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Colouring Book
Colouring Book Wherever I’ve stood. Buttershaw, New Orleans, Basildon. I’ve always looked for the people who knew truths. Not Gods, but folk who...
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Interesting Times
Not out of the woods yet.
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part One of Six)
In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part One of Six) Billy Williams had always wondered what is was about his grandparents’ house. He had been visiting...
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All Seasons' Refuges
Into the woods in the springtime … in the summer … in winter, and each time come out more ready
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Harebells
Beauty trims heath and woodland with beckoning sways in gentle breeze, heads barely raised as flowers slip between long grass, emblems of love and...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL (PART4)
Unravelling Stumbling into the lounge I dumped my mass on my favourite couch. Sitting with my hands caressing my head I felt panic taking over. What...
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Midwinter, Remember
Bent bracken diamonding the slant light, fern trampled into forest floor where nothing (seen) can surely roam. The whole woods undeservedly deserted...
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Thirteen Letters. Chapter Nineteen.
“Life was good, so many exciting things had happened. The fifth-year contract had come and gone and soon we were approaching the tenth year, there...
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Green-Green
saturates our forest stalwart trees closeted in great abundance birch is one specimen & carries an air of independence like a white candle or a...
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Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses
A man watches his wife stage a mysterious ritual in the New Mexico desert. Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe
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Thirteen Letters. Chapter Eighteen.
Here is an update on the people that helped Paul, on the morning that he had the dream, in their own words. “My name is Olive from the hair salon, I...
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The Wonders of Technology
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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To Remember, or not …
I forgot. Did I give it a slot install it in memory’s vault, or not? or was the fault a failure to retrieve? Did I choose to leave it there to stay … some things ignored, not stored …
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A Lamentation of Bees
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/a-lamentation-of-bees-mp3 A Lamentation of Bees Shafts of sunlight glinting, autumn breezes...
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Time is Time
Time is telling tales As big as whales In a turbulent ocean As if in slow motion Yet moving too fast Instant future turned to past Do you remember...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie On The Moon
Thistles sprout in an airless place, claymores rattle clash without purpose and gaunt ghosts battle soundlessly over a place bleaker than a Scottish...
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Eddie's Day
I didn’t think it was a good idea for Eddie to be the best man. I told Shane as much. “But look, he’s my best friend. He’s been my best friend for...
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Broken Stones
Veronica was never a bad seed. She was once a teenage beauty queen from St Lucia who dreamt of having children. It’s just the sun never shone after...
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I have come a long way!
I'm stronger today than i was yesterday, but not as strong as I'll be tomorrow. image from flickr
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If I Could Forget
I do not remember you. And yet I continue To outline the space That delineates the place Where you should be. The shape is precise yet brittle, Like...
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