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;Jun 20Jun 20
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…Jun 19Jun 19
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…Jun 18Jun 18
Sam Cottlea broken earthenware pot. (a poem)an inexpensive clay pot was broken as you turned around in the middle of the hallwayJun 13Jun 13
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…Jun 10Jun 10
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…Jun 10Jun 10
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…Jun 8Jun 8
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.Jun 8Jun 8
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…Jun 8Jun 8
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…Jun 8Jun 8