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Strange Advent

I first posted this work on UKAuthors a year ago, in reponse to the deowning of a young child in the British Channel. Sadly, nothing has changed since then. (Image is courtesy of Roland My from Pixabay)
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I is for Icing and Ivy

concealing sweetness spreads white, on all made before lushly sheltering birds' first food in next year's store
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The Pollarded Willows

I look out every day onto a row of four very old willows, which probably grew next to a drainage ditch before it was piped and built over to make the road I live on. ++++ Rachel's trees series inspired me to write about them, but I felt it a bit cheeky to post a poem until they became a subject for the IP ++++ Photo of two of them taken with my iPhone
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 16

A few days later, I made my way back to Florence’s house, again to coincide with her lunch break. I gave her a copy of what I had written, and waited...
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H is for Holly (for sale and for song)

Tied wild tamed by gold spray fussily ossified bright red in gloss green sway where feasting blackbirds ride

7

7 days in every week – … 7 full musical notes in the scale.: …
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The Journey. Part Two.

Breaking News! Karl Maquinghen, the fisherman who gave the alert of the bodies floating on the sea, has twenty-one years’ experience on the sea, want...
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The Journey. Part One.

Where I live, the culture is strong, families they are large and tightknit, most are not wealthy, religion, politics and traditions, rank very high...
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The automatic is just what happens

I have no say in it I play no part in it I did nt vote on it I did nt join its fan club It just happens And will go on happening “It’s okay to not be...
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Take It or Leave It (with music video)

I first posted this poem on the ABCTales website in November, during the week when our Inspiration Point was ambivalence. Please forgive me if you...
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Dear Dads-

if you only knew how much your drinking shrinks your family’s souls many days of pain and misery are felt and yet they forgive you. Years ago a grown...
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Long John Santa and the Christmasola

Oops, Santa Claus and Treasure Island just got their wires crossed.
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A Guy with a Bonsai

Image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Author : Sailko
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Trees

Gnarled roots extending, gripping, stabilising the soil branches lifting, spreading leaves to shade and shelter, exchange gases, refreshing the...
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G is for Glitter and Gorse

scattering sparkle specks outlast family trees bully wind's brash frolics fresh gold unfurlings tease

Andrew Bradshaw Conquers the Fountain of Youth (Part 4)

Richard Morris sat at the head of a cherry wood dining room table, sucking at the end of a jet black smoking pipe. The pipe was empty, but it...
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F is for Fairy Lights and Frost

fossilised Life's dark fires strings of electric sweets skimming crystal empires as blue sky's bright heart beats
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6

6 sides (including top and bottom) to cubes and bricks. And every insect …
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Poem of the week

Copse and Robbers

No Bulgar children, women or men Can recall the day exactly when They first strode into forested lands With an axe on a shoulder or a saw in a hand...
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