Writing Archive
Explore a curated collection of my writing, including psychotherapy insights, short stories, letters, and poetry, all compiled for easy access and reflection.
![[a desk lamp, various ink bottles, a blade, an envelope enclosed with a ribbon and a penned letter].](https://neilbenbow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/writing-archive.jpeg)
-
little wood
being a kid wandering summer afternoons exploring everything one afternoon dead pigs floating bloated stinking in the marshy pools to tell the big people of what I’d seen to not be believed incredulous another…
-
conflict
At work To resolve conflict, communicate with each other on a one-to-one equal basis and avoid behaviour that will break down communication. At work an environment for healthy conflict can be encouraged by setting…
-
Chapter 7
Promises, dreams and You Write the hunches or feelings you have followed in the last week. (—O—) Am I rich in family? Do I devote my time to my spouse and children to build…
-
mixtapes
The speaker reflects on a forgotten collection of CDs symbolizing lost romantic times. They express regret for failing to meet their partner’s needs, prioritizing financial pursuits over genuine connection. Despite her simple desires, increasing…
-
today I’m clean
came the time for confessions all faces turned to me expecting a stand-up routine I could see my feet not wanting their eyes to meet mine my name is Neil I’ve been a foul…
-
baa! baa! baa! baa!
drunk lying out on my hillside calling out to the sheep the farmer has moved the flock one field to the next lambs to ewes are calling over & over ewes calling their lambs…
-
right here
on this thin grey line in a black bound notebook scribbled spider scrawls records of you my thoughts & feelings of climbing the walls no tv no music just sitting staring absorbing the pain…
-
minstrel girl
she loved me she told this minstrel girl came wandering into my county proficient in guitar able to hold disciplines of time making melodies & lines a pair we became an item for a…
-
playtime
tell me your fantasies she said all solemn a wink of her eye playful we can explore them have some fun tho’ I shied away talked of having none created the lie not bringing…