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An Teallach: "the Anvil"

Focus of our lifeline, the mouth of heritage, Winds blustering past its one great height Cannot put the lie to its monstrous head, The crowning glory past the Five Sisters.

Blank

So why start? Why bother? To acknowledge the futility But to persevere all the same Is that blind bravery Blind ambition Or blind stupidity The same dice anyway
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Molly Mandy

Fat lot of good it done me, that so-called ‘special school’

She strides the Earth

She strides the Earth in her green gown and where she strides new life is sown. Living, growing, spreading, flowing; flowers thrusting free from seedlings;
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THE FIGHTER PILOT'S LAMENT

I do not hate them, those I kill; All strangers in a foreign land; I do not love them, those I guard, Nor do I see them close at hand. Yet to the skies my life I pledge

Private Eye - Part 6

Oliver Draft was seated at his desk in his office, with Frankie standing behind him, by the window, hands clutched behind his back, ever the boss's bodyguard.

Photons

When the sun hits the ground There's the feintest sound There are photons splashing carelessley Through the trees And over everyone and me. The birds in the sky Don't wonder why Just fly

purity

To live pure is to live honest; to yourself. A life full of flavour is the consequence of untainted living. Drinking tea black, just tea leaves and milk

The Ugly Truth

The truth is a geek. It doesn’t look chic; has spots on its face and specs on its eyes. The truth is a nerd; socially awkwerd and so shy you might miss it in a room full of lies.
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THE GREATEST PRESIDENT

let the battle begin
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Four reasons to fear love

buried up to my neck in the husks of a billion taciturn stares
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Healing (Part Three)

I guess my new job started turning sour when a staff member called Donna Cooke and I took a couple of residents to the pictures to see a Disney movie.
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Healing (Part Two)

I flung my first murder and the horrifying guilt that accompanied it into the deepest, darkest mental dungeon I could find.....
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Healing (Part One)

I was travelling through a dark, seemingly endless tunnel when I wrote the first draft of this tale a couple of years back.....
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The Strangers on the Trains ( Part 3)

Emily makes a discovery. Then hears some disturbing news.

What-cha-ma-call

There’s a man who often walks our street, He’s got chickens legs and two webbed feet, He’s got bees knees and ostrich thighs, With fishes lips and two cats eyes.
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A Winter’s Tale

A twisted tale ... for slightly twisted children.

A Reflection

A Reflection P K Routray The bounty and the beauty of the nature, the scenic splendor and subtle fragrance of the flower, supplementing the splendor of the flower, the dancing stream of water,

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