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Maria's Diary Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Chance and change are busy ever Man decays and ages move; But his mercy waineth never God is wisdom - God is love. 1849-1850 Because of...
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Assaults
Sand. Lore had already emptied their boots twice and lamented their future after seeing how far they had yet to travel. The skies above them slowly...
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Future Management
Discomfort. Despite The Occam’s Razor having space for a small fleet of star ships in its hangar, and part of a planet at its heart, the staging area...
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About Time
Grumbling. The council could sense a lecture so dismissed themselves leaving Lore and Char alone with The First. They met in what had been the middle...
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The way it should be (childhood rituals)
Walking up to Nursery – Grandpa in tow, going down at last the steps – ‘I go first you know’ – – mutter not by Grandpa heard, behind him Mums press...
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"Photographs & Reflections"
Life changes Sometimes in an instant Other times slowly Falling into another realm, Shifting sands on an infinite desert Blinding sun baking your...
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"Willow's Tail" 11
The potted orchid bulb had the tiniest of sprouts peaking through the soil but Perfidia wasn’t encouraged. “This isn’t going to win any contest." "...
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gar bled
She wastes ex pense, he is reluctant taking a gamble in lust, she lusts the action he is fastidious with finger and thumb he’s eager and perjured,...
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June 17, 2021 Corona Log Entry
June 17, 2021- Corona Log Entry It is a cool 48 degrees and sunny here in Western New York. Much of the country is sweltering in 90-degree heat. We...
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Struggles
Listen to the music its notes calling- they are soothing since dad’s gone and joined an angelic choir-crew. In WW 11 he was an RCAF man challenging...
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A Heavy Load To Bear
Walls have ears. (Flash fiction - 400 words)
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This is a Spell
What it says... abra cadabra... image is CC0 PD!!!
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As the Bee flies
In memory of Bee who lives on in the lives she touched as she flew through life. #seeabeethinkofme
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to bee
In shade most of the year, infront of a curving wall not quite road nor verge at tarmac's edge a large fuscia bush drops stiff silk particoloured red...
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I was young then
I was young then, unloaded, eager to face the world. He was much older, eroded, a bit wrinkly on his forehead... But oh, so wise! A wizard in...
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The contagion that killed the fisherman's wife
(this is my translation from the Arabic of AMM’s poem published 2018, and which forms part of a bigger narrative work looking at the transference of guilt and sin, and our relationship to death.)
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Recent Invasions Of Scotland by Alfred.N.Muggins
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Alfred and some of his friends had first invaded Scotland in 1984, armed with maps and guide books, and a car. Thereupon they had taken it upon...
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Marian
Marian woke every morning at half six; her internal clock never let her down. She was out of the bed and into her baby blue fluffy fleece dressing...
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Just a little note
Just a little note to help you cope and a reminder that there's always hope so that you may always find in stormy waters a rescuing rope enabling you...
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Little Miracles
‘Hi guys, it’s me your mom.’ I said softly as I looked down at my two beautiful baby boys; they were not even an hour old but what an hour it had...
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