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Omar's Diary - 11th September 2018

By Alan Russell on Tue, 11 Sep 2018

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Jay Rayner - BREXIT - Scotland - Healthcare I am highly excited about being invited to read an extract from my diaries at...

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storm cooking

By Di_Hard on Mon, 10 Sep 2018

unseen fingers flex kneading clouds of soughing dough as gulls white flakes, salt flavour here and now with calls of far dangers journeyed on sea's...

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Not That Kind of Girl

By ronnie73 on Mon, 10 Sep 2018

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Ancestry

By luigi_pagano on Sun, 09 Sep 2018

Changes happened much too fast...

Humour

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two-faced

By celticman on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

I pushed my glasses high to rest on my forehead and stared across the road. I saw her outside the paper shop on Dunbarton Road, recognised her by her...

Drama

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Feeling Confused about Time

By Jane Hyphen on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

Feeling confused about time Yesterday I was twenty three Running on the spot, feeling ashamed Young blood flowed out through cuts A caustic youth, I...

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Forwards

By love_writing on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

Thanks everyone for lovely encouraging comments- this is getting edited now for submission x

Autobiography

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 27 )

By skinner_jennifer on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Twenty Seven Three Years Later! 1993. As seasons swiftly proceeded, the years became a motivating force for the...

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Summer on a Winter’s Day

By Vincent Burgess on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

They slammed their doors at the same time and walked out into the thin driving rain. This rain had been falling over Brighton for what seemed like...

Romance

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The right

By Jamie Sykes on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

What right do you have To be sad You've got all your limbs A mum and a dad There are people starving Breaking, crying You're in a London pub Drinking...

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Latest Tech

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 07 Sep 2018

It was my own fault really. I should have paid more attention to the instructions. The manual had been very clear on one point: do not overfeed. But...

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Misdisciples

By smokejack on Thu, 06 Sep 2018

If owning an expensive car, a house too big for your needs, and buying jewellery hoping it’ll get you the looks you crave You can’t be saved If you...

Spiritual

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Why So Loud ?

By forest_for_ever on Thu, 06 Sep 2018

Why So Loud? Silent night, creeping dark A wasteland of velvet black Duvet-shielded from reality Careening thoughts caress my soul Peace, peace...

Philosophy

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dopple

By celticman on Tue, 04 Sep 2018

I got arrested for impersonation of a doppelganger. I was sure it would get sorted. A clear case of mistaken identity. One of those things we’d laugh...

Surreal

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 24 )

By skinner_jennifer on Tue, 04 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Twenty Four It was Sunday afternoon and Mina had been preparing to go back to school, collecting pens and books...

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Sugar on Lemon

By socialeaf on Mon, 03 Sep 2018

This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Love

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 23 )

By skinner_jennifer on Sun, 02 Sep 2018

Picture by Pixabay free images. Part Twenty Three The morning that Mina was to visit the solicitor arrived. Evie had got Mina's coat dry cleaned and...

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Shy (Prologue) (Part 2)

By proudwing on Sun, 02 Sep 2018

At last the night came. The moon was fat and full like a peach. All day the castle rumbled to the sound of its many visitors, and as the evening’s...

Shy (Prologue) (Part 1)

By proudwing on Sun, 02 Sep 2018

This is the prologue to a children's/YA novel. The prologue is written in the style of a fairytale, but the rest of the novel is not. Hope you enjoy...

If Money Was No Object

By luigi_pagano on Sun, 02 Sep 2018

It is a pleasure to own a work of art whether it is the charming Mona Lisa whose smile touches art lovers' heart or a painting by Gentileschi of Pisa...

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( Pt 21 )

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 30 Aug 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Twenty One Feeling safe for the first time since she'd left the veiled forest, It was still difficult for Mina...

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Brooklyn Heart

By Michael Valentine on Thu, 30 Aug 2018

The sunlight glare on the mirror washed out James Eliot's nineteen-year-old face making his eyes pale and translucent. On the wall there was a shadow...

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Cornish Saints

By Angusfolklore on Wed, 29 Aug 2018

I like the fact that few of you came from here; why wouldn’t you visit this peninsula for your holidays? More than that, the people accepted the love...

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This was written for my children long ago, to try to capture the underwater scene change. I posted it some time ago as simply ‘Seashore’, but thought it was worth reposting for the August topic of Poetry monthly.

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 20 )

By skinner_jennifer on Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Picture by Pixabay free images. A Story In Forty Eight Parts. Part Twenty Kendrick awoke in the backseat of his vehicle squinting, dazzled by lights...

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She Haunts Me

By PoetonaHill on Tue, 28 Aug 2018

I saw two butterflies having a punch-up over my cabbage. If butterflies fight, what chance have we?

Nature

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Man in a Pink Shirt

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 28 Aug 2018

Man in a pink shirt Don’t step out into the road Fat man in a pink polo shirt Ruddy cheeked, strawberry blond In Henley..Henley on Thames One tan...

Intentionally Blank

By Angusfolklore on Tue, 28 Aug 2018

This page is intentionally blank, snowfield before the fact of the scrawl spoiling the white barren flatness. No wishes are listed here, nor...

Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 19 )

By skinner_jennifer on Tue, 28 Aug 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Nineteen Mina had concerns for Ivan as they walked together. When she'd touched his arm there had been a feeling...

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The castle problem

By The Other Terrence Oblong on Mon, 27 Aug 2018

I was woken early one morning by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs to find Alun in an agitated state. "It's the...

Miscellaneous

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Detective Max: Chapter 2 (part 2)

By lmacon29 on Mon, 27 Aug 2018

“Hey Max!” The first message says. “It was really great seeing you the other night! Since I’m in town for a few days. I was wondering if you maybe...

Young Writers

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Omar's Diary - Sunday 26th August 2018

By Alan Russell on Sun, 26 Aug 2018

ITINERANT SERVANT - BANK HOLIDAY - THE OBSERVER - SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Last week, while the weather was still warm, Lady and Man Servant were whisked away...

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 17 )

By skinner_jennifer on Sun, 26 Aug 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Story In Forty Eight Parts. Part Seventeen It was now 9.30pm on that very same Monday that John Chapman set off for...

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Army of Poets

By Ewan on Sun, 26 Aug 2018

Difficult to write at the moment... anyway thanks to John Wilks for providing the spur to write this, which is at least something... Image authors own created from PD imagery.

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