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A weekend with Joseph Stalin (test story)

First installment of the thrilling 'a week-end with...' sieries.
Story of the week

The Letter

Short story in 400 words about a man on a mission!

Bass Rock

Forth in the Firth As a rotten tooth Tormented in the storm: Remembrance of its tears within Soaring beyond ornithology. Walled prison silent in foam Sneering at solidarity of prisoners,

Isle of May

Beneath the brightness of the Stevensons’ burning, Cormorants come to light on the igneous rock. Skuas dive by nesting razorbeaks, Puffin eggs tumble from the cleft cliff.

Lighthouse

Warning to the way of seafarers Not to tread in the style of the rocks, Wisdom shining from its headland To light the path of the righteous, The ungodly, the stained and the callous
Cherry

The Strangers on the Trains ( Part 5)

Emily meets her "Leg Man" and gets quite a suprise.

Trash Day

Trash Talking...breaking down an American phenomenon...(approx. 1900 words)
Gold cherry

Secret paths

I draw the paths of childhood.

Mother Tree

Standing beside the tall sycamore tree, I am reminded of when I was three and standing by my mother’s tree trunk legs gazing up at her face high overhead;
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Poplars (Erotic Nature Poem)

Rain droplets drip on poplars as their green fingers grip the sky. Reflected, they are fingers probing deep between the rivers thighs.

A dedication to my brother (read out at his funeral)

We’re here to respect David…. we’re here to say goodbye We’re here to celebrate his life…. we’re here to have a cry!
Cherry
Poem of the week

Maria

Maria She was born in a Mexican prison Nestled at the breast, her mother cursing cockroaches in the dark. She was taken and raised by the nuns in the convent courtyard she closed her eyes,
Cherry

dessy dense star

other side of the coin, or something.

Canal side conversation

You coot carrier, fish keeper, bike sinker reflection tricker, you're a circus mirror a loose corrugation, tongue of water, punctuated by swans' necks; question marks, floating

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