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A riddle?

A bench with a view … but what does it say?
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The Weight Of Things To Come
I stretched my mind into the future To places I’ve yet to see Conversations I’ve yet to hear Without the implications Of being awed or uncomfortable...
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a morning to remember

Have you a memory you cherish?
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Grandma’s way

Grandma’s way Counting only up to twenty my grandma never lived in Scanty. The aids who served her never knowing the number got their wages without a...
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'Painkiller'

addiction isn't good at any age, but at 15 its heartbreaking!
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A poem for a pairing
The sun stretches it’s way across the living room, long shadows reaching out to say good morning, the kettle clicks, boiled. Steam gently rising,...
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"Zzeeear...Zzeeear..."
A tribute to the majestic cicada.
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Christians Aren't Supposed To Get Revenge
Christians aren't supposed to get revenge, they're supposed to forgive. And Christians are supposed to do that for all of the days that they live. If...
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Norwich Cathedral La La La
We were only there for minutes, Nine of us on the patch of grass outside. Norwich is a perfect city for stag-dos, it is so much better than Bristol,...
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Miller

A film is in production based on the life of Lee Miller, fashion model and war photographer. It will be terrible, although it should be brilliant given the subject matter. Anyway, I wrote this: written quasi-ekphrastically about a number of Miller-taken photographs and one of Miller taken by someone else. Anyway, for once, I've explained one. Image source wikimedia, licence CC-by SA 4.0
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"The Coffee House Spy" 12

Brent’s heart squeezed with pain seeing his brother’s life resigned to a dozen labeled boxes and his furniture and mementos tossed haphazardly into...
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Being who you are
Being Who you are “ Who are you ?” is an oft asked question. Sometimes, the inquiry originates from another person, maybe an employer or boss of some...
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The Bradbury

What one would do for a bit of peace and quiet. I enjoy my walks to the library each day, tremendously. Stopping to buy that morning’s paper, then...
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Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2
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Part 2 8/2/23 (25/8/23) Some of the calls the day before had been fine, small enough issues which he could deal with, pleasant customers, who weren’t...
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Hot Cross Bun Blues

If only they had a branch of Sainsbury’s in the Mississippi Delta.
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Wow! and How?

… and ponder the many ‘How’s and ‘Why’s. …
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Is That All There Is

Chuck sat on the edge of the bed, staring at his hands. They were smooth, like the hands of a younger man, untouched by hard graft. He was a...
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Po(l)em(ic)s [suite]

Sunny Da y In Humberside A sunny day In Humberside And raindrops fall in hell A trawler sails A youth's employed And Maggie says ALL'S WELL...
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Give Me Peace
Give Me Peace By Paul McCann I want nothing from you or from anyone , not a word to be heard at all Just give me peace that’s all I need , only peace...
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