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June 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Choose The Fire You Can Put Out

old Charles reckoned what mattered most was how well you walked through the fire – but I now disagree; I can see what he was saying, sure, weather the storms you must. And there’s such dignity in getting by, you make it through with your head as high as you are able to hold it […]
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December 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 2: “Run With The Hunted” by Charles Bukowski

Run With The Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader by Charles Bukowski I couldn’t really write about Charles Bukowski for my Authors I Admire series because there’s not a lot to admire – beyond the fact that as a writer, not as a human being, he did the time behind the typewriter. But I can rave […]
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