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6 (?) to dinner

6 sitting down to dinner. Grown-ups talking … 5 sitting down to dinner …

Fleet of Wing

a bird flies above my head

12.2 Wall of Doom

One, two, three, four hours passed. My legs were screaming and my bums warm and sleek on a straw mat. I could hardly sit still. There were no stars...
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Poem of the week

Anxiety Rules

Anxiety Rules (World Mental Health Day) Jennifer Pickup (10.10.2023) It started when first my body rebelled, Took hold of my confidence like a spell...
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Curious Magic

What I feel takes me dew drenched mingling with nature, quietly slipping away from reality into reverie of fantasy; imagination rambling along where...
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Vanishing Bushes

Vanishing Bushes From bush to bush, mongooses run with their breed for food and fun. From bush to bush, rabbits hop to enjoy these sights, passersby...
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12.1 Wall of Doom

Winds picked up and sand blew in our faces. We had to leave the beach at that point around ten. Reaching the parking lot I said goodbye to her, “I...
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Mute

As my parents get older I find it gets harder to find things to talk to them about. Since lockdown they’ve kind of stayed in that mode so that they...
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Love Story 3

The furrows on my da’s forehead stood like stepping stones to his thoughts. The measured way he lowered the back paged of the Daily Record’s sports...

Through Wolf Eyes

To see through wolf eyes wakens soul, opening ways of stripping all annoying thoughts; it's a place full of misty breath entwining large pines, their...
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The New Equinox Before Life Began Again

The New Equinox Before Life Began Again By Paul McCann Before the disappearance of the world’s population, strange paranormal events were occurring...
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A Reflection in the Toilet Water

On the lav it was a bit of a strain. Against the window, sporadic rain. Not exactly lovers' lane. But there's no gain without pain. No spit without a...

Rampaging Waters

Like an overflowing bowl of chicken soup sweeping through a rocky lane a fast-moving stream shows foamy white eyes of mischievousness gobbling up...

11.3 Go Fish!

We crossed the wet soil to find a suitable spot in the breezy front under the tall coconut palms. There were few beach lovers sitting around in small...

The Missing Seventh

The Missing Seventh One by one the deadly took their places Round the table gathered all the vices A summit of evil to curse the human race Their aim...

Wild Wild West Port City: Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Two Men Walked into a Saloon “Have you seen it?” Jackson laid a wrinkled-up piss-colored poster on top of the waist-high light-brown bar...
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Story of the week

I Read it in the Daily News - A Ned's Tale

“That pigeon still coming in here?” Ned slid a beer into the hands of Craven Danger and smiled. “You mean Renaldo? Sure. Me and him are old chums...
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1990: The Water Ladies

A drawing I made based on an old holiday photo.
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Worldwide Harvest and Provision

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Much harvest collected before autumn’s chill, provision for hunger, our stomachs to fill. … Abundance for sending to give or to sell but war seems…

11.2 Go Fish!

For a moment, we sat talking and drinking while watching football. Next moment, I remember kissing and hugging by the counter. She picked my hand and...

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