micro-non-fiction – A S H Smyth http://www.ashsmyth.com Will write for money Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:04:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Subterranean Homesick Baroque – after Dylan http://www.ashsmyth.com/subterranean-homesick-baroque-after-dylan/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/subterranean-homesick-baroque-after-dylan/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:03:26 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=2520 Johnny’s in the basement, mixing up the medicine.
I’m on the toilet, downloading Handel operas.

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Ancient Chinese proverb

The most capable woman cannot make a meal without food.


Chinese Communist Party saying

A capable woman can make a meal without food.
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I use her toothbrush as
a beard-comb.

]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/postsecret/feed/ 0 A complete list of all those who have gone fishing, according to Benjamin Britten http://www.ashsmyth.com/a-complete-list-of-all-the-people-who-have-gone-fishing-according-to-benjamin-britten/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/a-complete-list-of-all-the-people-who-have-gone-fishing-according-to-benjamin-britten/#respond Sun, 05 Feb 2017 20:02:23 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=1960 1) Old Joe
2) Young Joe
3) You Know

]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/a-complete-list-of-all-the-people-who-have-gone-fishing-according-to-benjamin-britten/feed/ 0 Peter, Mark, Roget. His Complete Poetical Works http://www.ashsmyth.com/peter-mark-roget-his-complete-poetical-works/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/peter-mark-roget-his-complete-poetical-works/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:42:25 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=1746 On the Loss of Friends

That it is vain to shrink from

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]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/special-freelance-regt/feed/ 0 The Sony Ericsson verb table http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-sony-ericsson-verb-table/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-sony-ericsson-verb-table/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:08:41 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=1721 singular present indicative active

boat
coat
amat

]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-sony-ericsson-verb-table/feed/ 0 My literary career thus far – as narrated by the Shipping Forecast http://www.ashsmyth.com/my-literary-career-thus-far/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/my-literary-career-thus-far/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:22:56 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=1702 Good,
becoming moderate.

Occasionally very poor.

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i)  Your seat is empty this evening…

ii)  Who, then, will eat the avocado?

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