Pick of the day
Getting Older Sucks...
Posted by purplehaze on Wed, 17 Apr 2024
…but it’s better than the alternative. This morning’s snail mail was an advert, with vouchers, for Tena lady pants and an advert from the Conservative Party candidate. I’m not sure which one made me want to empty my bladder more.
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This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
Posted by Turlough on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Words of comfort, words of peace. Words to fend off angry geese.Read more
Features
Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
Posted by Di_Hard
Wonderful variety of writing this week, I have really enjoyed reading them all!
After whittling and whittling,
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I'm very pleased to announce that we're having another of our brillant online reading events on Saturday May 18th at 7pm!
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Our Story and Poem of the Month for March very kindly chosen by Jane Hyphen:
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Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!
Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.
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Picks of the Month
stars over kennet
Posted by JupiterMoon on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
stars over kennet
star lit stones
wrap around me
and i am held rapt
for a pitch-black procession
the memory of daylight
sleeping
beneath frosted ice
drawn down low
the cosy pelt of night
feels close enough to reach
and i want to pocket stars -
not to light my way
but because they are companions;
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Windfall.
Posted by celticman on Mon, 18 Mar 2024
We had a great interest in ghosts, prompted by a fear of being called a shitebag for turning down a dare when we were younger. In a less than spooky way, it might even have been stronger than our allegiance to playing football, or our general interest in girls and their shortcomings.
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