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Morning, Maydan

The muezzin hollers his song across the morning, alerting both those already alert, as well as those to be alerted, that the time is upon us. The...

Mother Of Persuation

Mother Of Persuasion By Paul McCann .Mother of persuasion how wonderful it is to have the reassurance of your intervening help . Mother of persuasion...

October

October as in a basket of Maple leaves turning red as they sparkle from the sun. In their slow climb up a Maple tree located in a town called Truro...
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Reading on a rainy evening

The hours went. Since I was sitting still, I listened to the rain’s uneven sounds, as if it answered to the wind’s remark. My book was dark. It’s...
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More About Cats

Dear Federal Representative or Regulatory Commission: Despite my repeated requests for them to stop, cats insist on leaning into my hand when I pet...

THE REPLACEMENT

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THE REPLACEMENT She was a fair, frail girl who had completed her 10th standard two months back and was the topper in her school. She was staying in...

Choice

A tongue-in-cheek doggerel for National Poetry Day - 7/10/2021
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iGlow

iGlow we are but two matches at that time when stars smile a little friction then brightness ignites mayfly glory <on the wing> we become a...
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Art Collecting

Hidden treasures. (Image from pixabay - free, no attribution required)
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From A Dithtanthe!

Rohan is concerned, so India goes to investigate.
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By No-one's Rhetoric

I always write something on National Poetry Day. This is this year's. Image taken by Humphrey Bolton, source: Wikipedia, licence: CC by 2.0
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 17

Chapter 11. After having been so forcibly and humiliatingly expelled by McPhearson and his cronies I made my way back to the library, stopping only...

Scriptwriting

If you're writing a farce, Always mention an arse. You'll need a posh lady too. "The salt, please parse". Her husband may say. "Of course" she will...

Excuse Me Was That An Angel?

It took me a long time to learn of someone's true identity...
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Why I Dislike PBS

PBS and CNN are my two least favorite networks. A few years ago, I was channel surfing. When I stopped channel surfing, the channel landed on PBS...

La vie en rose

Image: from Wikipedia Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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No Doggerel

Contains Doggerel.
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Poem of the week

October robin

cold air's become a glitter ball with falling leaves its swirling lights as trees dance round their disco hall in fearful thrill of frosty nights now...
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Autumn Things

Autumn things are not at the beginning, but the winding stream that leads to an end, the clogged up water course filled with the gold of leaves and...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 7

I was quite keen to get to the part of the English convent life of Mother Connolly, so Sister Francis decided that we would go to that now. “I want...

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