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wallflowers
wallflowers fifty pairs of peacock eyes scoped Shirley in a fire-red and antique-gold taffeta skirt break cover from the wallflower ranks, skipping...
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twinned towers
This is, for me, a rare sally into contemporary matters; this is not 'misery tourism' I was a youth pastor by Grenfell (mid-seventies) and the...
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Dead Sand: Part 2-Buzzard Creek: Section 2

Hello everyone! Here's the second section for the second part of "Dead Sand." I hope you enjoy! That deputy ain’t worth a lick for watchin’ Dance. I’...
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"Anna's Blanket"

The story of Anna’s Blankets is a special one. Anna made them by hand and sent one to each person in her family – To give them a warm hug whenever they needed one. These blankets were made with care, kind thoughts And sent on their way with love. Anna was my Mom-
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What Comes Next
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I am often asked why I write conflicting stories over Heaven and Hell, Demons and Dragons. Now you know. This is the first personal story I ever did...
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On Woodland Lake

Surface dreamers Lost in the moment! Passing time White drifters Those weavers Of homes, Nesting in Quiet reeds Vague as Celestial stars, Seeking...
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Hush

The room was filled with light...
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vodkablivion
vodkablivion our newborn hearts are conker-sized strawberry red we feast at mother’s breast in an ocean of love and all the while our strawberry...
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Well-connected

Two legs that carry me around, two arms … my eyes say, ‘Run!’ and legs get the message, and even …
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crossing Holderness by bus
30 degrees and rising a long wait ahead for a replacement bus - ours overheated the sun is high and hot, energy sapping hot there’s a space on a...
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Texas Lies
Tell me your Texas lies again. Say those words that you don’t mean. They made me happy for a while. As we drift apart, unclean, unseen. Remember,...
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breezy
this breeze, seeming slight might be calmness dying, a storm’s birth it could have come from Samarkand or been in Neanderthal lungs we all breathe...
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Clarity Of Gardens

I started a story taking time to clear mind along lines of Garden Clarity seemed fine, words they came I couldn't hold them back what I needed to say...
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Here Birdie
These older eyes see a crusade at the food trough a spirit of young sparrows proudly feathered. An acquired hobby photo-watching birds as children in...
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He Accepted What Was
He Accepted What Was By Paul McCann He sat on the stairs because no one cared for a thing he did . He slept in the park alone in the dark, the...
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on Psalm 92

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Each Sabbath day – a time to praise, sing to the Lord, Most High; and think of all his work and ways, which fill my heart with joy. Your faithfulness I would make known (your thoughts are so profound), and tell of all the love you’ve shown; but fools don’t understand: …
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Chuck
Chuck after midnight, too much tequila kicked out from the Bar Tropicana my nose feels broke taxis don't stop - it's a long stagger home down rain-...
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pilgrimage
pilgrimage during autumn's shortening days children hunt conkers for playground scrapes unpicked fruit rots on the trees leaves turn brown and me? I...
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