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Old and Grey
My great grandfather carried on each shoulder Two bales of hay He worked all his life Till he was old and grey And before he died he told me He...
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Hollow
Sweetness clings in the memory
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Gnawing loneliness
Gazing through my barred window at stout bobbing magpie and nut-laden squirrel on the grass Suspect only far-sighted creatures know gnawing loneliness
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The Biggest Splash
Once, a little girl called Amy was having a lovely, warm bubbly bath when suddenly, a duck came waddling up to her bathtub. "Hello", quacked the duck...
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Oh Lord! I am jealous.
Oh, Lord! I am jealous P K Routray At their twilight days of leisure in the evening senior citizens gather together generally in a park close to...
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THE ACCUSER
THE ACCUSER Today, a white plume rises. A flock of storks, embarks on a journey of a pilgrimage to an Arabian desert. The beauty is unbounded Yet...
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The way back
Will all be discovered? sleep disturbed; his plans have recovered – one folly has served to warn him of lures with bite in the bait, now agony...
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Train Times
I ride the train. Away from daily life; from paid labour, from domestic chores, from reality. My book stays on my lap. Too much to see. Once through...
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The Magician's House
Many centuries ago, in a far distant land a magician called Balthavar abducted a beautiful, young princess named Nepthalie and pouring potion upon...
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Paper Gymnasts
Do you remember the cherry blossom scattered on the bedroom floor. Lipstick slogans painted red against the sallow of your skin. A kiss that slips...
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JAM JAR TOMBOLA
JAM JAR TOMBOLA One part sugar, three parts fruits One part zest Pasticcio: a good blend, finesse Outside A Nightingale sings a sweet song For its...
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Inconsequential Events
Inconsequential Events Today I woke up. No chain of events. A diversion from the norm? Exasperation like copper coins Overhead. I bake to forget...
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The Lord Is Kind
The Lord Is Kind P K Routray Man’s pain and pleasure, peace and anger, the attitude of his mind shapes from behind. This beautiful creation from...
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Leaving Upton Park
Sometimes we’d win and we’d all go berserk. But the bubbles have burst since we left Upton Park. Hurst, Peters and Moore, an honest days work...
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Doldrums… Diversion… Delight… Destiny
Jake is bored. Never before has he been this bored, so bored in fact that he is sure that nobody has ever been this bored, nor anywhere close to it,...
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Mother Of Singing
Mother Of Singing - By Paul McCann Mother of singing you sang softly when the day was done . Mother of singing you sang some lullaby’s to your son ...
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Umbra
It is no one’s business but our own In what we do when the light has fled With what secrets that we might have shared When a souls inhibitions are...
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Cop out
Do not adjust your set
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The Hungry Caterpillar
It was certainly uncommon to most museums. Never have the items, precious, been up for sale, starting at a round one-hundred pounds and upwards from...
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Hermitaxia
HERMITAXIA Rhianna waited in line, and noticed a guy, around her age, sitting on a sofa across the bar from her. Out of all the white men in all the...
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