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I Am a Mountain
of ranges – among a land of whispers. The Cascade Range where flat-topped rock foundations create a pathway to the sky – eagles swarm to introduce...
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Stars
can be an attraction but tonight their flickers seem overly distant – muted by the clouds saturated in shades of silver and grey as our canoe glides...
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A Weekend with Jeremy Schwartz. Mexico City, 1980
A fire crackled warmly in the fireplace. Jeremy and I sat on armchairs. Jeremy started humming contentedly. I sank back into my chair, reading the...
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my Camden girl (a 1973 romance)
we met beside the Regent’s Canal, she was reading La Peste in original French I straightened a Gauloise - in a cloud of smoke and rive-gauche poise...
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The Skip.
Recently, I hired a large skip for the garden work I had done. My Husband after much research ordered us a new mattress, it said it will take, “Four...
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demob happy
demob happy the first day after peace breaks out with desert, camels, heat, and flies reduced to bitter memory I will skip the swaying gangplank -...
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Self Help.
Have been trying to look after myself these last four months. If the Doctors were easily available, during the four months I would have gone, for my...
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Bad Writing Part Two
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I am trying to work on the whole do more showing, less telling thing and bring more depth and texture to my writing. I am going to back over stories...
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I Saw Her Again
A man sees his dead wife in the street
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Seventy Two Hours.
Yesterday I was chatting to the Welsh Man at the bottom of our road, the house next door to him was eventually sold recently. We have both seen his...
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The Sky Arrives
feather-embraced in 2 – 4 – and 20’s as a swarm of bees their landing scouted an hour before overriding caution at ‘No Trespassing’ signs. They...
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I only have eyes for you
whiskies in a smoky bar took me back to ‘Five Spot’ nights of hard-liquor, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy but this ain’t the sixties - and it ain't New...
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Romantic notions
Funny time of day
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Kidz In Summertime
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Sounds of chaos, Conflicting with the nice summer selection of classics. There’s wrestling music, heavy or rap, Coming down the stairs and into the...
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Shiny Things - A Ramble
“It needs to sparkle. It’s needs more snap, crackle, and pop. It needs . . . another tweak.” “Please, God, no! Not another tweak. I’m only human. For...
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Grave Expectations - Part 2
In which Archibald faces ruin and Josiah has an epiphany
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Soft water, sweet
poem, tattoo, soft water, sweet - nostalgia moment
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Key of the Door (edited)
Key of the Door by Cilla Shiels Josh welcomed his new assistant with a warm smile and a friendly chat to help her feel at home in her new position at...
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