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Brief Moments To Imagine
Dear diary... living twilight years within brightness of new days is all I need. But oh! To wander once again down adjacent lanes to coastal cliff...
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01.1 The Silverside Club
Seven opulent limousines of all-terrain rolled down the wrought iron gate and several other vans followed. A small crowd gathered on the other side...
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Faith in His Word
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Fear observes the problems sore, and puffs them up to scare. Faith sees opportunities – God’s work in which...
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Business as usual, in grey
As our impotent masters continue profiteering from war, illness, poverty and slaughter, others are experiencing the Great Reawakening. Freed from...
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It’s No Good Saying Goodbye To You
It’s No Good Saying Goodbye To You by Paul McCann . What did I do or what did I say , that made you want to just run away, now that you’re gone, I’ll...
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Unnecessorry
“Oh come on!” I groaned, almost throwing my controller into the floor. 15.2 seconds was close but not close enough, not when I was just a tenth of a...
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Parables of Clippety (10) - The Medical Room
Marni looked as if she were about to cry, she gathered up her handbag and stood up just as another Mexican wave swept across the stadium. She’d only...
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Acceptance
If you look despair up in the dictionary you will be told it means: ‘the complete loss or absence of hope’. Stephanie was desperate. She had just...
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Island Earth
This piece was inspired by a mix of dreams and hope and as we squabble over the planet I decided to look up and gaze at the endless sky....and hope.
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War Again
People out shopping When bombs are dropping Fear is no longer feared Because war is a movie That stepped out from the screen Death comes back to life...
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I Fought Lore
It was quiet. Something queer was afoot. Lore poked their head over the trenches’ lip. Nothing. Their enemy had seemingly taken the day off...
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A Counterintuitive Attack
Leaving was easy. Getting into the enemies camp was the hard part. They made full use of their five minutes of grace time. Char’s grip on Piper had...
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War, peace and social injustice
Nationalism, is a stinking illusion. Unnatural fools!
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On bowel cancer in seventeen syllables
Black blood, red blood, polyps. Constipation. Diarrhoea, Always check yer poo.
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The Palace burned
not a cheery little number - nor fancy for a palace. An edit..
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Home Sweet Home
I have been living on my property forty-five years today. I moved here on February 25, 1977. When I moved on my property, I was only five years old...
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The King of Sulaco
This poem's title is the name of a character from Nostromo by Conrad, but it has nothing at all to do with the novel. I just liked the name. Image is free for non-commercial use from piqsels.com
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Surrender
Within a scene of chaos dipped into a Sunday beach sunset sharing sky with retreating tide an ocean of wrinkles. Silence on the beach and golden...
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