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Embers

By G.A.Grim on Wed, 03 Apr 2019

Loss is a ravenous inferno And I sit surrounded, by gasoline soaked memories Each time one is exposed, it is kissed by the fire, then a piece of me...

Opinion

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The Long Road Home

By Richard L. Provencher on Wed, 03 Apr 2019

begins with a little boy and his dog Prince both skipping along a gravel road. Cars are few -- money is a dream and allowances unknown. Life is...

Autobiography

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Déjà Lu (Formerly Déjà Vu)

By Ewan on Tue, 02 Apr 2019

12 years and little has changed... The last two stanzas, which I've never been happy with, changed. Image By R-41 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, source Wikipedia Commons

Miscellaneous

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I've been going through old untitled documents on my cloud and found this unsent letter to my next door neighbour whose noisy handy man (her little pet) polluted the air space with a very loud radio each weekend, drowning out the birds and other soothing sounds.

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Certificate 12

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Blue Nun and Babycham (Recycled)

By luigi_pagano on Mon, 01 Apr 2019

Same format, different meaning. (Image from Pixabay)

Opinion

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Oblivion

By Parson Thru on Mon, 01 Apr 2019

I thought I had it all worked out. Oblivion. It had to be. There’s no other way. Even with the shadow that passed from hall to kitchen; the keys...

Miscellaneous

Other

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The ends of my world

By london_calling79 on Sun, 31 Mar 2019

I can’t feel the presence of a god here so keenly now that I can touch the ends of my world , run a finger across a drumlin of hallowed herringbone...

Love

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Angel 52 (compromise)

By celticman on Sat, 30 Mar 2019

‘There’s nothing as cruel as folk,’ muttered Angel, kissing the tops of the twin’s heads and hugging them tight to her breasts. They didn’t let up...

Drama

Remembering Mum

By skinner_jennifer on Sat, 30 Mar 2019

Red roses Bought Fulfilling Love, As Morning Glow Penetrates This silence, I, slip Into Tomorrow's Reflections, For you Gave Balance In a patient...

Love

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BOOM or BUNCO

By Ed Crane on Sat, 30 Mar 2019

re-think of a poem I posted 2017 (free image from pixaby)

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Realismo

By Parson Thru on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

Realism

Travel

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The Instrumentalist

By Ewan on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

You'll probably work it out... image is out of copyright, to the best of my knowledge.

Miscellaneous

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Colours for Kids 7)

By Rhiannonw on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

Blackcurrant* squash and deep purple pansies, Teletubbies’ Tinky winky, purple ‘red*’ cabbage, the velvet of the queen’s crown, – and the mountain...

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Colours for Kids 6)

By Rhiannonw on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

… and a parakeet …

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herring gull gallantry

By Di_Hard on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

If you wait till half past six there's cheap bread at the Co op or donuts for 16p. So now, after chores are done I put on my coat (it's still cold...

Seasons of Hinksey Pool

By markle on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

The last swim in Hinksey Open Air Pool, south Oxford, before it closes for the winter is always a bittersweet experience. For those of us who swim...

Nature

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Golden Days By Golden Pond

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Eleanor sits with husband Albert on the terrace by Golden Pond both enjoying their breakfast while bright sun shone all around, he eats golden...

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Hunting for Duck (6)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Concluding part.

Hunting for Duck (5)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

I made myself a coffee and sat down to look through my pages. I sat for almost an hour, crossing out bits with a pencil, making notes in the margins...

Hunting for Duck (4)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Sal's sister, Marlene, has arrived for a short stay after Nate, her last boyfriend, left her. (image: mine)

Hunting for Duck (3)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Marlene lived fifty miles up the line, and Sal drove off on the Sunday morning to go pick her up. She’d wanted me to go, too, but I’d planned to get...

Hunting for Duck (2)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

So the day comes and they pull up in this big purple Olds, Nate driving. And here was a team. Bonnie and Clyde gone crazy as fuck. Marlene – skirt up...

Hunting for Duck (1)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Those lonesome city nights when it’s raging out there with the rain and the traffic, the sirens howling, the cross-block shouts of crazy drunks, and...

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Orange

By Jane Hyphen on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Orange just doesn’t sit right with me Claiming to be both colour and fruit It can’t just choose one and it’s loud Too shouty, too few this colour...

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Putting Things Off

By Jane Hyphen on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

I’ve been Putting things off Turning inward Turning in Shrinking my absorption Starving the point Just inhaling Listening to my Blood flowing I am...

Angel 51 (good cop, bad cop)

By celticman on Tue, 26 Mar 2019

Angel quickly established a routine with Lisa and Adam. They quickly established their own counter-routine which included staying up all night and...

Drama

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Between the Lines

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 26 Mar 2019

Image from Pixabay - No attribution required.

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Colours for Kids 4)

By Rhiannonw on Tue, 26 Mar 2019

Snow newly fallen, and milk in the cup, a fresh piece of paper before …

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The Black Dog

By luigi_pagano on Mon, 25 Mar 2019

Often seen as a portent of death it is described as a hell-hound. (Image in the Public Domain)

Surreal

Horror

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Hayfever

By Hourhouse on Mon, 25 Mar 2019

While I love to see Mother Nature emerging from her slumber again, it's not without its problems for some of us. Read this without singing it - I dare you ;o)

Humour

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between

By Di_Hard on Sun, 24 Mar 2019

hills are mirrors reflecting dreams bullet hole sun through sky window air comes in shards blown out, cutting rainbow bridges instants of sea...

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Seventy Storeys

By HarryC on Sun, 24 Mar 2019

The asteroid might hit one day and wipe us all out. Capitalism might collapse, and cities fall. (Image: mine)

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Angel 50 (dinner and dates)

By celticman on Sat, 23 Mar 2019

After Angel fed the twins her nipples were chaffed, but she wanted to make sure they had settled. To distract herself, she picked up the remote and...

Drama

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Passion In Red

By skinner_jennifer on Sat, 23 Mar 2019

Sexy, passionate red gives light to those spicy ladies of the night, subliminal crimson mantilla lace lifts her spirits to another place, cherry wax...