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The Storm
Its appearance paused any thoughts that we were smarter than anyone or any invention. Created to make us grateful, we wished to improve the future of...
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51. What's The Use of Getting Sober?
Cocktail dresses, that must make it cocktail hour. Image is from Flicker.com. Photographer D C Atty
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50. 50-50
Yeah, black-or-white, yes-or-no, manichaeism, it's all binary... ain't it? Image by ZSunberg on Pixabay.com
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The Village 3
England, 1349. In an unnamed village Mattie, the mute peasant girl, receives a visitor; The Reeve considers punishment for Mattie's father; Wyclyffe, the priest, attends a shocking discovery. Part 3 of 7.
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Manky Panky
A Park A Bench A Couple A Stench His beard stained by Special Brew Tennants super and Diamond white His teeth a witch doctors necklace Pool balls...
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Memory's magic carpet ride
Tuesday, April 1, Auckland, New Zealand We were up by 7 A.M. and made ready for the day. The Federal Deli called to us and we stopped in for bagel...
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Paul Wilson Brand (Pioneer and Revolutionary Physician)
Paul Wilson Brand (Pioneer and Revolutionary Physician) On July 17, 1914, in the Kolli Hills of Tamil Nadu, Jesse and Evelyn Brand, then a missionary...
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Period Pains
Period Pains Chapter One Captain Scott Kirkland’s journey had been a vast and deep space trek across the galaxy. Many light years ago it now seemed...
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Corona
The Coronavirus lockdown has emptied many of our streets and, arguably, beautified some of our towns and cities (though not necessarily enhancing a poet's skills).
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When God Says No or Not Yet
One question has become important to Christians in the last few years. If a person is ill, is it God's will to heal them there and then? Preachers...
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I Tell Myself This When I Am Afraid
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Strange Door Into My Mind
Finding myself sitting quietly in my favouite armchair, this is a great place for me to meditate while my partner's in the garden pottering around. I...
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When it all goes wrong
Today I got dumped, Through a text, I hung my head Totally perplexed. We had talked at two, And then at twenty past, Her whole demeanour Changed, It...
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49. Moonlight Drive
Hit the road, Jill. image is by Markus Wökels from pexels.com
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Igniting the Ignorant
Where are we headed? You asked the other day, said I couldn’t possibly answer that question, that maybe I didn’t want to, why would I? You stung me...
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Domestic violence
My dream in life Is to flee the violence, I’m sick of living In complete silence! I keep holding on And hope he’ll change, I’m kidding myself His...
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Prelude to a Storm
How ironic – the storm starts just after you leave hospital, going back to attending to the petals in your small garden, and your tiny Yorkshire...
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Plan Bee
I checked in to The Fox at Shipley last week and ordered a pint of Plan Bee bitter, the same for you, father, as we had a natter, of this and that,...
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The Edge of a Glass
Every drop you sip from the bottle seals out another wished-for dream a little more, gives you less to work on, saps the energy needed to get through...
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The Village 2
An unnamed village in England, the year 1349. The village Reeve isolates his family; Mattie, the mute peasant girl, runs an errand; Wycliffe, the priest, relays a disturbing message from the bishop. Part 2 of 7.
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