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Bring back Blair

By bobblehat2023 on Wed, 18 Jan 2023

There’s an ill wind at our windows There’s a cold moon in the sky It’s hard to sit through Newsnight Without feeling the urge to cry It’s an orgy of...

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Between the Places

By catherine poarch on Wed, 18 Jan 2023

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The Cane

By SteveHoselitz on Wed, 18 Jan 2023

Tom awaits the ultimate punishment meted out to naughty schoolboys...

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The Great and Secret Show

By marandina on Tue, 17 Jan 2023

The Great and Secret Show She says let me show you a secret and takes me by the trusting hand, we sweep over upland meadows, mossy dew kissing...

Nature

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A Legacy

By luigi_pagano on Mon, 16 Jan 2023

As a lifelong member of the Gardening Society she was mad about flowers, relishing the variety of colours and scent of her garden's flora

Spiritual

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Richard Dawkins in the curry house (Oxford)

By bobblehat2023 on Sun, 15 Jan 2023

Coming in from the rain to collect my order I am greeted by a vision in the corner Richard Dawkins - scourge of God sits with his family enjoying his...

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The bridge of Sante Fe

By lavadis on Sun, 15 Jan 2023

Behind a dirty sunset near the bridge of Sante Fe she sat alone clutching her passport in a hand that had waved and punched and pointed She left...

Surreal

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Give Them The Money. Part Three.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green on Sat, 14 Jan 2023

I knew it was the ambulance crew before I answered the phone as it showed on my mobile, no caller ID I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew it...

Journal

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You Know Who You Are But You Don't

By ged-backland on Fri, 13 Jan 2023

Words for the sweet people Loved and unaware From us poor souls who stand Slightly off balance (with a tiny stone in our shoe) In silent adoration We...

Romance

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Afterlife

By bobblehat2023 on Fri, 13 Jan 2023

The former enemy of the people is coming to a theatre near you The people flock to hear his stories of politics in the old days when politicians...

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1945

By luigi_pagano on Fri, 13 Jan 2023

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The Year

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 13 Jan 2023

Nobody knew which year it was going to be. There was much speculation, there were apps, there was betting, there were psychics who made proclamations...

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Allowing Letting Go

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 12 Jan 2023

Don't waver – observe the beat, monitor and feel sounds that cleanse motivation; stimulating action as hours – minutes – seconds swamp minds with...

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Hope Revisited

By ralph on Thu, 12 Jan 2023

The found couple sat on a bench, holding hands. It was a July English estuary seafront and they were amongst screeching children, feral dogs and the...

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