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Gone

My mind was too slow To catch you unawares As you crawled through the eye of a needle To slip away from me My eyes narrowed Hoping to see some truth...
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Blue Wisteria (Part One)

Dr. Woodstock looked out of the window of his office. It was then he saw her; such a graceful flight of fancy in a light blue summer frock, moving on...
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Hospital 2, Janus 10

Midnight April 30 When I woke up all the lights were off on ward. Shadowy shapes all around me. When I open my eyes, they disappear. But somebody...

Elytra 9

Friday 30 June 85AGF 11.45pm It was a small part of a small section of a small branch of the database that served Clara in Canton 5. It started on a...

Do you still drink Down the Swan

There isn't a dart board in the Swan any more. Thy put another table in the corner instead. It was the wife's idea to come here. "We should revisit...
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Ugly Puggly 21

Ugly Puggly was slicing his way through roof tiles with a long knife, with a sickle hook halfway down the blade. ‘Hi, watch whit yer daeing,’ Grey-...
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Elytra 8

Monday 19 June 85AGF 5.45pm A fluttering clicking broke through the silence, gathered pace, then slowed to two or three beats per second. It stopped...
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Poem of the week

Stories I won't tell you.

Dada, what kind of baby was I? Do you remember me from back then? Was I terrible or was I just… I don’t know, just tell me how it feels? How it feels...
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Hospital 1 and Janus 9

Thursday 28 April I had lots of discomfort in my intestinal region over night. Luckily my daughter slept over, as we are due to have the second lot...

Forbidden Love In Bloom

. Forbidden Love In Bloom By Paul McCann Up above in a crinkled sky sunset colours fly Down on the ground, wild flowers had been found in the place...
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I need to sleep.

A poem written from the grey numbness thats been affecting me.

True Crime

True Crime They walked into the woods, flashlights searching over the area and police dogs moving with haste and barking loudly. Finally, with the...
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Maple Tree Den

A poem about our Maple Tree that overhangs our garden den. Another photo I took. Once naked in winter, sleepy growth is revving up now spring is here...
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Estragón Sur La Plage

Found this in an old book, curated by John Wilks from one of his old contests from 2012. I've often thought there are more comfortable places to wait for someone than a crossroads. image created at Kubist.io from pd photographic image.
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You learn about the sunshine

First you learn about the sunshine Long, blue sky days Beneath the boughs of trees Leaves flickering, lambent The sun is ever loyal It burns in...
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Ray's Memories age 19

October 1976, North London no more - I escape to Scotland!
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The wonderful wild bells!

… deep hue, glowing bells gently waving, … (so unlike the Spanish burly, sturdy, stand-up stiff and straight garden ones …
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Story of the week

A Final Message From Moscow

A Final Message from Moscow When Putin’s tanks rolled into Ukraine on 24 th February 2022. I was inundated with messages concerned about the welfare...
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