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Valentine's Day 2017
Chelmsford Railway station Upline Shivering bodies, self-compiling in clusters Along the cold grey dais Default positioning For downloading Onto...
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Phantom Drummer of the Ogilvys
One of the most famous hauntings recorded in Angus also involved one of the most ancient families of the area, the Ogilvys who inhabited the castles...
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THE RIVER AND THE FISHERMAN
An alabaster jar Amongst the discard Embedded in the mud. The fisherman Well trained in the ancient art of picary Catches a halibut In the morn It is...
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Time of Leaders, Part 6 of 11
We switched partners in the parking lot and Jade and I turned on our flashlights and began to walk the few blocks home. She asked me if I believed in...
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Time of Leaders, Part 5 of 11
Early in my session the next day, the computer dished up a few articles that seemed out of place. The first included a warning that seeds should be...
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The Fairy Ring
THE Fairy Ring Rose was just 5 when June her mother became very ill and was taken into hospital; Rose was sent to live with her aunt Mary and her two...
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Best Friend's Text
‘Best Friend’s’ Text Chris spent weekends away with the Territorial Army. Lately, he was distant and tetchy with his twin boys. “I can’t understand...
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Somewhere better?
This world is very weary with germs … pain, pride, greed… But, if we find a new world, well, will it be just right … And what will we export there if some of us fly in? …
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twentysixteen
In February I fell from grace and it rained scraps of aeroplane. The sky was a mess, Cumulus mediocrisis. In May I fell again, down the stairs of a...
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Trying for an early night and failing – 2 March 2017
The parquet floor is unimpressed with the scattering of shoes and guitars. It has known better evenings – so have I. The French window, opened for...
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FLAMIN' NORA
Flamin’ Nora- Terra Incognita (2) “It is only Flamin' Nora, ma!” Said Moira “Oh ignore her love, she is probably out of sugar again.” The mother...
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A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS I shall reward thee for a penny for thine thoughts King Penda said. “Thou keep making false promises Steal my thoughts Mine...
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SID AND NANCY
Sid and Nancy Sid is an apostrophe of a man: Wedged between characters, Waiting to be fixed , A foetus in A translucent membrane! He discovers fame!...
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Glimpses from Memory Lane
Glimpses from Memory Lane (With Jnana) P K Routray At the prime of our teens with plethora of desires and dreams we met amidst hundred other...
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Hilltop high
She was fizzing with the same energy I once wasted and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t seize what I had lost back then The curves of her mouth...
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Wild Daffodil Wood
Delicate wild daffodils scattered on the woodland floor … With the onward march of March more buds grow and swell, unpeel, sunbeams falling through bare trees a lemon host reveal.
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The pact
During our first week in the trenches, seven of us made a pact, when we died we’d each put in a good word for the others in heaven. We reasoned that...
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Why did T Rex have feathers ?
T Rex had feathers Next pesky scientists will say Big Dino” wore leathers and mirrors, wheelied down the fern highway But seriously, why feathers ?...
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The Change Of Heart
Once there was a king named Victor the first who was a cruel and brutal tyrant who treated all his poor subjects terribly; taxing them to the brink...
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Life lessonS before being a 25 years old!
1. It’s perfectly fine to say no to going out. I remember not wanting to say no when a friend asked if I wanted to hang out. I would tell myself if I...
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