Simon Aylward

Joined January 2025

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Undiscovered Irish Playwright and Poet - Seeker of eternal youth - Wannabe time traveller and believer in spiritual energies - Too many books to read, not enough time!

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Runner-Up in Love in 50 Words Challenge

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I’d Forgotten how Exciting Life Could be!
Dressed in full racing suit, helmet and gloves, I stared at my at my middle aged reflection in the mirror. Then panic began to set in …
By Simon Aylward12 months ago in Men
The Art of Luck
Up until the last few months, I have not classified myself as a lucky person. In fact, my luck has been so bad over the last few years that I have gained the nickname ‘Jonah,’ from my colleagues at work.
By Simon Aylward12 months ago in Lifehack
The Chinese Pancake Incident
I was born in Northern Ireland in the 70s, and lived there until I was 25. If we ever dined out as a family, the choices were rather limited. It would either be a traditional Ulster fry or Chicken in a basket (That’s chicken and chips, served in a small wicker basket. Don’t ask me why!).
By Simon Aylward12 months ago in Humor
Outside the Self
For once I look outside the self, to find sweet words of poetry. No painful rhymes upon the shelf to pen a bitter tragedy.
By Simon Aylward12 months ago in Poets
Not even Superman Could Stop Me Smoking Ciggies!
In my early teens, I was a bit of a Hermione Granger. I would watch the older boys at school smoking behind the bike sheds, then snitch on them to the headmaster …
By Simon Aylward12 months ago in Psyche
My name-calling was cruel and I beg your forgiveness
(Content warning. Contains teenage Irish expletives and a story you are not likely to believe. But I can assure you, it’s true!)
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Confessions
My Job is Run By Snakes!
I’m driving to work, I’m dreading to work, one more day for the corporate jokers. Creating new plots to extinguish my spark,
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Poets
Pyramids and Poison (part 1)
Cast Victoria — Narcissistic team leader. Loves money. Daisy — Victoria’s assistant. Wants to be like Victoria.
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Fiction
I Should Have Been ...
I should have been an actor, thespian treader of the boards. Resplendent audience distractor with my bard-like vocal cords.
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Poets
My Captured Heart. Runner-Up in Love in 50 Words Challenge.
When you speak, I breathe the vapoured hearts that sweeten bitter air. When you smile, despair evaporates; my lips begin to curl.
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Poets
Wheels
In June 1976, I was four years old and living in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The country was enveloped in an oppressive heat haze; driven by a combination of burning Ulsterbuses, exploding petrol bombs, and a record-breaking summer.
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Fiction
Decades of Trauma
(Content Warning: contains a reference to suicide) For almost the last three decades, I have worked within the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS).
By Simon Aylwardabout a year ago in Psyche

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I’d Forgotten how Exciting Life Could be!

The Art of Luck

The Chinese Pancake Incident

Outside the Self

Not even Superman Could Stop Me Smoking Ciggies!

My name-calling was cruel and I beg your forgiveness

My Job is Run By Snakes!

Pyramids and Poison (part 1)

I Should Have Been ...

My Captured Heart. Runner-Up in Love in 50 Words Challenge.

Wheels

Decades of Trauma

Achievements (1)