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Reflections
He had a great opinion of himself until he saw a man nearby do something quite amazing as he went to help a wheel-chair lady all tangled up in a busy...
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The Witch’s Daughter
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Thunder in paradise (part 6)
the last and final part. who is the killer, who is next to be killed?
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Charmed (Part One of Two)
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/charmed-part-one Charmed (Part One of Two) The sun doesn’t shine in the London Underground; a...
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World Lion Day
Today is World Lion Day.
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Night Creatures
Title is the that of an old BeBop Deluxe song. You could do worse than look them up. Bill Nelson is a Yorkshireman. Events in this poem are invented, as all the best ones are. Image free for non-c use source pexels.com
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"The Big Death" (Short Story)
A comedy. Boy meets boy. Boy has life threatening brain injury. For some reason, this turns boy on. Re-draft of my millenial/gen-z love story.
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Along Cornish Coast
Dear diary... after reading Marinda's poem – Night Whispers, I felt inspired to capture a memory of my younger days... which I always enjoy writing...
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Fame
They showed her on STV The pregnant prisoner The mother soon to be Taken from Cornton Vale Women's Prison In Bridge of Allan Cuffed, manacled to a...
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Auntie Agnes’ Legacy
… a twinkle with kindness and joy replete.…and left me with something I can’t explain …
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Oh Mighy Oak
Oh mighty Oak I watched you choke From the poison That fell from the sky You knew it was coming I heard the leaves cry You lost your spark I watched...
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logging evidence of us
Diesel tang rank above sweet grasses' long soft tongues, broken. Small birds' fear shrills still in re pooling peace. Within woods' broached haven...
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Ugly Puggly 70
When I drew up in the van outside Molly’s house, we rushed the close door, which was jammed open, and galloped upstairs using our elbows to gain...
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Is There Anybody Up There ? [- 1st instalment]
Is There Anybody Up There ? [- 1st instalment] - towards a Non-definitive Guide to UFOs and Alien Visitation as a Physical, Cultural and Psycho-...
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More Bonkers
Monday morning and the Bonkers staff returned en masse. Fresh from their manorial homes, chinwag dinner parties and bad golf, five stalwarts...
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At Small Heath Station
These walls now scored with scratch-black graffiti Hide robot metal eyes which peer along the tracks And dance to the hinge-song of a gate, cast iron...
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When it Comes to Family
“Will you marry me?” So many thoughts are going through my head, so many feelings: the joy, the fear, the almost-surprise; but the one that looms...
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Eat Your Heirlooms Darling
This juicy image courtesy Wiki commons
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Holding On
Another bloody concrete poem... I find them hard to read... Geddit? Image by me from Canva .com
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