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Eastern Sky

Eastern Sky Fractured skies. White lightening Lights up buildings. And for a moment We are blinded. Everything is shrouded. Cordite… Monochrome...
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I Never Kept A Diary

I Never Kept A Diary I never kept a Diary, Relying on memories instead Images and voices Stored inside my head I always trusted recall To fill in all...
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children of the coming apocalypse

[Playtime] Close your eyes Cover your ears Don’t look for a reason To have reason And we’ll be in the clear We’re children of the coming apocalypse...
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Compassion in a candy bar

Compassion in a candy bar My wife Mary and I were fortunate enough to visit the Alpine Countries in Europe a few summers back. All of the story book...
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Story of the week

The Party

Have you ever wondered what goes bump in the night?
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My Verbal Diary Here

I couldn’t match the style of Jenny Skinner’s diary entries but I hope this helps to cheer her up a bit while she’s feeling under the weather.
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Proactive

Poppies remind of the slain and those of us who remain remember the past when evil deeds were unseen and many had not believed why the nations had...
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May 4th (chapter 3 part 1)

Will David use the tissue with Jessica's number on it?
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Love Story 18

I zigzagged down the hill towards the phone box. It always smelled of pish as if somebody had used it a toilet, which they had from the damp stains...
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Sing (for 11.11.2023)

Sing Jennifer Pickup, 29.10.2023 for 11.11.2023 Sunday morning, we gather at the war stone yet again, All sombre black-clad figures in the cold...
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Love Story 17

‘Ali come back,’ I hissed. Too late as her big feet connected with metallic bucket making it ring out. She peered back at me and put a hand over her...
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Poem of the week

Fenrir

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Winter Refuges

Tiny folded leaves encased in tough scales … protected from the burning frost … waiting there to grow, unfold … And the bulbs are safe as well … hibernating like the tiny dormouse; chemistry on ‘slow’ ’til switched to ‘fast’ with …
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Love Story 16

We’d arranged to meet by the coal cellar, when it was dark. I’d already checked. The lights in Mrs Connolly’s house were out. Apart from the one in...
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Being Better Ch1 - How we met, as far as I remember

(Rough draft/Thank you airyfairy for the format tip, it worked.) I first met Olivia in our first year of high-school. It’s far away from my home, far...
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The Changing of Seasons

The Changing of Seasons Skies painted silver Rain drifting on breezes. Cumulus roiling in the distance. The sigh of mountains Heaving in silence. A...
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Murmuration - Chapter 21 (Part 1) 1992

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“DJ Sasha!!” Manny is screaming as a large and expanding group of us walk towards the Escape club opposite the pier roundabout. “Come on 24-hour party people”, he continues “DJ Sasha in the area!”. Katie wraps her arm around me and pulls herself into me, holding me tight, The night seems light and open under the full moon. I look at her and smile, still lost in my thoughts about tonight's gig. It feels like something important happened tonight. I can’t quite put my finger on it.
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Philosophical Daze

Image is of The Penrose Stairs (Escher's work came afterward). Image is PD
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