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morning moment
Walking through the park The morning sunlight Captures a cloud of midges Blocking the path. Birdsong and chatter echoes through the trees, And...
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There You Go
It's all going very well. Mind the eejits.
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My critical son
In the middle of the kitchen, he stands, arms crossed, a scientist in his own right, dissecting my words, turning them inside out, like a puzzle he’s...
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Four of Plenty
Cricket on Shanklin's shore bowling onto rippled sand while the water is out. Grandad surprises Dad with a slow leg spin. Dad’s eye for the ball must...
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (May Part 2)
Can the Brighouse Stars Save the World May Part 2 (of 2) St John addressed the lads. ‘What have you brought?’ he asked, opening a bottle of Timothy...
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (May Part 1)
May Can the Brighouse Stars Save the World? Part 1 (of 2) There were just three members of the club on the walk this particular day. To all three of...
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Boats
Yes, let them come. image CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 source Flicker.com
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Bee Muse
Instinctively every once in a while through perpetuation, reminders echo of people I've admired; nectar of chive flowers, companion to other herbs...
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Incident
Nothing new and nothing old flows from the folds of Time, no artist bold with talent cold can paint the blood and grime. At a stroke, explosive hate...
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The Night of Frogs
The whine Of frogs in heat, The great, wet orchestra, Signaling the spectrum Of amphibian emotion From lust to dust, Can be insufferable And often is...
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Little house in a big town
“I fear that from this moment on, you will hate me forever. But I have decided to be very frank.” The old man leans his small head against the...
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Trapped (Dead Reckoning series - Part 20)
In which Archibald has an unexpected encounter and Samantha runs out of options.
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Crado Come Home
Me and the world around me during the second half of July 2024, in 100 words per day.
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The World as it Might Have Been
'We'd sat beside the river/near the gardens of the cathedral/close to where the slip kilns/tempered the clay.'
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All the President’s Biscuits
Me and the world around me during the first half of July 2024, in 100 words per day.
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The power of water
In the cradle of waves, we emerged, eighty percent liquid, a dance of molecules, a consciousness of water, flowing through our veins, echoing the...
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Another Art (Villanelle-esque!)
Another Art (Villanelle-esque!) Jennifer Pickup, 31.07.2024 (Inspired by ‘One Art’ by Elizabeth Bishop) The art of waiting is hard to master –...
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Garden bindweed, again
Insidiously quickly it binds, spirallingly winds entangling. strangling, entwining around grasping support from the stronger stems; poking through,...
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Tom Crean
It is said that Ireland is a haunted place full of spirits; a land where the dead are celebrated. Tom Crean The journey to the Emerald Isle had been...
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Hold fast To Love
We mourn those scared innocent screams, but in the silence of gathering flowers and flowing of sensitive tears, hold fast to love...for caring is...
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