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I never thought it would happen
The PE teacher spends every lesson focussing on overhead kicks. For the whole lesson they lay on their backs, trying to score the perfect goal...
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We'll find a place to roam
My friend lives on a boat. She pats strangers dogs and orders off-menu in cafes on side streets most people would just walk past. On your birthday...
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Creeping F-ing Jesus.
The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town
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It was the first time either of them had been into their Town for many months, partly because of the virus lockdowns, and partly because there was a...
Shakespeare Must Die Act 4 scs 3 & 4
Act 4 sc 3 1613. The Globe has burnt to the ground. King James and Ben Jonson walk in Whitehall. Jonson - If it were done, it was best it were done...
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Grounding Of Autumn
I'm deep as an abyss in reasons for loving this season, for my sensitive tears fall like leaves blanketing ground; pooling these cheeks with...
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Do not shed tears
(Villanelle) Do not shed tears when dreams have not come true. And don’t regret those moments that are lost. Regret stops heart from knowing what to...
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The Life of an Ancient Mariner
Indifferent mum. Makes him rather glum. Then a tot of rum, With fabled bum? A full tum, Merry hum. Skin turning plum. His parrot's dumb. But it's a...
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A Sleepless Night
Sell-by date.
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Dad's 74th Birthday
In November of 2011, Dad was told that he was terminal and wouldn't survive. He was diagnosed with Leukemia and he passed away at the age of sixty-...
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Blissful weekend with my family...
Although I said blissful (it really was most of the time…) every mother would understand exactly what I mean… But anyway, it was beautiful, the...
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The Liberation of Stefan and Penka
We met in black and white. Four eyes peircing dirt and spiders‘ webs To escape their world behind the wood pile In the darkest corner of an ancient...
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THE CHILDREN'S DAY GIFT
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Children's day celebration with a gift from GOD.
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Make Me
Make Me as a ladder just for you 0r turn me into one- to take you away from addictions. Let me help you climb through this window to chase freedom...
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Shakespeare Must Die Act 4 scs 1-3
Act 4 – 1606. Dr Faustus has just been published. Sc 1 The upstairs of the inn. Bacon, Donne and Jonson await the arrival of James. Jonson – And I...
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It outshines the old!
Rushing to the pub with their weekly pay … Some loved buildings old, with their ritual, bells…Some loved hate of Christians …
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Longing
Birthed by the shadows, She, like lava, slips between them, A disturbance, A ripple, A distortion so small and basic and integral That perhaps it was...
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Dont say goodbye ( For Georgie)
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Don’t say good night Don’t leave my side If you must just remember I will turn into a butterfly. Don’t be sad Try not to cry This is not good bye It...
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Curtains
The cinema was in the basement of an imposing Art Deco building
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