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WORDS.
I have been trying to learn Italian on and off for years! From the age of 20, when I went to evening college for beginners Italian, to the present...
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BLACK.
Today is September 11th since that day, on this day, unless it is a pyjama day, I always wear black when I am out of the house. So, last night I...
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Polly
She starred as a waitress who was always jolly. She was very talented and her name was Polly. I wonder if she realized that 'Alice' would become such...
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On Restoring and Reforming the Sciences
Science is a word of prestige that is spoken of with a certain reverence, for we all know the importance of the discovery and organization of...
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Something Wrong
There was a young woman named Millie, Who did something incredibly silly, She took out a knife, She didn’t end her life, But she chopped off her...
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Letter Going Beyond The Grave
Dear dad...it's coming up to that time of year when thinking of dear departed loved ones is important, well for me it is anyway. The years have flown...
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First Time at Beavers
The first time I took on the Beavers, I wondered “What have I done?” But I was stuck at the hut with them looking at me, and the session had already...
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At Amberley Station
The acout group that I'm part of does a lot of hiking. We often seem to end up back at Amberley station waiting for our train home. This poem was written after a particularly wet and muddy hike.
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Walking The Plank
I don't need your cutlass to point the way to doom. I edge along the slim oak diving board without regret. No fear in me despite the queer jeers of...
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The Tiny Easter Teddy
Easter, even the word itself sounds full, round around the edges, pregnant with the promise of things to come. Falling in spring, within the swell...
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The Life Of Jim ( Part 2)
It’s Wednesday and I’ve just had two days' work. My mate Tony has got his own Painting and Decorating company. If he’s short of labour, he gives me a...
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A Tapestry in Eighteen Panels
Panel I: The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers A shield quartered with dolphins and sea-lions, gold and azure, a trident piercing waves. Lions wear...
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Arrival in Hallowmere
The train station at Hallowmere was notable for two things: first, it was the sort of place that made you wonder whether civilisation had ever quite...
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Safe Home
Safe Home I’ll protect you from the hooded claw Keep the vampires from your door. When the chips are down I’ll be around with my undying Death-...
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Climate Changing ? - Weather App. Haiku # 34
Sun shining, still warm- Is it Summer or Autumn, or a bit of both?
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Fish Face
You may be familiar with the story ‘The Office Goth,’ which was posted online last year on a well-known writing website. Well Lorraine Denning, the...
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“The T-shirt says it all”
– or does it? …
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John Brown's 55th Birthday
Today would've been his birthday but he didn't survive. If John hadn't died, today he would've turned fifty-five. He started by smoking pot and then...
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It's Grim Up North
Whilst strolling gently down twilight road I encountered a man worsted by sombre load His knees were bent and shoulders cowed And his manner ungainly...
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