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FATHER TIME
A couple had a baby Born on January first Right at the stroke of midnight Though that hadn't been rehearsed He grew up rather quickly And in his...
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Walking In January
Memories accumulate, Meandering down Squelchy muddy trails Where naked branches Rise and fall, They speak freely To me of the past Through realms Of...
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Border Crossing
These night-time walks/have a certain aura, a certain smell/invite certain metaphors
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He's Left These Woods
He’s left these woods, Mr Pip slipped quietly through a gap. A quick look back then gone between the trees. Fifteen years ago I held him on my lap as...
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The Ecumenical Atheist
No layers of meaning here. Image made with PD elements by Author at canva.com.
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 10
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No one has given me a hard time for weeks. School feels totally different to me now. A few weeks ago I would worry about being picked on by Kim and...
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aMeRIca?
What was heartland is ravaged, The cities are all savage And workers can’t get by on pay. The new thing’s just in, Pulled fresh out the bin, With a...
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ORDEAL
you're not a heel you treat for meal your chance to steal perhaps a feel her clothes may peel perhaps she'll kneel and do the deal until you reel...
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The Video Game Crash Of 1983
Something happened forty years ago that hurt the video game industry tremendously. The video game crash of 1983. Because there were so many video...
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IQRA (Read, Educate Yourself)
Photograph is by Twitter/@ZohalAzra No known copyright issues. IQRA is allegedly the first word revealed to Mohammad by God. It has the same arabic root letters as Qu'ran, the book.
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The Enchanted Child
The Enchanted Child By Paul McCann Across the bridge an enchantment glows All around the pearly gates To capture the child who came to dance where...
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The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach by A.N.Muggins
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(Based on events during the Mudbath excursion near Marmaris in Turkey of May 2022) Written 18/7/22 The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach, in the...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 8
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I am not sure when it started, or how. They are all laughing. Piercing my brain with their high pitch screeching and screaming. Out of the corner of...
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The ant and the grasshopper - an updated fable
One summer’s day, a grasshopper was working in the field, gathering food for the winter. When he had filled a barrow full, he was called over by the...
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New Year encounter
A young man once asked Buddha to explain the essence of the Teaching. “If you cling, you are bound. If you do not cling, you are free,” Buddha...
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MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs
Let me bring up something That is certain to confuse We've all heard the expression We must mind our Ps and Qs It means to watch your manners But...
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2023
Last night we said goodbye to 2022. Out with the old and in with the new. The new year is here at last. 2022 is a thing of the past. I hope that 2023...
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Are they a danger? And yes, potentially. We are defenceless if they meant us harm, any moment they might reveal themselves. It can be at any time but...
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Guaranteed Hope
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] King Jesus holds out hope that’s guaranteed by God: when sliding on a slippery slope, listen to loving Word...
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It Is True.
A month ago, I did a test with a colleague at work, we said a word, that we would not normally say, in a conversation, then looked on our phones...
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