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Identity

We resent crush, constant news of hatred and horrors
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Love Story 8
I agreed to go with Pastor Colin on a mission. He expected me to know what it was without telling me. His silver Ford Escort was more reliable. He...
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The Young Entrepreneur
Young Bo Jangles, Had a face with odd angles. Meat and two veg that forlornly dangles. His every decision ended in tangles. So he spent his time on...
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'Parcel for you...' Part 4

Vanessa put down the phone and stood behind Spencer, staring at the top of his head, light brown skin showing through the gaps in his thick dark hair...
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One ray at a time

Rays of light herald the rising sun: the night is passing, work to be done … Rays of love pierce … work to be done begun together – rays of light pierce the night.
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Message From The Care Home Front

I accept that for some the poppy is unacceptable. (That statement would bear thinking about for a moment or two). I shall not engage with any rants in the comments. Thank you. BTW this is the only poem I entered for a comp this year. (Of course it didn't).
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15.3 Luna Mar
On the following day, I rode to Nativa to join the beach cleaning team. We prepared the beachside for this ceremony to take place next evening after...
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Love Story 7
‘I’m not going to school,’ I said. ‘How no?’ she asked. ‘Cause,’ my voice cracked and went up a notch. ‘I’m no well.’ Her arm shot out and a cupped...
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The Cold Thesaurus
With political content and hoity-toity language.
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The Essence of Memory
The house watched unfeeeling, as the turbulent sea crashed upon the slate-gray boulders guarding its shoreline. The sea air was redolent with brine...
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Chemo 2 - dose one
Hi You will see from my title that I made up my mind to go with Chemo. The one I am on is called Iranitecan. I have it from a drip into a canula, and...
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Come to the Sports Hall
Words fired like quills and hair pulled sore at the root. Shins blackened in brute blows. Flesh hung out to dry in frigid shows of shame. Unchosen on...
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15.2 Luna Mar
Few days later, he passed me an address of that firm on Avenida Medio, in the Florina half, in quarter mile walking distance from Huvafen. I located...
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Three O’Clock Sheep Club

A crowded but lonely place.
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Love Story 6
I vowed to God I’d work hard and turn myself around and no longer look at the stuck-together catalogue pages even if they were just sitting there...
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Fifty Cornish Sunsets

We are called upon to come here, to cliff, to strand, to hilltop, summoned to the coast to make the most of sundown. With hundreds silently watching...
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Old Movies.
Many of us have memories of rainy Sundays and monochrome films. The black and white world of westerns, swashbuckling adventures and kitchen sink...
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The Dinghy - A Ned's Tavern Tale

Max and Stinky sat in the dinghy and cracked open two beers. “Tuna sandwich?” said Stinky. “Sure. It may be the only kinda fish we’ll see all day.”...
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Transcendental Journey of Meditation

A poem for my night insomnia. When restless thoughts intrude on sleep, I would devour diversion; receiving time with mantra...alert, yet eyes are...
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