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Recent Invasions Of Scotland by Alfred.N.Muggins
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Alfred and some of his friends had first invaded Scotland in 1984, armed with maps and guide books, and a car. Thereupon they had taken it upon...
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Marian
Marian woke every morning at half six; her internal clock never let her down. She was out of the bed and into her baby blue fluffy fleece dressing...
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Just a little note
Just a little note to help you cope and a reminder that there's always hope so that you may always find in stormy waters a rescuing rope enabling you...
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Little Miracles
‘Hi guys, it’s me your mom.’ I said softly as I looked down at my two beautiful baby boys; they were not even an hour old but what an hour it had...
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Hardly Any Degrees at All
of separation that is. Image source Wikipedia commons licence CC-SA 3.0 photographer KennosiS
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Progression
I woke hearing ‘breakfast time’ being shouted from all angles. One of the nurses shook my arm and I let out a gasp. She looked at me and smiled, ‘c’...
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Air
There is only water. Nothing but the cling and caress of its endless existence. Nothing but the pressure and the buoyancy. But there’s light too...
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stuff of life ip
2 reads stuff of life by Marcia Marcia from earth’s mantle churning molten stellar dust in mineral fissure folds move fire hot liquid upward thrust...
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Finding the Castle in the village of Richard's Castle.
Waves of ox-eye daisies shaking in the breeze … up the old steps to the top of the ruined keep
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Cherry Tree
Dedicated to the cherry tree in my front garden. It brings me much joy. Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/cherry-tree-mp3 In the...
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June 16
Reworked for Bloomsday as flash fiction from an old story of mine.
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First Kiss
Way back when I was twelve years old, everyone was approaching, or had already been introduced to puberty. As per nature, there was a good amount of...
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Maria's Diary 24
Chapter 24 Yet another election Earth’s transitory things decay, Its pomps, its pleasures pass away; But the sweet memory of the good Survives in the...
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Walking the Dog
If you don't know how to do it, I'll show you how to ... Not about anything really. Image (and dog) author's own.
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Allergies
A poem written about the line "theres more fish in the sea" and my hatred towards it. I hope you like it!!
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a farewell to reality
Jobs peddling pizza and bagging groceries, College classes on vorticism and Frankenstein, Dada and Ezra Pound, Relationships and children all of...
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Water
I belong to the island. It belongs to me. I don’t know what else to say. There is nothing here, nothing but the blue of the sky, mixed with the blue...
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The Dunces Hat
THE DUNCES HAT The person, who was already outside the door, slithered a scrawny hand through the small space left ajar. Around the frame, its...
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Drowning
I know about drowning. Not the emotional lyrical death some poets glorify, but of acrid salt water like memories, and cold as marble coffins, where...
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Haze
Haze abides in the underneath of misty morning struggles to sculpt an interval for illumination. Early movement means fishermen with glistening...
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