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A Kindness

By Ewan on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

This is my entry for The Walter Swan Poetry Prize 2020 run by Ilkley Literature Festival. You can catch the deserved winners on youtube.com The standard was very high, at least among those who won. I'm not displeased with this, though. Image from pixabay.com free for non-commercial use & without attribution.
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The Falcon's Regret

By queen beatle on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

As a peregrine, I have but one regret: I should have listened more in school And learnt a trade Or sprouted affinities In maths or music technology;...
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Certificate 12
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The Pub

By drkevin on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

Now then lad, let's go for a beer. There's a barmaid there and we can leer. We can drink six pints and piss 'em out. We can talk for six hours and...
Humour
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Certificate 15
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the good old days?

By Coolhermit on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

the good old days? let me make this very clear Chris and I are not voyeurs but we like watching vintage TV especially ‘Challenge’ and The Price is...
Opinion
Poem
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Anyway

By grandaddy on Thu, 22 Oct 2020

Anyway, there is a fine line between being scrupulous and shrewd and being suspicious and paranoid, it's like the difference between cats and dogs...
Spiritual
Other
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Airedale gig

By Parson Thru on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

Peace in the country
Nature
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The Red

By Richard L. Provencher on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

in October soaks up my spirit as falling leaves unmask the armour of maple trees in the sunlight and I gasp in awe at the tumbling array of shapes...
Nature
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PAPER MACHE TOWNS

By YaseminB on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

Paper Mache Towns Moulded paper. Unfolding in vivid colours: Mauve skies jewelled With brilliant white clouds A town we imagined For our offspring!...
Romance
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21/10/2020

By YaseminB on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

21/10/2020 Another rainy day: the weekend seems now far away. Impromptu modeling for a handsome content producer against an autumnal tree (never...
Surreal
Other
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Scattered Shades Of Springtime

By mcscraic on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

. Scattered Shades Of Springtime By Paul McCann The colours of spring are a wonderful thing, they scatter my troubles away . Everything is out in...
Nature
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A Glimpse Of Dolphins

By mcscraic on Wed, 21 Oct 2020

. A Glimpse Of Dolphins By Paul Mc Cann Can you see the dolphins? Can you hear me scream? Just beyond the breakers on a silver sun skimmed gleam ...
Nature
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One-sided

By Rhiannonw on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

< 150 words Phone not on loudspeaker
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Story
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Anyway

By grandaddy on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

Anyway, in the republic of Ireland they have volunteers who risk their lives to save others, we have the same thing in the UK,it's called the RNLI,...
Spiritual
Surreal
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A Retiring Lady

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

A shy type. (Flash fiction - 200 words)
Story
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In Our Heart

By mcscraic on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

. In Our Heart By Paul McCann Written words that come straight from the heart always sound so true , especially when the reader there feels the same...
Love
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June: a hollow woman

By queen beatle on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

June: a hollow woman Wraps in rapid rabbit leaves Her bald daughter frail as meat, As soft and poison-wet In life as pondweed. To cure some vast...
Miscellaneous
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Samurai

By Richard L. Provencher on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

Raindrops turn into a pounding surf on our asphalt driveway splits a pile of autumn leaves into scattered colours spaced into sectors apart enough...
Nature
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Wesley Tickle's 20th Century Bookstore

By sean mcnulty on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

Wesley arrived to find the lock jammed with glue again. Third time this month he had to stand outside waiting for the locksmith while passers-by eyed...
Other
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Jeremiad

By penguin on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

I used to think I was my own worst enemy and so did many of my friends. But I wanted to find out for sure. So I kept a diary: a record of faces and...
Poem
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I Am Tired of Complexity

By Ewan on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

Well, I am. Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay
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