Certificate PG
Parental guidance suggested for children
The Crone
I heard the crone with the besom before dawn every morning, idly in action on the hill , sweeping without hope the red gold copper tide of autumn...
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The Coracle Oracle
Uncalled for, after he’d gone, his boat made its rudderless journey home. Just big enough for him alone, a bobbing empty shell from which the kernel...
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This Older Guy
A shuffle across the rug brought me to her side -- planted a kiss on her familiar lips. She’s beaten me to the couch and grabbed the spot of my...
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- 428 reads
Pretty Poppy
The hours mount up. They stack like bricks, like stone slabs on her shoulders, weighing evenly on each side. Every step leaves craters in the...
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- 570 reads
Betrayer
Heart palpitating to the rhythm Of its own beat, Fame, deceit, For you unto her I bequeath? Damage! Lies! Cut from all family ties. They could have...
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An Entire Nation Still Mourns
One minute everything was fine but the next, everything went sour. Terrorists hijacked some planes and attacked the World Trade Towers. Because of...
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Under Sunset
Pretty Poppy, Dancing on the head of a pin. Always ready with a show, With a smile, a wink, a backwards glance, She flares as the lights get low. No...
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Tsk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia* Tsk (sometimes rendered Čšk , occasionally Tut, is the capital town on the south of the island of Bričabrač, formerly in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia , population 1,111 (2011). Bričabrač’s status currently is ambiguous, President-for-life Ivar Kraicjek is reportedly still in negotiations
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Black
is a void of nothing. It avoids creating space filled with children and noise. It is a darkness without stars nor twilight— it can humour you with a...
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Happy 49th Birthday
If John hadn't died because of drugs, he would've turned forty-nine today. If John hadn't died, his fiftieth birthday would've been just one year...
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- 362 reads