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Alaric's Treasure
(One from my archive) - The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric.
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Victory!
she’s a breath of air she’s a moonlit night she’s a midnight dance she’s a kiss of light! her voice is music her touch is care her spirit sanctity...
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Emerging treasures
Buried seeds bring fields of poppies, wheat, potatoes – which rebound, yielding fields of buried treasure in the autumn, underground! ************...
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More than zero
The bus glides like a spaceship through the alien night. For sure, I should know this area. The sleepy farms, the casual trees, the serious ditches,...
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1:4:6 Johned (Part 1)
Silence. After the brief briefing, Emm didn’t say another word. They just walked sightly ahead of them as they led Lore and Char back through the...
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Parcel for you ......Part 9
Vanessa was perched on the edge of her bed, rifling through the bedside drawer, parting a sea of notebooks, pens, nail polishes, bank statements and...
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Homeward Bound (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 45)
In which the detectives are at odds, Archibald is protecting his honour (as is Josiah) and Samantha gets some good news, at last!
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Alas! Alas!
Alas! alas! why build your billets for bullets and missiles mixed with medics and mosques mingling …
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A Fascination of Images
The sun warms leaves grappling with whispers of movement filtered through thin willows & I lay on the grass contemplating whether I should mulch...
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I went back to Birmingham
A brutalist and brutal poem. It's my hometown so I can.
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The Man in the Crypt
My brother became obsessed with a statue
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A Girl of Eastern Beauty
I watched the girl in silence, not a single word she spoke.
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Can't Think Of A Title, So Will Leave it Blank.
A woman was shot dead in England this week, age 42. A heavily pregnant woman was stabbed, 5 times in Wales yesterday, she is 29 years old. She does...
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Jack Brown
My great grandfather Frank Brown was miraculously of a handful survivors in the battle of Delville Wood, where the South African infantry was wiped...
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Me.
I am passionate! I am strong! I am a trailblazer! Many look up to me. I am rich. I am sporty. I am winner. I am successful. I am famous! I have a...
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In Your House
In your house, it’s always night time You never let the sunshine in Running on an endless loop Stale thoughts on ever deepening tracks Landscapes are...
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And The Fingers Point
No show without him... Unfortunately.
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Valentine's Day.
I love my life. I love my job. I am well known, and because of that I can be a good influence. I can, empower and encourage young women. I help them...
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Hope Of The Skylark
You won't feel moments veiled by drifts of swirling snow, where silence chills this terrain with its shiver; skylark's song of approval is voicing...
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No Finer Moment
Mama – your wisdom was such a fine and delicate instrument in my younger days and I crave your touch of love this very moment.
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