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Rules Are Rules.
A short extract from something much, much longer that i've been working on. Our family have rules. And they’re simple rules. You hurt us and we’ll...
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The experience.
You asked what I learned, In this years? I answered, I learned to defeat the fear I learned to fight with anger, I gather some friends Who will last...
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Dust and Echoes/In the Immediate Distance - Chapter 6 (Part 2)
There was a Savings Plus only a few blocks away from the Banden-Muldoon’s - walking distance since few of the buildings were over a couple of stories...
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Dust and Echoes/In the Immediate Distance - Chapter 6 (Part 1)
The lowest ring of New Denver, the Heirloom, said Loyalty. ‘Old and sentimental’. These people deserve more respect than that. They put in the work...
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Do as I say not as I do
She waited outside the Headmasters office, fidgeting on hard plastic, picking at bitten skin on frayed fingers hiding scuffed toes behind a dog eaten...
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Jobert and Ronathan
Once, a long time ago, a mother had twin sons named Jobert and Ronathan who she loved very dearly and every night she would sing a lullaby to them in...
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Life and Times of a Priestess: Ch.3: New Life In Dalos (Part 4: For The Pleasure Of Soldiers)
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The Priestesses continue to suffer rape by the soldiers, who begin to show signs of relaxation and gratitude. The Priestesses begin to feel safe at least.
Can you guess what I got you for Christmas? (Christmas song)
1. You can't wrap it up in paper, stick it down with sellotape or, with silk ribbons, tie it tightly but no gift can shine as brightly. 2. It's not...
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Wash Me Away
Do you ever just look at the sea And want to walk in? Walk until walking Turns from walking to floating And then floating to sinking Then you're...
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Merry Nickmas [ReWrite]
Hi All, I'm not sure what the rules about plugging publications on the site are, but I'm plugging a publication! Last year I wrote a short story...
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Unweaving the rainbow
When Dawkins shines truth through his prism there is no rainbow; no various colours of belief; no gods of red and blue and green. There is only white...
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Mulanje and the sky
Inspired by a forgotten photo
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Albatross
So I went on this poetry course, and wrote a sonnet to my house. As you do.
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The Shadow
Target acquired, silence essential. I observe the back of the house from here concealed by this bush. I am a master of stealth, and shadows are my...
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Humour - Wasting me foddle dee doddle dee time (nonsense rhyme for Poetry Monthly)
O me Facebook is fun – it is second to none With me flick-a-dee, click-a-dee dido. I post all me pictures of Saffron me puss And me pal Jenny’s...
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The Ghost of Henry Snarkville Walks Worcester By Night
A poem, written for performance, about Worcester and the legacy of the English Civil War.
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Downpour(III:6) The Cavalry
6. The Cavalry Gabriel led them down the winding spiral staircase and into the shop landing. “As I said, you are lucky that he is so close, or you...
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That Bloody Woman
Written for a The Global Cafe Poetry Slam final with the theme of "Idioms and Idiots".
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Last Train To Memphis.
There was something about the old guy sitting at the corner table of Max’s Diner. Something that the owner couldn’t quite put his finger on. He’d...
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Old Crow
Old crow Sits on a fence It has no opinion Waiting for a friend Who’s flying late Probably the fog The bark of a dog Has no fear When you have wings...
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