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Heavens Way

By mcscraic on Fri, 27 May 2022

. Heavens Way By Paul McCann I’m waiting for the sunset with another glass to fill , sitting here in the half light and the evening now is still ...

Love

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Summer Day

By swindonwoody on Fri, 27 May 2022

oh what a lovely day today is the sun is out shining down no more grey clouds around such a blue blue sky it is never-ending flowers are in bloom you...

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Barbed Wire Disease

By blighters rock on Fri, 27 May 2022

A one mile queue in the car lane all the way down the hill bus lane so empty you could roll an apple down it. But we’re just soppy lemmings Ready for...

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The moon is a stolen soul

By valiswaverider on Fri, 27 May 2022

Trapped in the heavens With heavenly solitude Lost in thoughts Where lies lost the countenance of beauty Lonely and broken This tension is the music...

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Janus 13

By jeand on Fri, 27 May 2022

Yesterday as my daughter was driving me to the hospital to get the results of my breast biopsies, she said, “How are you feeling? What are you...

Autobiography

Biography

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The mayfly

By hoalarg1 on Fri, 27 May 2022

You are anything but transient...

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Ugly Puggly 29

By celticman on Thu, 26 May 2022

Ugly Puggly stared into space. Dave stroking the back of his neck, brought him out of his reverie. ‘I need the money,’ he said, ‘to place a bet.’ ‘...

Drama

Story

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Ole Cap'n Pete

By Lee Heights on Thu, 26 May 2022

If I were to meet someone who thought of me how I thought of Ole Cap’n Pete, surely I’d never leave. But he left us, left us in a tree. Believe me...

Young Writers

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Leadership from the sporting crowd

By jxmartin on Thu, 26 May 2022

“Where Have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Over the years, I have watched several prominent politicians refer to America as “That shining city on the hill...

Rant

Non-fiction

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Upheaval

By Richard L. Provencher on Thu, 26 May 2022

Rainwater floods upon itself - far too long layered in its cocoon of space then flees from a river-bed sanctuary channel mishmash of mud and stone...

Nature

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"All around my hat"

By lenchenelf on Thu, 26 May 2022

Nothing changes. Thanks to Kilb50 for muse

Opinion

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Ugly Puggly 28

By celticman on Wed, 25 May 2022

We trooped down the stairs, out of breath and excited, as if we’d just returned from a long cross-country run. Ugly Puggly had that distant look, as...

Drama

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Alfred Muggins’ Holiday In Marmaris 2022 : Part 2 : The Agreement With Mrs Muggins (Toyships On The Black Sea!)

By David Kirtley on Wed, 25 May 2022

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11/5/22 ‘Anyway! I do digress (as always!). Why do I get so carried away? I do not know.’ Alfred had promised Mrs Muggins faithfully that he would...

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This dream can't be over

By swindonwoody on Wed, 25 May 2022

He looks at her she looks at him this dream cant be over they did not have a four-leaf clover to wish upon she look at him and saw the stress on his...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Happy Weary Industry

By Rhiannonw on Wed, 25 May 2022

Labourers wearily industrious in farm, field and hill - will they more leisure gain if machines take the strain? Industrial revolution. Folks flock...

Philosophy