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Introduction I really didn't know how to do this. I can't expect anyone to read my stories if I don't make the effort to read theirs and sometimes I just get overwhelmed, I then don't read friends' stories and I am wracked with guilt. I do try to read things eventually but I know that I miss so much.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
Here's A Thing
Introduction This is Fiction. There is Nothing Wrong. This is made up. I thought I would write a poem, but that would be too much, so I will do it as a fictional story or situation, and just leave you guessing on the outcome, if there is one, and you know with my writing that sometimes there isn’t. Also, this may go off in random directions like Bob Dylans’s “TaraNtula” (yeah it has a capital “N” in there, that wasn’t a typo on my part) and that inspired me to write a book called MiTaraNtula but that was pre Vocal and is still lying in wait and may one day resurface.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
Kidney Bingos - The Music Of Wire
Introduction I think I first came across Wire on the "Live At The Roxy London WC2 - Jan - Apr 77" album, where two of their songs, "Lowdown" and "12XU", were featured. The album was a great live punk document but while their sound was very raw, for me, Wire stood out as being different and it turned out that they progressed while generally staying out of the mainstream and are still creating music today.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Bees Make Honey
The phrase came to mind because of the seventies pub rock band, and I thought it would be a chance to pen some loving words for my Muse. Bees Make Honey didn't have any songs that fitted this but Graham Parker's "White Honey" is a great song and does have Honey in the title.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
More Ramblings About My Writing On Vocal
Introduction Every so often I feel I am running out of things to write about, although I have ideas for four pieces to write, but my inherent laziness is preventing me from doing this, so instead, I am going to write (once more) about how I manage to continue writing.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
Robin's Art
Introduction I am not sure how I first became Facebook friends with Robin Grotjan, maybe it was through Mafia Wars, an addictive Facebook game that I managed to forget about. She had a joint acvount with her husband Ron who she lost to cancer but I was good friends with both of them, and am still in close contact with Robin.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Viva
Me And My Insecurity
Introduction I know I shouldn't feel like this but there is a part of me that wants to destroy everything I have that is good. Every time I get a Top STory on Vocal I am sure that they have just made a mistake and they didn't mean for one of my stories to slip through.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
The Elemental Seasons. Top Story - January 2023.
This is my first of two entries for the Vocal Quadru-Haiku Challenge which you can read about below. I have included "Four Seasons In One Day" by Crowded House to take in the four seasons in these Haiku (that or Haikus is the plural form).
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
