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Our Burnished Mantle

By a102866 on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Our dedicated mantle is a shrine to our permanence; dressed with life's, lingering mementos, a time capsule spaced on an organic ledge baring a...
Other Non-fiction
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Judith and Jake - Part Two of Two

By hudsonmoon on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Judith and Jake crossed the threshold into Mrs. Teaberry’s apartment. “Watch your step,” said Mrs. Teaberry. “I just waxed the floor.” The newlyweds...
Humour
Story
Certificate U
Cherry

The Gambler 1

By Steve on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

I'm a gambler. I'm a forgetter. I'm a misanthrope also. I'm sick to death of people. They really make me sick in the stomach and I feel like I got...
Opinion
Story
Certificate 15

Happiness

By well-wisher on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

What is this thing called happiness? Nobody knows. Some find it in a lover’s kiss; some in a rose. Some seek it all their lives yet don’t find it at...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate U
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Cherry

Typhoon

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

A patchwork poem (also known as Cento) is made up of verses by different writers. I have used lines (with minor tweaks) by the following poets: John...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Crawler

By RJF on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

The boy hugged his knees to his chest as another kick landed. He no longer knew one part of his body from the other, there was only pain. “Don’t you...
Horror
Story
Certificate 15

Thought

By well-wisher on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Why is it that most people find the vast universe a dull topic of conversation but themselves (or the lives of other people) fascinating? The human...
Opinion
Other
Certificate U

(spoken word, in process)

By HiArianne on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

i have depression. now some of you were probably like “oh shit depression this is gonna be real” but, okay, really. the thing about depression is...
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate 12

morning

By Steve on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

nightmares crept under my bed, wake-eyed, keeping me nervous and jittery, all night long, all night long, children of the night (JIm Morrison's voice...
Story
Certificate 18

Children's nursery rhymes from a future past.

By alphadog1 on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Upperty nimby sat on a wall, Upperty nimby could not really fall, Because all the queens horses, and all the Queens men, Kept Upperty nimby from...
Humour
Poem
Certificate 15
Cherry

The PIA

By pradaboy on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Teaching English in the desert from a work-in-progress...
Travel
Story
Certificate 18

Political Correctness in America 4

By Steve on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

In some senses, political correctness is not a liberal movement. It is also conservative. I don't know if conservatives have had any hand in shaping...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate U

An Extended Dialogue: Me and my (Screwed up) Conscience

By KateReamer on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

Had a chat to my conscience the other day... we seem to be on totally different wavelengths.
Story
Certificate 18

Bits of Loose Thread

By pepsoid on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

4
Humour
Story
Certificate U

Slugs

By pepsoid on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

3
Humour
Story
Certificate PG

Damp Moss

By pepsoid on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

2
Humour
Story
Certificate U

Wet Mulchy Leaves

By pepsoid on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

1
Humour
Story
Certificate U

My Words to the German Folk Song - “Du, du liegst mir im Herzen” (You, you are in my heart)

By well-wisher on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

1 st Verse: You, you, you live inside me; here, down deep in my heart; love, love; please don’t deny me. It hurts when we are apart. Oh love; my love...
Love
Other
Certificate U

Superfattycalorificextrahalitosis

By Buschell on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

The gooey, bad blood of big Bob Britain moves like meat loaf through a straw, sizey bits of arterial fur break away and head for the pig valves and...
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

Long hauled.

By Buschell on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

A trick of flight, the one where I am coccooned and fuselagenous hurled backward in time with bugger all sleep, the one that makes the last month a...
Travel
Poem
Certificate PG

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