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Proud of lying
Some tongues take flight from truth – flattery, two-faced-heart, double-speak – they lie freely, scornful, ambiguous, unkind and sly: cheerful,...
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"Opalite"
Taylor Swift: 19th to 25th February 2026 (Part 6 of 9)
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (18)
Part 17 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-17 Tanya had grown accustomed to cooking in the caravan but still found...
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Jouney from Victoria Falls to the Copperbelt.
A love letter written in 1973 to my youthful home copied word for word from my 1968 notebook. Journey from Victoria Falls to the Copperbelt. They say...
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A Handful of Tyrants
Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title.
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"as stars in the sky" -tanka
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Ridgeline - Part Eleven: Arithmetic
At some point the rain started. She couldn't remember when. The sky opened and the water came through the canopy in sheets and she pulled Bree closer...
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Ridgeline - Part Ten: Forward Anyway
A scent on the trail. New. The nose drops to the gravel and the compound assembles — human, male, the sweat-salt of a body that has been walking for...
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Walking the Timeline
The path is less so a trail of cobbles than a rope between points vague and moving. Exiled from the beginning, only the endpoint carries hope yet...
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The Road We Walked Alone
I walked behind you, alone on the road, following in your footsteps; my feet fit perfectly. Looking ahead, the road it winds, its path unpredictable...
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"Raindance" (Reprise)
Dave and Tems: 12th to 18th February 2026 (Part 5 of 9)
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Offspring of The Savanna
My identity is engraved beneath the course soil of land fought for by my nameless forefathers I relish upon the fruits of their labor, well aware of...
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Where Do I Find Justice
Where Do I Find Justice By Paul McCann Sitting in a great big room where I’ve never been , I’m the invisible man , that no one has seen . Legal...
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Bo Bo’s Working Bee
Bo Bo’s Working Bee By Paul McCann In the back entries around the town some of the rubbish bins had not been collected due to the shortage of...
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Fix Your Crown King
Though the legend is bold that women ought to be loved and pampered like gold, who will feed the souls of the brethren that are anorexic on self-love...
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My Husband's Son
He holds his father’s restored innocence that hibernated from years of masculine duty and societal expectation. He will teach his son the discipline...
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The Return of Rainbows
Looking back through my poetry written in 2000: 'The Return of Rainbows’ was conceived at University as a mature-age student bloodied by life’s...
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Picking a fight with the Pope
There are a few things in the patois of the Political arena that are absolute gospel. “Keep your mouth shut and your ears open” in one prime...
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