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Medusa

A bit of poetry for a change

Return of the Neanderthals

Hands dragging on the floor Half moon curved spine Incomprehensible grunts Spear waving beasts Let off the leash Hunting the poor Killing the...

on the American Presidency, emeritus status, and present events

The idea of the USA having a single, domineering head of state for eight years at a time is rather antiquated and however potent the idea, it is not...

Portrait of a Forest

The sun warms leaves that grapple with the wind and I lay on the grass contemplating whether to cut it or not- and a gentle wind teases leaves into a...

Jeffrey was good at plummeting

Jeffrey was good at plummeting. He fell from anything at any time, usually without good reason. He was born when he plummeted from his mother's womb...

Just a scared little boy

The other day in a mall nearby I lost my way it's like a maze there it was very scary. There are weird tunnels across the walkway from a supermarket...

Together forever

my first sonnet
Cherry

Something Stupid

I've been going through some older stuff and came across one I never used. Thought I'd put it out there. *** Something Stupid Betty flipped the...
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A Diehard Viewpoint

An orthodox opinion.
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The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg

Four thousand Beagles set free from a Virginia company breeding then for medical research (Pic of my Beagle as a pup)
Cherry

Onset

Onset Coiled within verges of back-roads in the petulant August tarmac heat hiss England’s ancient snakes. Waiting for their prey, boiling up the...
Cherry

"The Coffee House Spy" 4

Emily poured more wine into her glass and stared at the man casually lounging in her home eating pizza. She didn’t know a thing about him and she...
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Reflections

He had a great opinion of himself until he saw a man nearby do something quite amazing as he went to help a wheel-chair lady all tangled up in a busy...

Thunder in paradise (part 6)

the last and final part. who is the killer, who is next to be killed?
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Charmed (Part One of Two)

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/charmed-part-one Charmed (Part One of Two) The sun doesn’t shine in the London Underground; a...
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Cherry

World Lion Day

Today is World Lion Day.
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Cherry

Night Creatures

Title is the that of an old BeBop Deluxe song. You could do worse than look them up. Bill Nelson is a Yorkshireman. Events in this poem are invented, as all the best ones are. Image free for non-c use source pexels.com
Cherry

"The Big Death" (Short Story)

A comedy. Boy meets boy. Boy has life threatening brain injury. For some reason, this turns boy on. Re-draft of my millenial/gen-z love story.
Cherry

Along Cornish Coast

Dear diary... after reading Marinda's poem – Night Whispers, I felt inspired to capture a memory of my younger days... which I always enjoy writing...

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