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A Silent Rose
A Silent Rose By Paul McCann I had to stop and take a look and in that moment that I took a silent rose before my eyes peacefully left me mesmerised...
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The Fights On Me

In For The fight And Well Worth Fighting For By Paul McCann Some of us are born with our fists clenched with our guard up while others are on the...
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Side Effects
I don’t see firm breasts no more than I see loose ones and I don’t see a tight ass no more than I see a soft one no all I see is a naked woman maybe...
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Ghigau 27
27. Tuesday 18th Sam Tate sipped her drink at her desk and fanned herself ineffectually with a sheaf of papers. Some clever-dick had told her that...
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Bron-16

Continued from Chapter 15: Bron-15 | ABCtales “Oh, and one more thing, Fred. We’ve got a new trainee shunter starting tonight.” “Get away, Phil! Not...
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Miracles at Asda Haiku
There in the kiosk thirteen abandoned crutches, proof of miracles
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Morning Commute
the mist floats like graceful birdflight swooping over grass and trees and a swirl scatter of dewdrops glisten glisten and hum a resonant drone of...
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Recipe for My Daughter

You'll need the morning I found out - not the fact but the faucet still running, the water hitting the steel basin in that particular pitch that...
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Eva of the Seven Wonders

Originally intended for last week’s Inspiration Point (To keep or not to keep, or something), this piece missed the cut off point because heavy snow and power cuts kept me from completing it.
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Prologue - The Introduction

One night, as Anna is taking the trash out, she stumbles upon a weird machine that she figures is a time-travel machine. She inspects the machine a bit, but when she loses hope in its functionality she abandons it and goes to play PJSK, falling asleep, not realizing she is in for a ride.
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The Light 2
The door opened. There was soft light coming from the door. People started to enter one by one. I could tell that everyone was bald. There were black...
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Above Titley again

14/2/26 A window of dry – get out up a hill, squelching the path thick with mud from the volume of new year rain. Soon at the top, wide views and...
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Where the Heart is?
‘On the wrong side of the tracks ‘ was what came to his mind when Martin looked upwards at the huge granite building looming darkly. The melting snow...
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His Running Top

On the radiator, it sat, folded over neatly, waiting for him to put it on, warm on his skin, before his next run. Now it gathers a layer of dust that...
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Hopeless
Years gone by all the years I gave to you you say one thing and mean another and you just take from me you don't really care but sometimes you say...
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A Bridge, Overlooked

From my window I see a man Stomping across to her, as though Called by the NATION itself. A staggered Ares. With his arse showing. And all the NATION...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (11)

Part 10 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-10 THE WITCH When the rains didn’t come, life was difficult. The...
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Welcome to the New World (with musical accompaniment!)
Re-post. I recently recorded this poem with added music. To listen, follow the link to Spotify at the bottom of the page.
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