Pick of the day
Tangled Threads
Posted by Rhiannonw on Tue, 25 Jul 2017
Not long ago
when mail was slow
across the ocean waters
(and phone costs high
in days gone by)
communication’s steady flow
of parted love
was written out by hand,
no back-up record
on disc or laptop stored,
– and so they had to keep
a diary note
of when and what they wrote,
to keep connecting things they shared,
ensuring missives sent
Story of the week
A Meeting with Kindness (Part 1 of 2)
Posted by Weatherwax on Sun, 16 Jul 2017
This piece has been inspired by the recent (at time of writing) terror attacks in London and Manchester, and acts as a general response to terror and those who would cause us harm as a whole.Read more
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Read moreStory and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
We are positively heaving with good stuff on here this week - particularly prose, so it's been very hard to pick the best - in fact I'm going to cheat a bit and do some honourable mentions too...
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Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 14 Jul 2017A plethora of riches to choose from this week!
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I'm going to take you to two very different places for this week's picks.
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Picks of the Month
Today birdsong is turned up loud
Posted by Rosa Cruz on Wed, 07 Jun 2017
Today birdsong is turned up loud
Read moreDaddio and Beyond
Posted by ice rivers on Wed, 21 Jun 2017
DADDIO
When I was a pre-school child I played with miniature plastic cowboys and Indians. My parents referred to them as “characters”.
I liked ‘em all, the cowboys and the Indians. Sometimes they got along, sometimes they fought. They always had personality, thus individuality.
They were part of an ongoing story that I was continuously creating.
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