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ELSPETH.
It has been a long day. For may years I had worked at the local school, I had got to know the children, parents, teachers, and members of the public...
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The Riddle of Billie Joe
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Author: neiljs this image, originally posted to Flickr, under the stated license
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The Content Creator's Devil
The devil's in the content so they say.
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The Agent - Part 1
1. It's Always the Old Woman Selling houses was no different than any other profession; it took hard work, determination, and the occasional attic-...
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After The Storm - (haikus)
Day after the storm- Hollyhocks hang onto life Buddleia bow heads. The red rose looks up in wonder at the flutter- Autumn butterfly.
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Autumnal Haiku
Small, sparse, skeletal- The tree seen from my window- sums up the season!
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Perspective
Fusion fireball rises, though it is we …
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The snow women of Ispwich
Lived during the last ice age In an area they had no idea would one day have a football club called Ipswich town They didn’t know about the blues...
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The outline
Some dreams never arrive, and yet they leave a trace - the clean-edged hollow of what might have been. We speak of emptiness as if it’s nothing, but...
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Not All Pianos Have 88 Keys
10th March 2025 Dear Jon, It has been an age since we spoke way back in the wilderness of Covid. I write from a proper desk this time, not some...
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Something To Tell The Grandkids.
Every year my wife, kids and myself go on holiday to the same place. We go there every Summer, our neighbours might think we are a pest, but we are...
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Please Follow My Instructions ( For This You Will Need a Blood Orange)
i) There is a blood orange on the table but it is not for eating. Citrus sinensis. Blood oranges are the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation...
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Fall Haiku
Leaves on fire hanging from black boughs, burning colorful deaths; cool, living air
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I'll be leaving
Don't matter what you say or do I ant going to stay with you you ask me what what do you think I say to you oh we been down that road The story,...
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Crying along with me
A flower said it all all those memories I recall ,of you and me how happy we use to be and now the sun is crying along with me I hugs myself as tears...
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The weather and other remedies
At the storm's navel, I surface
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Time To Go
Time To Go By Paul McCann The old man got out of bed and looked outside the window . It was pouring down with rain and he thought , I’m not to going...
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What is freedom?
With out financial freedom You have no freedom at all this is nt just theory it's fact and you can see it all around you The freest people on Earth...
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THE PERFECT MURDER
THE PERFECT MURDER Alwin walked down the corridor, pushing the house keeper’s cart, the sole of his shoes just gliding along the satin rug and opened...
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Steps (Episode 28 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
Aefelthrith takes steps, reluctantly, and Dolly makes plans
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