, it must rhyme and be deep and spiritual. No Black characters on the cover and not too many in your stories. No naughty stuff." M'kay... https://www.jjalleson.com/

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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...

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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.

31.05.2025 07:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2025 ... still bringing the heat.

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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. 🙏

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It was horrific. Uriah Heep would have wept.

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

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

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AI image of a man in an open t-shirt.

AI image of a man in an open t-shirt.

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.

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

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

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