Pick of the day
gorse
Posted by Di_Hard on Fri, 22 Mar 2019
wild yellow, bold, bee-full, gladsome glory
yellow glowing gifts grow, spirit lifting
sweet, small yellow flames, lip-soft, scented, bright
tip dull green furze billows. Always yellow
flower kisses - light distilled, yellow, clear
strong, dearer than gold, yellow, flaunting joy
cold undaunted, jaunty power, yellow
grace. If you seek Heaven, gorse yellow's close
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Lydia
Posted by rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 22 Mar 2019
He went back into the fire for her. That’s what it comes down to and what haunts me and what presses down on me like sacks of lead. He went back in there for her. I tried to stop him. God only knows I did.Read morePoem of the week
No Love Song
Posted by Ewan on Tue, 19 Mar 2019
Short and perhaps saccharine, but I don't care...
Image is from Pixabay and is free of copyright issues.
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
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Disoccidented by Alfie Shoyger: A Review
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STORY AND POEM OF THE MONTH
Our Story and Poem for the month of February very kindly chosen by Jolono:
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I Dreamt I Wrote Another Me by Alex Smith (london_calling79). Out Now!
The latest release by Cerasus Press - ' I Dreamt I Wrote Another Me' by Alex Smith has just been published.
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Bee's Journey
Picks of the Month
La Femme d'argent
Posted by TFH on Wed, 20 Feb 2019
How could I forget the autumn of 1998, and that weekend in Paris? A sullen, funereal mist folded around the city for the entire three days, fallen gold-and-brown leaves sticking to the soles of our shoes as we walked along the Quai de la Megisserie, gently mocking the efforts of the street artists lining the pavement. We climbed the Eiffel Tower, only to see nothing but a blanket of spectral grey from the top.
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driverless
Posted by Di_Hard on Mon, 11 Feb 2019
the more people run away
the less there is to escape to
the more beauty we buy
the less room we have for truth
we fuel our vehicles with tomorrows
trying to find somewhere like yesterday
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