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Cherry

Where the 2 rivers meet

Lingering by the lapping Lugg longing to glimpse another flash of Kingfisher blue in the leaning willows fringing and shading the earthy banks, sooty...

A beautiful pain.

Just other day I said goodbye to you. It seems like time never passed us by. It's sad when the guy you know becomes the guy you knew and how we able...

Desire Path

Behind the houses winding; snake-like through forgotten places, The spirit of going, free from taming ideas of arrival A path into haunted woods,...

The Who's Who of Who

Do you know who you are? Haven't a clue And I'm going nowhere Waiting for who If you want to get on You must find out who's who I couldn't care less...

Life

Life P K Routray Whatever I wanted, much I never got, whatever I got, much I never wanted, whatever I got, I never thought, whatever I thought, I...

Sonnet 1

Timeless sleeps find truth beneath the sky, Worries and cares lost among the sheep, None may understand though they try, These are thoughts for only...
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Ch29: Stolen Aug 16th

I sit on the hill watching the water half expecting Ian not to come. The shirt I’m wearing is baggy, my belly is only slightly swollen, but perhaps...

The Portrait - the Play Acts V and the Village again

Act V. Honeymoon visit Place: Sunnyside Cottage, Hunworth, Norfolk Those involved: Jan Day, Headmaster of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, aged 56 his...
Cherry

No Fairy-Tale – This

Once upon a time, found himself in Basra; Royal Engineers – Parachute Squadron.

The Dance of the Animals

Once, a long time ago, a little girl called Rumiyah heard from her old grandmother that, when the moon was full and bright, then all the animals in...
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Chapter one- Part 1- Charlie as narrator

Chapter one Charlie narrates I was at one end of the long table in A&E, hiding behind a computer while looking over my list of overnight...

Chemistry

A chemist in Hackney. I had acne. You, a yeast infection. Oh how we laughed! Ha ha ha.. On reflection I shouldn’t have mentioned that political...

One- Part 1

A thin square of paper, caught under the leg of the bench, fluttered exitedly in the wind as a gust blew past the building. The bench is worn grey...

For All Reasons

When tears arrive sun still shines, and rainbow comes this way. That’s life, stress within a glow -- and we can survive.
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The Craven Mask

Visage gilded to impress throttled spirit in recess dry powder blotting the lines makeup sprucing vital signs permanent pressed death's door clean...

Pick of the world

A writing exercise from my writing class, 'A place we like/don't like' 300 words. I think my favourite place in the whole wide world, and I have...
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The Tale of The Golden Princess

Once the golden princess of the Sun was abducted by her wicked Sister, Snow and Ice and Snow and Ice kept her a prisoner at the bottom of a deep pit...
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Ch28: Stolen Aug 2nd part two and Aug 6th

My hands are throbbing and blood is dripping onto the pier. I’ve torn my skin to shreds digging at the shingle on my ill-fated sign. Picking up bags...

Cup and Ring

“Stop the car,” I said, folding the map. “I thought we were going into Wooler,” said my wife. “I know, but stop here.” So we pulled in on a gravelled...

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