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Stone Loach
By day this cold flesh wrapped in shades of assorted pebbles, suddenly stirs...slips out of sight; craving no gathered companions, preferring...
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Our Greats
Our Greats Scriptures sound in spaces around float to yield the wisdom of every field at times man intercepts it and takes for him the credit Newton’...
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Big River, Big Life
Anaconda large and long with a squeeze that’s very strong … River dophins rather pink …cayman black …
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 16
Extract from The Ministry of Complaints The swoosh of air from the closing doors puffed out their candle and for several long moments they stood in...
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"Willow's Tail" 18
Willow had wanted to follow that meddlesome cat and find its lair and its human, but her human was making her enter this ridiculous contest, and she...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 6
Chapter 6 Now fully recovered I looked forward to my hour with Mother Francis. I had so many questions, and comments, but knew I should not disturb...
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I, Caddis
Apologies to Isaac Asimov :)
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Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die
I feel a bit ridiculous going to concerts, at my age. Image is CC0. Song titles (and part thereof in one case) only used.
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Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality
The talking cat tells me to ignore the Rock of Reality. So we go to Leeds. Picture: Copyright free on Pixabay.
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Lady Fatima
She’s trapped climbing 8 legged the glass stairway To her doom. I caught her Moreover she caught me Full throated as I puffed on a Marlboro light...
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Meeting a Friend in the Pub.
Now then Caleb, you're a real good sport. Pity you're so painfully fat and short. And the end of your nose is one big wart. I suppose that's why your...
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iTattooed
iTattooed last night after you slammed the door and everywhere fell silent and un-living i started to count every breath in case i’d died when i went...
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Corona Log Entry- Sept. 28, 2021
Corona Log Entry- Sept. 28, 2021 It is a cool and sunny day here in Western New York. The 48 degree (F) temps this morning augur the arrival of Fall...
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Knowledge
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please forgive me this one, its ages since I tried to write a poem, and this is the first real try out of my new computer - so.... Knowledge. It's...
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I Saw A Magpie
Flights of fancy and superstitions
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Complicated lives of the little creatures!
…build retreats on rocks and vegetation with … skilfully spin a fine silk net, all set … eco-engineer …
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Imagine
Yeah, imagine. These are linked hai kan'ts, because hai kan't stand much more of this. Photo used by permission in exchange for attribution
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 15
1961 "Can Uncle Vickers read to me? Please mum. Please dad." Vickers precluded the question by pushing himself up and putting a hand flat on Agnes’s...
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Brother Against Brother
(This poem takes place during the Civil War) He and I were once close and we truly loved one another. But I ended up having to shoot and kill my own...
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Canalside walk
[This is an extract from an old novel-length work.] The canal walk was a new addition to the area, at least in terms of its accessibility, its...
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