Cherrypicked stories
The Forty Foot
Swimming with Guinness
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- 1553 reads
Candle
Candle The candle flickered in the deserted room, blazing and growing smaller every minute. Then suddenly the window blew open and cold air rushed in...
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- 520 reads
Hate Shatters
Glasses and windows can be replaced, broken hearts will heal.
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- 668 reads
Footsteps
A wee meditation on fear and retreat
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- 607 reads
Message from the Shed
i am trapped in the shed
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- 248 reads
Baby Ate It
It was easy when pregnant, to blame the missing liter of ice-cream, that my husband would moodily accuse me of hogging, on the fact that the baby was...
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- 481 reads
Taking The Time To Truly See
It was another gorgeous day today, and I celebrated it as I usually do- by taking the dog, and my almost one-year-old daughter, hiking in the...
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- 479 reads
Spontaneous Goodness
If you had a wish, how stupid would it be&;#063;
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- 559 reads
Sterling Roses
Present at every special moment. The moment you proposed. The moment we took our vows. To celebrate the birth of each of our children. Each day one...
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- 834 reads
Pasties
A woman can do nothing but cook pasties
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- 752 reads
Green
I am green with envy, Mordechai. There is the reason why. You venture on a hill to espouse your cause. Were it sufficient to meet halfway, that would...
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- 683 reads
Hokey Cokey Moon (The)
Where other than by your side that hearth has warmed has staved off revolution has pacified the storm. In these pink ears the folk memory of Eden...
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- 647 reads
S and X
Sexual animal racing through my dreams. A stallion to your mare. Lost is your innocence and naive is your faith in the power of this moment. Yes you...
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- 672 reads
Ocean Roars (The)
The ocean roars my fears and your tender heart vulnerable, I shy away. Evening falls and dark descends, and visits each house, like an old uncle. '...
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- 691 reads
Chocolate is like a life of boxes
An old Greek myth, updated and twisted
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- 1033 reads
Her Lullaby
An Lullaby for my daughters
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- 710 reads
Poetry for Beginners
How to write poetry
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- 596 reads
Orange Grove
orange blossoms scent the air marred by the slight pungency of rotting fruit scattered on the ground this was my childhood playground where we played...
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- 407 reads