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December

Cold winds whistle through the trees through the trees and dimly-lit alleys a chill to freeze the night. Smoke drifts between the drunks on the...
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Heaven's Angels

While corks popped and many Beautiful fireworks, brightened Up our dark winter's new year sky, We thought of you. Music and games were played, Drinks...
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Help For Hero's.

New Years Eve yesterday, I’d planned on my day off to do as little as possible, but my day took on an unexpected twist and turn. I’d started my day...

Winter's Challenge

Snowflakes sky-high in drifts of white furrows shuffle across pastures once green with envy. Corn stalks higher than a kite absorbed rain and windy...

Welcome 2019

I welcome 2019, I'm glad it's here. I hope it will be an excellent year. Many years ago on every New Year's Day, Mom cooked hog jowls and black eyed...
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Dubrovsky

Don’t stop a man from dreaming his dreams A man is no man without his grand schemes Allow him, instead, to suffer his fate And rest afar for the...
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Story of the week

Do You Think They’ll Come Back?

What do we do when aliens have visited Earth then gone away?
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Closing Chapters and Starting New Ones (IP)

Maisie Peterson was five years old. She was the only child awake, amongst a houseful of adults who were having a party to celebrate Hogmanay. She had...

The Right Time

The Right Time By Paul McCann I wake up in the morning with a song in my head and I lie there for a moment then I get out of bed , I start writing...

The Young Man

at the grocery counter regales customers in a metronome of conversation and actions eye contact and quickness placing groceries in bags – tallying...
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Resolution 01/01/19

Resolution 01/01/19 Pay no heed to the ticking of the clock, Fear not the endless march of nights and days, Forget what may or may not come to pass,...

IF you fall asleep in your dream you die

which is why I'm always falling asleep in other people's dreams. I sneak in, unnoticed and climb into a bed. If you dream a train is coming and you'...

The ceiling spotlight flicked on

You found her diary inside a cook book and now you don't know what to do. You knew she could cook but you didn't know she could draw like that. You'...
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The doctor is very beautiful

Both paramedics have muddy trousers from knee to ankle I don't know if they have spares in the ambulance, or socks you can't be a paramedic in wet...
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Two-By-Two, Hurrah!

For want of other entertainment, he used to look out of the screen into the great nothingness ahead and manipulate the stray remnants of celestial...

The Ending of 2018

The end of 2018 is very near. In just a matter of hours, 2019 will become the new year. 2018 was a sad year because my aunt died. After 43 years of...
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New Year

New Year Like the old year Stale air makes you feel faint New Year like the old year With a new lick of paint New Year Resolutions Promises you know...

An 18 month-old meets Penelope the Penguin

‘Hello! I’m Penelope the Penguin’ (Mum wriggling bright hand puppet) “He-ow” (huge smile from ear to ear, shining eyes) …
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Ragged Falls

Ragged falls The first time it was still mild. We climbed your rocky outcrops And dared our feet upon slippery stones While you thundered past In...

Incarnation

Sounds from the past can be heard from afar, waking a memory from its sleep.

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