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Carnal Comedy Blues

Last night I caught my wife Lying under the man next door They were naked and entwined Like two trees With bark stripped bare My heart felt like It...

Minding My Own

Keep my head down Keep my eyes shut I have my reasons No ifs and buts I won’t apologise If my language bites I’m tired of all the wrongs And bored...
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eden of the north

eden of the north january has left windows eyeless and bulbs blown rough planking does little to tame the tide arcades louder than they are bright a...

The Candle

It's no good muttering, Stuttering and spluttering. Stuffing the toast you're greedily buttering. The candle's lit, but it's sooty and guttering...
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Character Masks

? Are you straightforward or … or … even if you mess-up sometimes, put your foot in it … ?
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Bronte’s Inferno XV (Gaga By That Time)

A fate worse than death? Perhaps. Image author's own created at canva.com.
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The Wood Toboggan

The Wood Toboggan is an instrument of good will- it sits firmly on the snow amid cheers from others sharing this hill sliding slowly down. As it...
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The Visitor of Oscaloo (Chapter 4)

Click here for the previous chapter! George George had that sinking feeling—both in the sense of experiencing dread (for the very first time in the...

Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls

Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls Alone, I walked along the dusty path that led away from the termite-ravaged back gate of the small French colonial-...
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Mellifluent Memories

How I hate that dratted blackbird. Always there singing its fluid song, a song in praise of...some would say nature, others sunrise, some the sexual...
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Peanut

When the waitress placed a coffee in front of me, I thanked her, a sombre expression on my face. I cupped the mug in my hands, allowing the heat...
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Bronte's Inferno XIV (As Writers Often Do)

Plot development, MOI? Image has no known copyright issues.
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Bronte's Inferno XIII (Sharon with a 'C')

The author has a dream no more surreal than his life is. Image created by author at pulp-o-mizer.com.
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Engraving in chalk, Dover

( A tribute to the destitute ) Welcome all, migrants, adventurers, destitute. This land belongs to noone. These cliffs, these calcite forms, these...
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THE DEAD LOVER

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Sheba knew that her job as a forensic doctor in the medical college hospital was too taxing and daunting.There was only one junior colleague who was...

Perpetis Stream

A girl returns to local conservation land again and again as she grows up, wrestling with her own emotions and relationships with others. Join her as she learns what the supposed healing power of nature can really do. To give you a sense of the length, this story is 8 pages when in a google doc. I have very little writing experience, and I tried to add some symbolism and other deeper information in this piece. Please feel free to give feedback and say what you found in it!
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Poem of the week

imbolc

imbolc riven in the dark slumbering seed cracked and opened intention buds drawn by the light sure voiced in the crisp shimmer of dawn reborn in...
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Wordle

The latest word game rapidly expanding. (Image is a screenshot of one of my efforts).
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Janus Look 2

Thursday 12.05 p.m. I had to knock on the door to be let in, as I hadn’t brought a key with me in the ambulance either. My son answered the door, and...

All my fountains are in you!

May all your storms have rainbows Have lively brooks sparkling cascades White horses waves sun and sea blue Fountains of paradise in misty dawn! May...

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