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Hindsight
Inspired by a song by Tracy Chapman's brilliant lyric...'I hope my grave is deep and wide enough for me and all my mountains of things.'
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Sonnet 3 'Kreutzer'
The Violin cuts through with blood and fire And underneath the Keys provide the skin Each hammer fall combined reveals the choir That sublimates the...
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Sonnet 2
There is a beauty on this path and light I watch for signs of growth a sign of love the time to dive is when the water's high the time to swim is...
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Sonnet 1
There is no way I can redeem that time The sudden pain that shook your vibrant soul To think that love was there, then so maligned I’d broken...
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Trees
Some trees stand like they just know their roots run through them (Wikimedia image copyright)
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To the eternity………
I gaze at you taciturnly all of a sudden. Expecting to see the geniality eyes again with which makes me feel so warm. The day before we reunite in...
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The DEATH took away an iron man after 80 hours lying under the three layers of concrete
Based on a true story, which was happened in Sichuan, China after a massive earthquake on 12 May 2008. In his last few words, he said, ‘I am the...
The Watching
From our eating area front of Toronto City Hall we paused in our conversation seeing an older man devouring leftover fries and a bite of bun...
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1:1:2 Home
Ringing. Bright lights. Neon hums. Tinnitus blaring. A cacophony of sensory information drowned Lore until the encroaching blackness engulfed them...
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Ugly Puggly 30
Ugly Puggly had a hard and fast rule never to fling out food just because it was out of date. Potatoes could go soft and grow a beard of buds but he...
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sleep turtle dove
sleep my love my miracle my dove sleep my love my dear my treasure freely easily gentle bliss in peace sleep safely sweetly fair precious slumber...
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Heavens Way
. Heavens Way By Paul McCann I’m waiting for the sunset with another glass to fill , sitting here in the half light and the evening now is still ...
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- 312 reads
Summer Day
oh what a lovely day today is the sun is out shining down no more grey clouds around such a blue blue sky it is never-ending flowers are in bloom you...
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Barbed Wire Disease
A one mile queue in the car lane all the way down the hill bus lane so empty you could roll an apple down it. But we’re just soppy lemmings Ready for...
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The moon is a stolen soul
Trapped in the heavens With heavenly solitude Lost in thoughts Where lies lost the countenance of beauty Lonely and broken This tension is the music...
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Janus 13
Yesterday as my daughter was driving me to the hospital to get the results of my breast biopsies, she said, “How are you feeling? What are you...
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The mayfly
You are anything but transient...
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Ugly Puggly 29
Ugly Puggly stared into space. Dave stroking the back of his neck, brought him out of his reverie. ‘I need the money,’ he said, ‘to place a bet.’ ‘...
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Ole Cap'n Pete
If I were to meet someone who thought of me how I thought of Ole Cap’n Pete, surely I’d never leave. But he left us, left us in a tree. Believe me...
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Leadership from the sporting crowd
“Where Have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Over the years, I have watched several prominent politicians refer to America as “That shining city on the hill...
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