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Battered Wife
She vowed to be with him for the rest of her life. He beat her constantly and she was a battered wife. He beat his wife over and over again. He didn'...
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Under Late Spring Sky
Dear diary...although my attempt to create a patch of meadow didn't go to plan, I will hope to try again next year. These are my thoughts in a poem...
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Happy Birthday, Mom - Part XI
You were born on August the 2nd of 1948. Your death was sad and hard to contemplate. Today would've been your birthday but you didn't survive. If you...
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A Hard Nut
Cooking on gas. - Image from Pixabay.
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Medieval Disneyland
Medieval Disneyland- real or imagined ? We had completed and much enjoyed a Viking “Grand Tour” of Europe, earlier in June. It was wonderful. The...
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A Bad Deal! By Alfred Muggins
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23/1/23 Will there be anything of me left? Sign up for a proper job! Sell your time for an amount which really isn’t that much higher than the...
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Second Life
Rewritten story Second Life Snow fell like frozen tears from colourless skies; windows frosted over in the cold. A shadow shifted on the kitchen wall...
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Mucky Maureen
A fine poet once wrote… Sometimes we’d go to the Derrisford caff For a bottle of Coke and a bit of a laugh. We’d waste so many afternoons In the...
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Thirty-Three Years
Jesus was the only perfect person and he lived for thirty-three years. His death brought about sadness, misery and tears. He lived for thirty-three...
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Nourishing Nurture
With foundational flour … and a cup of … sweeten with …
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cadaver'n make-believe'n abracdabra'ers
this pretensious serpentining is swallowing us up as echoing mules for the hopeless potionings of fools cadaver'n make-believe'n abracadabra'ers !...
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Poetry Makes Nothing Happen
Nope, not explaining this one. Image made at canva.com elements used under associated licences.
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Mother Deer
Each foot-fall begins an army of thrusts- the boldness of a mother deer on behalf of two young ones their dependence on the older lady complete and...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 11
Emily stared at the small square drive in her hand; why was it hidden in Sir Harry’s collar? It didn’t look like a chip used for tracking. She...
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Loving the only God
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] I love Him because He is pure … He rules all the angels that serve, restraining what devils intend. …
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Goatie 29
‘Are you alright?’ she asked. My head felt fuzzy. I tried to laugh it off. ‘I don’t suppose yeh can get wee apocalypses in the same way you get a wee...
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"Murky Waters"
Misleading words Linguistic twists Blur the lines Between us Ego aggrandized Facts victimized Truth obliterated History manipulated Tribe of like...
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My Atari 2600
Forty years ago tonight was a very special day for me. On July 29, 1983, Mom bought gifts for my brother and I. I received an Atari 2600 and my...
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Cities contemplating jazz
A person needs images. Beautiful, powerful pictures that can withstand the rage of time. These beautiful, powerful sketches rest in our heads like...
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Pulsating Among Daydreams
Echoes in formation belong to the sky – as in the power of thunder and it haunts those country folks who inhabit varied shelters below their passion...
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