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All Souls Shall Arise

I composed this two nights ago, in response to having heard that a poet friend is now treminally ill. It is still a work in progress. (image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: detail of a painting by John Thomas)
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Fog
When the fog in my city started to smell bad I knew deathes were growing in our bellies They crawled up our throats, and peeked out our nostrils We...
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The Toastmaster General (1)
They say you hit 49 bullseyes out of 50,” Oakshott said. “I did,” I say. “Yet they still let you in.” I acknowledge his point with a smile. “I’m a...
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River Bath

River Bath A coat of dirt or filth of sweat to human health is a threat. Covers it the body of human beings arresting hair follicles’ openings...
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Incarnation - prepared for, and consequences

G od … h uman … I saiah … J oseph … K ing … L ydia
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Alaric's Treasure

(One from my archive) - The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric.
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Victory!
she’s a breath of air she’s a moonlit night she’s a midnight dance she’s a kiss of light! her voice is music her touch is care her spirit sanctity...
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Emerging treasures

Buried seeds bring fields of poppies, wheat, potatoes – which rebound, yielding fields of buried treasure in the autumn, underground! ************...
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More than zero

The bus glides like a spaceship through the alien night. For sure, I should know this area. The sleepy farms, the casual trees, the serious ditches,...
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1:4:6 Johned (Part 1)
Silence. After the brief briefing, Emm didn’t say another word. They just walked sightly ahead of them as they led Lore and Char back through the...
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Parcel for you ......Part 9
Vanessa was perched on the edge of her bed, rifling through the bedside drawer, parting a sea of notebooks, pens, nail polishes, bank statements and...
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Bird Hex Accusation

He was replacing the diverter valve on a boiler, or trying to, as a small dog kept scampering into the tiny bathroom, yap-yapping. A young woman with a crying newborn baby sat in the living room of the flat, shouting for the dog to come back.
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Homeward Bound (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 45)

In which the detectives are at odds, Archibald is protecting his honour (as is Josiah) and Samantha gets some good news, at last!
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Alas! Alas!

Alas! alas! why build your billets for bullets and missiles mixed with medics and mosques mingling …
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A Fascination of Images
The sun warms leaves grappling with whispers of movement filtered through thin willows & I lay on the grass contemplating whether I should mulch...
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I went back to Birmingham

A brutalist and brutal poem. It's my hometown so I can.
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The Man in the Crypt

My brother became obsessed with a statue
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A Girl of Eastern Beauty

I watched the girl in silence, not a single word she spoke.
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Can't Think Of A Title, So Will Leave it Blank.

A woman was shot dead in England this week, age 42. A heavily pregnant woman was stabbed, 5 times in Wales yesterday, she is 29 years old. She does...
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Jack Brown
My great grandfather Frank Brown was miraculously of a handful survivors in the battle of Delville Wood, where the South African infantry was wiped...
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