Pick of the day
"Crimson Morning"
Posted by Penny4athought on Sun, 25 Jan 2026
Sunrise appears
vivid pink
red-gold ribbons
amid blue light
Awaking diurnal creatures
Lifting blossom heads
towards sunlight
while bird songs fill the air
Possibilities sparkle
in shafts of buttercup yellow
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Poem of the week
Uphill, January 29th 2026
Posted by marandina on Fri, 30 Jan 2026
Uphill, January 29th 2026
St Nicholas church has
stood here for centuries
staring out over the sea,
standing high on a hill,
liminal limestone walls.
Brackish waters in winter
look bleak in freezing rain,
gulls patrol slate-grey skies
in search of elusive prey,
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Our Story and Poem of the Month for December, very kindly chosen by Drew Gummerson:
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Picks of the Month
Variable
Posted by VeraClark on Thu, 11 Dec 2025
When the hysterics home
in me: it is uncanny, a new
sort of normal. He says
he loves how my kitty eyes
turn lynx cat when I lose it.
He makes me feel perilous.
Five days after the ordeal
with the paramedics, he
gets me fruits for solstice.
I undress an orange and
the selkies in the pool of
his voice lull me to important
things like pea soup fog and