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Category Archives: Teeny tiny tales

In 2012 The Guardian challenged authors to write a novel in 140 characters or less. I gave it a go and have continued to churn some out every now and then…

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Thursday

Posted on June 7, 2017 by carltellstales
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It was Thursday
and the young people
did something marvellous,
hoped the old man.

© Carl Burkitt 2017

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Bliss

Posted on May 18, 2017 by carltellstales
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Julie had absolutely zero friends.
Her life was utter bliss.

© Carl Burkitt 2017

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Wrong exit

Posted on March 19, 2017 by carltellstales
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Judy took the wrong exit off the motorway
And drove off the end of the Earth.

© Carl Burkitt 2017

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Grace

Posted on October 23, 2016 by carltellstales
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Marcus had a huge
fall from Grace.

She missed him so much.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Delivery

Posted on September 29, 2016 by carltellstales
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The eulogist died
To a smattering of applause.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Out for tea

Posted on September 20, 2016 by carltellstales
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Gerald ate a teacup –
The fucking idiot.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Eric

Posted on September 4, 2016 by carltellstales
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It was lunchtime,
So he climbed inside a sandwich
And waited for Eric.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Darren

Posted on August 31, 2016 by carltellstales
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Darren didn’t fit in with the other ducks
So he killed them all.

We don’t like Darren.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Secret

Posted on August 31, 2016 by carltellstales
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the man had a secret

it was quite dark, actually

so he never told a soul

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Goodies

Posted on June 8, 2016 by carltellstales
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The doggy bag was full of goodies.
‘Quite the haul,’ said the baddies
as they drank their fizzy pop.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

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Stuff I done wrote

  • “I’m a snake”
  • We’re separated in the supermarket and my phone has no signal
  • “I’m a digger”
  • I’m talking to a man
  • The prick in the petrol station
  • Time with you
  • Don’t take that away
  • What a cross
  • Some believe
  • Kick off
  • Everyday
  • Chester Birming
  • Massage the heart, gently
  • Sympathy
  • A ghost is using the hand dryer
  • Storm
  • Putting a letter in a post box
  • I’m having a shower with a toy bin lorry
  • Snoring
  • The struggle he has to overcome
  • Running with no headphones
  • Oh, Man
  • Watching
  • Flight
  • Christmas tree in January
  • A stroke of tonsillitis
  • She is screaming for her Dad
  • Charity shop on 2nd January
  • Cold
  • Karaoke every Sunday with our very own Geoff
  • Does Father Christmas Play Football?
  • Sleep
  • Woodworker of the Year
  • Emergency Late Night December GP Appointment
  • The Week the Tubes of Pringles Just Live on the Dining Table
  • The Anatomy of a Christmas Tree
  • They just
  • The seed grew teeth
  • Did Shakespeare invent football?
  • Christmas Cracker Hat Game
  • Eve
  • Out Of Office
  • Christmas Haircut
  • If your misdemeanours came to light, would you be ashamed?
  • Is it OK if I stroke your dog?
  • The Price of Haddock
  • The radio says that more people have been on the moon than completed Takeshi’s Castle
  • Cracker
  • Bubba at Number 28
  • Cancelled Christmas Do
  • Worlds apart
  • A While Ago, Now
  • Unopened Christmas Card
  • Greggs Vegan Festive Bake
  • Christmas Looks Good on You
  • Snowing on the Morning of an England World Cup Quarter Final
  • Penguin on a Tree
  • Playmobil Nativity Scene
  • Catching Up
  • The plumber is listening to Coldplay
  • No Cushion
  • Scene
  • T-Rex
  • Fairy Lights in the Shopping Precinct
  • Festive latte
  • I don’t enjoy spending time with him. He’s too simple.
  • I nod
  • Paul Scholes says he actually liked playing on the left for England
  • Floats
  • You open the door
  • He said he was going to grab a yogurt for the road
  • Explode
  • Hello?
  • Next to me
  • There is a lion in the quiet carriage
  • Eating Stars
  • Preparation
  • I got a taxi to the health centre then another taxi to the shops
  • The importance of feeling
  • How to Become a Magician by Moose Allain
  • He lives with a trapeze artist
  • There’s a whale in the farm
  • An evening with former England manager Kevin Keegan
  • Dadbot
  • POTATOES!
  • Who cares
  • Pick and mix
  • Standing around the café toilets
  • We’re seeing so many people die we should just do what we want whenever we want
  • Local Pumpkins
  • My eyes
  • An interaction
  • Yellow
  • The old house with the blue door
  • We try again tomorrow
  • Asleep,
  • Special
  • Long-tailed Tit
  • War cry
  • Greenfinch
  • Goldfinch
  • Productivity
  • Fingers
  • Too thick, too raw
  • Chutneys
  • Private
  • The caterpillar and the penguin
  • Subconscious seasoning
  • Barn Owl
  • Blackbird
  • Sparrowhawk
  • House Sparrow
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Linnet
  • Chaffinch
  • The difficult bits
  • I am a pirate again
  • The fit boy at school just got married
  • Meaning
  • Who knows?
  • He has a Twix and tiramisu every day, and at least four Müller Corners
  • Service
  • Heathpark House
  • The National Express misses me
  • The angels are roaring so loud
  • Adults in the soft play
  • Eggs, where are you?
  • The shoulders of soldiers
  • The River Tay
  • Must Eat Chip Shop
  • You are now entering Stanley
  • A potato with shoulders
  • There is an old man in the back of the car
  • Turn the stars on
  • James Brown is buried in Plymouth
  • I blink
  • We could
  • A memory
  • You’ll grow up with different stamps
  • Will I have the courage to reject Sambuca at 82?
  • Lamer
  • Bohemian Barbers
  • Undodgeable
  • The 8:28am to Mansfield
  • Viking
  • Transfer Deadline Day
  • Fudge in a garden centre
  • Puffins galore
  • Look at that little boy
  • What do you want to be when you grow up?
  • Little piggies
  • It’s a foul, of course it’s a foul. You can’t do that.
  • Subplot
  • Kim Kardashian is bringing back the side part
  • Space Bastard
  • As good today as it’s always been
  • Golden hour
  • I❤️EGGS
  • Tying shoelaces with my nephew
  • The hyenas are in the sea
  • I am Rocky Balboa running
  • Day after day
  • She calls me Craig
  • Watching him
  • It’s 20 minutes before we’re supposed to be at a wedding and I’m pretending to water the flowers with a turned off hose
  • A Few Minutes In Barnardo’s
  • Picking a punnet of cherries outside a greengrocer’s at midnight
  • Jacqueline Wilson: Independent Funeral Service
  • A quick chat
  • Bang
  • Hard
  • I am a pink bean bag
  • Making connections
  • Have a lovely holiday if I don’t see you
  • Couple in the petrol station
  • Wake up
  • Cookies for the office
  • Hiya!
  • I’d like to couple up with this boy because
  • Into the park
  • Today
  • Don’t slap the papaya
  • You don’t know how fucking generous you are
  • Dave saw a lizard
  • Croissants in a hire car
  • I’ve got good eyes, a great pancreas and a terrible heart
  • If we can avoid needing a Carl, that would be great
  • People say
  • Ibuprofen and a Basil Plant
  • Soap
  • It won’t work
  • Your body is going to die your body is going to die your body is going to die
  • So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
  • We’re usually just so stressed we buy fish and chips
  • Hot air
  • Lessons learned
  • Ash
  • I felt the sickness behind my eyes
  • Colin
  • Smallsteps and Sideways
  • Ronnie O’Sullivan is
  • Paul
  • This one’s for Ben
  • Jelly Babies on a cliffside
  • My favourite noise is the OOH! someone makes after stopping themselves from falling over on a wet rock
  • Rich
  • A puddle wearing waterproofs
  • Uniform
  • The sunshine works in a Gretna café
  • There’s a barbershop at Lymm Services
  • I clicked ‘yes’ when the ATM asked if I wanted an advice slip
  • Action
  • Wonky
  • Reliable
  • An art gallery made up of supermarket cereal shelves
  • Different Saturdays
  • An idea
  • Pedestrians have priority
  • I’m watching two old blokes
  • How is he in himself?
  • Cleaning an open window
  • Advertise your brand on this roundabout
  • We are broadcasting live from Ibiza
  • The beginning
  • Parallel
  • Flat
  • Hi, this is Victoria from One Life. Am I speaking to Carl? Oh, great. Tell me, when the time comes, will it be a burial or a cremation?
  • Don’t forget to be a good boy
  • Beef
  • This is the closest I’ve ever been to a peregrine falcon
  • ‘You forget where you put things, don’t you?’
  • One in five people is ‘highly sensitive’. Are you?
  • You’re never far from your local Jewson
  • I really appreciate you keeping me in the loop, mate
  • I’m a boring professor with a husband and three lovers
  • English Breakfast 3-5m
  • We don’t mind
  • Sun’s out, son’s out
  • Slide
  • The Smile
  • The football boot
  • Spring by Jack Underwood
  • It’s simple enough
  • The Gongoozlers
  • I like watching kids cry in football stadiums
  • I think my favourite thing
  • Is your truck ready to retire?
  • Editor’s Pick
  • A guide to warm days
  • Back on the horse
  • There are no toilets in Corby train station
  • HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY
  • Cat
  • Nuance
  • Goal
  • 023 – available if unoccupied
  • How much do you know about AI?
  • Pig
  • The overhead projector monitor
  • Unused toilet rolls
  • Away
  • One night
  • SUBJECT LINE: How does your future look, Carl?
  • Your smile is our reputation
  • Useless is
  • The consequences of feeling sexy
  • Corner
  • On the inside
  • A banana skin
  • Welcome to weather
  • Near a milkman
  • Where to?
  • Empty jars
  • E-Cyclist
  • I saw you running the other day
  • 1039
  • Dogs in the chicken shop
  • Watch your eyes
  • Another world
  • What can I see?
  • If you need me
  • Chimply
  • Full of smiles
  • Holding
  • A quick note
  • Cromer Gift Shop: Everything you could ask for
  • Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty
  • Those retro Coca Cola glasses
  • Both sides of the road
  • Come on, little chickens
  • Captain America is in the chip shop
  • He was unsuccessful and then he died by John Osborne
  • Friends of mine are becoming Heads
  • The next time I fall over
  • She had an egg and a hash brown every day
  • Settling in
  • What do you regret in life, Carl?
  • If in doubt, get out
  • No coffee, no tea
  • Cover
  • The face
  • I completed the cereal box word search this morning
  • Loads
  • End of the day
  • See you soon?
  • A few days not alone
  • The cafe has a sign for doner kebab paninis
  • In the blink of an eye
  • Subway
  • A Twister and a briefcase
  • Long weekend
  • Perfect position
  • Night
  • One job
  • Do you want cinnamon, Natalie?!
  • Where do all the fucking socks go?
  • Chaos
  • 4pm chip shop chips
  • You’re staring at each other
  • An Interesting Fact About One Of My Relatives by Ian McMillan
  • Chat up
  • Class
  • Intermittent hard shoulder
  • Just in case?
  • Are you a breakfast tea?
  • We swapped eyes today
  • I think about the note you didn’t leave
  • Who do you know?
  • This is a staff announcement, can Tina come to customer service
  • Crossword by the window
  • Watching a baboon tearing off a windscreen wiper
  • A complete stranger
  • Habit
  • They’re discussing exercise routines
  • The balloon baby
  • Do you have any missing teeth?
  • Silly Les
  • Swept up
  • Fireman Sam looks knackered
  • Mates
  • Ups and downs
  • Remember the face enjoys trains
  • Your eyes are diabolical blue
  • OK Diner
  • On and on
  • All it takes
  • Please be kind to the Septic Tank
  • Still
  • You are kissing the door of your baby gate
  • They’re in love

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