Sam CottleIn love. (a poem)Come here out of the heat, Your legs are like fire; Come here and make me complete, It is you that I desire;1 min read·4 days ago----
Sam Cottlewhere we were found. (a poem)looking to the place where we were found, they’ll sniff at the idea that the world is round; and can there be anything more commonplace…1 min read·5 days ago----
Sam CottleThe Writer’s Life. (a poem)thirty now and still scuttling around for a break. still poor and living between better-paying jobs that don’t inspire me. i pity Salman…4 min read·6 days ago----
Sam Cottlea broken earthenware pot. (a poem)an inexpensive clay pot was broken as you turned around in the middle of the hallway1 min read·Jun 13, 2024----
Sam Cottledying is more important. (a poem)stuck sideways in the sandbox of life stuck onto me half-witted here and said: eh, lad, where’s yer knife?! broken down and mad, mad…2 min read·Jun 10, 2024----
Sam CottleThey’ll Say… (a poem)They’ll say it all lacks an energy, Something a poem ought to have that this one doesn’t; Perhaps that’s apt, I lack energy very often And…2 min read·Jun 10, 2024----
Sam CottleThe Order of Merlin: A Secret Family. (first half of first draft; novel serialisation).The following is a work of fanfiction. I am not enrolled on Medium’s partner programme and hence will not be earning any money as a result…145 min read·Jun 8, 2024----
Sam Cottlein Amsterdam with you. (a poem)we could do it, likely blue, like under a blue evening in Amsterdam with you; or we could make it dinner for two, and we’d be in Amsterdam.1 min read·Jun 8, 2024----
Sam CottleDreaming of rocket fire in the homeless shelter. (a poem)Out on the streets now I’m fixing for booze. I go around the vacant tables and quickly swig the half-pints left in glasses. I stumble…4 min read·Jun 8, 2024----
Sam CottleA forest fire. (a poem).in the wake of the forests’ burning — the halcyon skies roll as ever over placid heaven, the lurch to start and the irrecoverable finish…2 min read·Jun 8, 2024----
