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Poem of the week
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Illicit Exercise

I’ve taken to running around the field behind my house - you might not call it running - but there is an element of privacy the field affords which...
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Disenchantment 14

***** Persephone awoke. She felt a little groggy, like waking up with the effects of drugs wearing off. She looked around, she seemed to be in a...
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Aleppo Mon Amour

a flickering festoon of broken bulbs and shabby bunting adorns the souk like bridal jewellery amid water hissing and electric crackling a subtle...

Dream You Life

within my arms. And as I lay here thinking of how I pursued you- that glint that smile in your eye caught me unaware how I dreamed of one like you...

To Catch a Thief - Part One - The Deed is Done (1 of 1)

There's a new thief stalking the streets of Ankh-Morpork, and Commander Samuel Vimes of the City Watch will find that persuing this law-breaker will take him places he never expected. This is a piece of Discworld fanfiction. All characters, locations and concepts are the intellectual copyrighted material of Terry Pratchett and his associated publishers.
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Story of the week

I, The First Gurrier

I don’t know why this forest. Or this day, this year, this life even. But here I am. You know, they’ll believe a man walked on the moon but as soon...
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Thinking Out Loud

I've read in ancient forest, sung to Autumn's fallen leaves that blew away with ease in October's breeze, I could recite Autumn by Keats with...

Left and Right

When Britain’s right and left can come together in agreement or sensible compromises. That is when Britain’s golden age will arrive one day! You can’...
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"Señor Bean" [Mr Martínez: Eleven]

There'll be an injection of pace soon, promise... Image is from a teachers' resource site and should have no copyright issues as long as I tell you where I got it from https://www.haikudeck.com/seor-bean-education-presentation-kkvSUzgwJG

Mally

Mally Mally rarely showers. in summer his stink reaches ‘stench mark three’ – but can go higher I caught the scent of him, then saw him shambling...
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The cave

Captains log day forty two of the return . It’s been two months now since the last of colonists landed and we were free to start our voyage back to...

The COVID-19 Problem

I was woken early one morning by someone shouting at me through my open window. I quickly dressed and looked out of the window, to find Alun, with a...

Committed (part 1)

Committed I suppose I’ve always had issues with fitting in and commitment. My childhood was based on the short term - I didn’t commit to anything...
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Having a Hole

in the flat of your shoe during the 1940’s & 50’s meant poverty was a regular visitor and something crowds of friends were anxious to avoid. When...
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The Bench Problem

I was woken early by a knock on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs to find an elderly stranger at my door. "Do you have a bench?"...

You Pull Up A Chair

You pull up a chair I ignore you And your chestnut eyes Your stance has changed Your demeanour altered Without agreement We have retreated Those eyes...
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The Boy with Tight Underpants

After all these years, I still see myself as Tight Pants.
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bethany

bethany last night, i dreamt that the ex before the last ex had left a large box on my doorstep true to her callous form there were no words of...
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Glastonbury Fayre (1971)

the driver of the leather-interior clapped-out Hillman Hunter reeking of Player's Navy Cut and Wright's Coal Tar dropped me off somewhere in...
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