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Paths Trodden
So familiar. While it had only been an hour for the locals, months had passed since Lore was last there and yet still it felt like only moments. They...
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Celestial Gauntlet
Rocks everywhere. The Destiny was ducking and weaving through the asteroid belts surrounding Tay’s distress signal with the elegance of a trained...
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Hitting The Bottle
He killed his family when he stepped on the throttle. It was because he couldn't stop hitting the bottle. Because of his drinking problem, his family...
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Forever Winter
Alex blinked at me, staring at me as if I had something on my face but he didn’t want to tell me. Finally he proclaimed “Well then, that settles it-I...
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The Quay Staircase
I believe this poem's copyright was stolen from me. It was first published in 2003 by Poetry Now. The Quay Staircase Marked by an ancient symbol,...
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Vincent
I saw you in a flower, The brightest, sunniest one there is. I saw you in a landscape, So green, so yellow, so ever blue, With red-rooved houses and...
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19.3 Thistledown
“Linda Linz,” she uttered, “it’s a wild guess,” she reached for the bag to pick some photos, “I can’t prove it and it may never be known unless she...
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Twin Towers
Remembering 9/11
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Disenchantment 39
***** “Pull over there,” said Mark. That’s Oren’s car. The other is Malbourne’s.” Hornblende pulled over on the opposite side of the road and they...
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WebWorld (5.4)
As we drove out, I allowed myself to hope that there’d be nothing there, that we’d reach the commune, and find that they’d all just packed up and...
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What it is not
Alexa hid behind the Restroom door during lunch break And cried. An impish man Glowed inside the phone she clutched Close to her chest. I saw the...
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THE PROBLEM MONGER
THE PROBLEM MONGER Suresh was working as a Deputy Manager in a Multi-national computer Company and apart from the routine job he handled ,he was also...
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preserving time
When this pan's hot, usually it's dull- full of potatoes or lentils. Tonight, blackberry juice simmers fathomless and darkest purple as the pupil of...
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Loneliness
I live alone and Too have to bare The solitude silence Of isolation. Unable to choose a unique thought to dwell on in the Vacant hours. Unable to...
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Corona Log Entry- 9/8/21
Corona Log Entry- September 8, 2021. (8/9/21) It is a sunny and cool morning here in Western New York. Hurricanes and raging rain storms are still...
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One Kilometre
For one heading south through the crumbling forest of Donema, the fear usually sets in when passing the twisted metal road sign that sits about one...
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19.2 Thistledown
They entered a foyer and three steps to descent to a sparkling living room. Natalia noticed two prominent colours; whitewashed walls and oak white...
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Char Goes To Witch School - Episode Four
"I think what Sophie did was disgusting!" Emma announced. They were all sat in the dining room eating dinner. Emma, Jenny, Mary and Michelle had let...
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A Winning Handshake
Always in trouble, mischievous, gullible, embittered, a rebel – but sport brought a medal; in a dream he went forward to receive the award, extended his arm for the usual handshake …
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 7
Chapter 5. I pushed The Ministry of Complaints across the counter towards the librarian. He picked it up, opened the front cover and looked at me...
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