Cherrypicked stories

The orphans of hope

By Parson Thru on Thu, 19 Apr 2018

Walls and bridges

Miscellaneous

The Old Ball Game

By ice rivers on Thu, 19 Apr 2018

One of my colleagues, a guy named Fred Carbone, got into as much trouble as I did for having classrooms that were not quiet. Neither Fred nor I...

Flat Taste of Success -flash remix 150

By john_king on Wed, 18 Apr 2018

The Flat Taste of Success Your song, my chord, our hit. It’s relatively minor. We don’t want it to go to the suits. It’s so flat, the see you in...

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When Candles of Wax my Room do Light

By Alfie Shoyger on Wed, 18 Apr 2018

When candles of wax my room do light, I down sit and some poetry write, and though the centuries late have got, I the verb at the end of each...

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To a Friend

By PoetonaHill on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

We all have to deal with fate.

Love

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Hamstergate (Part One)

By Ajhoward on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

Hamstergate I start my new school on Tuesday. Most school terms start on a Monday, but in East Anglia schools are a bit different. I tell people that...

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Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down? (part fifteen)

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

‘Every year seven pupil has a part to play in the Sandpool’s Christmas play, yes, that’s every single one of you, no excuses, no exceptions.’ There...

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Hope We Dance..

By VoraciousViajera on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

This year was the 10th anniversary of us having left the place we owed everything to. So we came back to school for the annual reunion after having...

Miscellaneous

Wild Bill From Babylon

By ice rivers on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

I'm starting to wonder how long I will last. I'm already older than I deserve to be; based on the way that I've conducted my life. I want to give...

Unrequited Love

By VoraciousViajera on Tue, 17 Apr 2018

He turned around to look at me when the teacher called my name And caught me making puppy eyes at him He looked embarrassed and his friend snickered...

Unclassified

Socialist Cocaine

By ralph on Mon, 16 Apr 2018

There ain’t no such thing as socialist cocaine. You may be one of those who buys sustainable clothes, fair trade food, the Big Issue. Once cried for...

Rant

Certificate PG

Un/said

By TJW on Mon, 16 Apr 2018

“A friend of mine is a plastic surgeon.” - sip, swallow of a dry martini. “Yeah? You thinkin’ of getting new tits?” -sip, swallow, “I love you. Don’t...

Non-fiction

Certificate 18

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Sideshow

By sean mcnulty on Mon, 16 Apr 2018

Not Even The Light She Said Part 13

Other

Certificate 15

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The Boy

By VoraciousViajera on Mon, 16 Apr 2018

The sound of the horn drew me from my reverie. I tore my eyes away from the mesmerising waves. It was a beautiful sunny morning. The breeze felt cool...

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The Merkaba (6)

By windrose on Mon, 16 Apr 2018

Taking matters at ease, Tyler dressed in a brown coat, wearing a shtreimel and payot, paused at the train station like an Orthodox Haredi. He carried...

Spiritual