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Tea with the Coppersmith
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Ten (with photographs).
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New Directions (7)
I said my goodbyes to Celia after thanking her for being so understanding about the cheque and promising to send her best wishes to David and Dev...
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Internal Jukebox
Stalking shadowed cranial corridors searing sounds from sonic youthdays revenants from times forgotten dislodged songs swim sleepstarved mind...
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January Skies
In January beautiful tracery of skeletal branches on clear skies cool blue cloudscapes near-sunset tinges – back-lighting glow.
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Over the Rainbow (work-in-progress)
Tim was born and spent the majority of his life in the perfectly 90 degree square municipality of Ranson. Like most during their pre-pubescence, he...
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Winter in the Adirondacks
Winter, in upstate New York, is a cross country skiers delight. The snow cover is usually good. There are lots of mountains and high forests to glide...
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Aubade
It is in the early hours around three, that we come awake, (hence the title) and can fall prey to thinking. Aubade was also a title of one of Larkins poems, which we have been reading in my poetry group. And as much as I admire Larkin it is a very bleak poem (it wouldn't be Larkin otherwise); my poem is less bleak and offers a reconciliation of sorts with memories persistence. (Image courtesy of Pixabay)
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wyndpharms are stupid
for the last time, there was another time with handles to the here, & now, one day there will be more than viruses man made or monkeys/esoteric...
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The Big Questions of the early 21st Century (or 2023/24 to be more exact!) by Alfred N.Muggins, Reporter, Distant Observer, and Civilian Adjudicator!
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25/1/24 Do the Israelis still recognize the white flag of surrender, or truce? Does Donald Trump still believe in Democracy or would he be a Tyrant...
Uncle John's Popemobile.
Black specks were moving on the stacked plates of uneaten leftovers and the casual smears of a man that had tried to tidy up. Casualties lay on the...
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Damn them.... a rant.
Today the 29th, 1979. It turned me and educated me about the insane "National Rifle Association" I(the NRA), in America. Today marks the anniversary...
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SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!
They have suffered. Many lives have been changed forever, for worst. They have kept their dignity, as the world watched them. We have all felt their...
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Friends in high places
The Day the Sunset Waited We were playing golf, at the Spring Run Golf Complex in Estero Florida, with friends, Joe & Phyllis Schneider, from...
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The Slums Of Tomorrow
The Slums Of Tomorrow By Paul McCann Weeks and weeks turn into months , so much time is spent . Once it was so easy to find a place to rent . Too...
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In Between The Night And Day
In Between The Night And Day By Paul McCann In between the night and day , homeless people find their way To the places where they’re laid where the...
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New Directions (6)
I faked a call on my mobile. Pretending to jump, I patted my jacket pocket and took it out. ‘Excuse me, Celia. My office.’ I held the thing up and...
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The Man in the Iran Mosque
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Nine.
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Sons & Others
How has it come to pass when two sons have forgotten me? Does love ever survive whenever time comes after being shared in the growing – from early...
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How to write a short story
Terrence Oblong is it? He’s fat isn’t he. I wasn’t expecting him to be fat. Didn’t he used to write about running? I guess they must have been...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 12
“Perfidia, I’m sure Jon isn’t in jeopardy with your cousin,” Martha reasoned. “And I’m not so sure,” Perfidia replied and turned back to Willow with...
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