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I guessed perhaps Lavery was shagging Ida Roche on the sly. Lucy agreed with me. We often gossiped about it. Swapped stories about hearing them going...
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Who'd be a Gardener?

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Redemption Falls
Arthur prays, I think too often; God is bored with him. Mary trips up on the stairs and lets the goblins in. In city streets the feathers fly, caught...
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Before He rose up to heaven

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … and then the Day of Pentecost, remembered today “Stay here in the city until I clothe you with power to go...
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This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage

From a Smoggie to a Culchie, a ten year journey.
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Mastering Peace
Mastering Peace In this state of awareness, a pure mind rests here in a flowing calm, light that reflects on the art of being alone to contemplate,...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 14

“Martha…Are you reading this?” Perfidia’s voice was low and vibrating with anger. “I’m right next you Perfidia and yes, I am,” Martha responded in a...
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The Fairy Princess
'The Fairy's Tale.'
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New Directions (21)
Entering the threshold I looked down at the hall mat with its yellow elephant pattern – the first thing I saw when I first visited Celia’s home...
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Stuff
Jeff Bezos has all my money (allegedly). He owes me an invitation to the wedding at the very least. I must have paid for the buffet in books alone...
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RAAC (A concrete poem with with holes in)

It's not about concrete
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The truth gradually sets off

I'm not surprised I got there before her. Although we only called each other briefly, she sounded hesitant and confused during the conversation. I...
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Jenny And The Magic Playground

Jenny And The Magic Playground By Paul McCann On her way home from school Jenny passed by an old house with a balloon on a string tied to the front...
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Fire Light
Fire Light Ignite and consume. Inflame until it enlightens. Purify impurities: Blazes array infirmities away. Show formation from revelation. Go...
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Last Path
Last Path Dancing on the mountain, in free spirit: Barefooted, eagles rise in the west wind toward the new frontier, Shedding blood trails: Odyssey...
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Silence Sea
Silence Sea This silent sea reflects off her golden crescent moon: through the shadows of Japan's sea of trees. Her upper leafy canopy branches have...
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1:5:1 Quatarr (Part 4)
The other villagers watched in a mix of awe and confusion as they saw a very pale figure walk straight through their settlement and towards their...
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How to write short form prose, 1: the ransom note
Dear Professor Storos We have your daughter, pay us £16,000 or else. “There’s the ransom note,” said “Hircliff, “Take this Dogboat and post it...
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Standing in the Shadows of Love (Dead Reckoning series - Part 9)

In which Samantha finds her place, Josiah looks forward to a dinner engagement and Archibald finds it all so confusing!
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Parcel for you..Part 26

By the time Vanessa got back to the house she was beginning to have a niggling feeling that she might live to regret inviting Spencer into her bed...
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