Cherrypicked stories
Kookaburras, Kingfisher (05)
lost poem -found it now in America. Reminded - onemorething's kingfisher poem - this is circa 05, from the haiiii-ku collection. Form is deliberately wrong. Kookaburra Kingfisher/Laughing Jackass.
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The Case Of The Disappearing Sock
After reading Airyfairy's hilarious last "Pad Life: Summer's Here!" I dug this old piece from my archive.
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Pad Life 12: Summer's Here!
It's toes weather... Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Black Catters
Some gifts are far more precious than others. We only have to recognise them when they are offered.
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Breakout!
Tired of lockdown, hundreds flock down … others bitter… lock-up … divisions … locked in
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Anxious Moments
Peeking from a snarl of willows the stream is a gurgle of movement – barely - in this hot spell. It leans from boulder to boulder across scratchy...
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The Corner Library
At the age of nine, my world revolved around books. I had not yet gotten into hard science fiction or whimsical fantasy; I liked Westerns, I liked...
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june 25th, woods after a hot day
far from carrion concrete, afternoon. flies score warm silence. Butterflies duet in aerial line to plane silhouettes over hushed, close packed...
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Lethargy
Explanations might be multitudinous.
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I Can Never Say Sorry…
I can never say sorry to Jeff because if I did I’d have to explain and he’d never believe me; even worse, he might think I’ve gone mad. So I keep...
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Tormentors' Just Desserts
Tormentors’ Just Desserts They picked on those different and they made them cry They made them feel like they wanted to die But one guy who was...
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Come Sunday
While you scrubbed your kitchen on Sunday morning Methamphetamine an old woman tapped at your door. She’d moved here yesterday and had made you a pie...
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Unmown ‘lawns’ – plant conglomeration
Golden ‘Cat’s Ears’ flourishing, where drought and soil unnourishing has left the grass short, yellowing … but on the other lawn, abundance, of variety – self-heal, cinquefoil and clover daisies, moss …
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Forest Secrets
Meandering Forest banks Looping waves Of green those Silent ferns Lie serene, Even swelter Scorching sun Cannot rob cool Sense of calm, Across a path...
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Sweet river
Windows of escape
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Don't Fear The Change
Don’t Fear The Change By Paul McCann So we fear in the italics with a lot of emphasis on those bound in chains and abused in relationships Change in...
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june 20th
wind plays liquid dominoe runs with grass, seeds soft amethyst sea. Below azure smooth, boats small as white moths rising from our feet as we wade...
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Aaron - the Wind Rush in
If you want something cheerful. Skip. it. Draft - Aaron's poem prep
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Love
my heart is bursting at his kiss like an unfurled peony
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