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The Storm

As the rain pelted against the window, I listened to the wind roar. The sycamore sapling outside the sitting room window was almost bent at a ninety-...

I can hear the cry

I can hear the cry I can hear cry oh lord I can hear the cry i can hear the cry when I see children with tears ruining down their faces I can hear...
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Think about us

Think about us this is just us you say I am insane but you don't think that your just saying for a matter of fact that you want to avoid what this is...

03.5 Photographer

Marina climbed down the stairs under the pergola sharp at four. She wore a pleated figure skimming tennis dress, white shoes and a bag on her...
Gold cherry

The Poet's Ear

Flash fiction (300 words)
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Cherry

502 Kilometres

502 Kilometres Just up the road from my wife and me A fire’s burning constantly Folks just like us are in the street No food to eat Nowhere to sleep...
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Gold cherry

The other half

He stared out from behind the glass of a small frame, the picture taken 22 years ago as he stood on a beach, the sea behind him beneath a cloudless...
Cherry

Junk Jewellery

Come upstairs with me, I’ll show you my junk jewellery. Overflowing from a box which looks like leather. Gold and shiny, sparkling, like something...
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A Day Trip

An old poem from my poetry collection "Cherry on Top" - (Edited)
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May you live all the days of your life

This is a piece is one I wrote in 2017 that I have revamped and hopefully made better. picture from pixabay May you live all the days of your life...
Cherry

War makes insomniacs and bad poetry

I woke up and 4 am last night, my stomach in a knot over the news of the last week. This poured out of me on the Notes app on my phone. I always turn to poetry when I'm anxious, I find it unfiltered and visceral. It's neither good nor reasoned, but that's okay, it's one of my best therapeutic tools.
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03.4 Photographer

It was the end of the fasting month and the visitors celebrated Eid according to their Islamic practices – a day for merry-making to mark the break...
Cherry

A Pact of Sorts

“You’re a murderer!” she yelled at him. “I told you. He isn’t dead.” “It’s the next best thing.” “He did the same to me.” “Without knowing. This is...

Florida Keys

Wed. March 2, 2022- Estero, Florida. We had arisen early, on this sunny Florida morning in Winter. We were headed south and east to the Florida Keys...
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Cherry

Nil by Mouth

I don’t want the blood to flow I never want to see it Feel the pull inside Grasping claws, organs entwined Just an apple and an egg Lemon water, a...
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Lily of the Lamplight

She admitted me to the hospital that night at reception I believed it was an emergency people get that way with anxiety, like they can't breathe and...

Flowers

There were flowers In the window Of the house you once lived in Llillies half fainting Craving sleep I walked on by Thinking what could I keep From...
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Miracle Birth

Sophie abruptly woke as Otis, the German Shephard, barked into the darkness. She found this strange because Otis never barked unless he had something...
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03.3 Photographer

Jamal had one more trick up his sleeve. He bought two bottles of vodka and drove to Avenida Mozart, not too far from his lodge. On Lugones bend, he...

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