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Not my Land
Autumns chill hangs in the air Mighty oaks are shedding Two cygnets shrinking On dark blue water Red berries still not eaten Omens of winters breath...
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Eleven Plus and Me.
Seeing the GCSE results on the TV today reminded me of an exam I took in 1969. It was the Eleven- plus. I was a bright kid at eight and nine and when...
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Hishtukfut of I
Pen poised to paper. My mind fixated on infinite nothingness until, like a needle of light at the end of an endless tunnel – a tunnel that would take...
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An Honest Answer (Song)
1. With my tongue cut out and my brain removed its a wonderful life; one that can't be improved. 2. With my eyes sown shut and my wrists in chains I'...
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New Year’s Eve, 1999
Hours from the turn of the century, an old man recalls an episode of terrified desperation from his youth.
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pens and paper-chapter 3
Charlie burst through the bathroom door. He paused, big brown eyes widening slightly at the sight before him. I gave him a small smile, some form of...
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Reflective whimsey
(photo 2) Autumn colours in the pond, high blue screens the fish beyond, swimming in the depth below; will the sky soon overflow down the weir,...
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Being Other
Expectation (on multiple levels), preparation, anticipation, expectation (joyful this time) once more. Loss, pain (lots of pain, the physical far...
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Abbey Cat
The woods were always flooded by us. It was a strange valley where the trees would rot whilst standing, growing skywards yet ready to fall. To fail...
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Funny Experiences
Funny Experiences P K Routray Over ages through marriages a girl and a boy are brought under an nuptial knot to be a husband and a wife partners in...
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Drive to a new town
As we drove, my body was pierced by my mind's excitement and anxiousness. The drive was only ten minutes, but I have never been filled with so much...
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Free Time
I may not have some free time And time is an awful waste If this world is measured in time I’m running late If you’re looking for love tonight It’s...
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To the clouds
You, white steam gliding through the Smurf-blue sky soft as milk or a cat's gentle blink. Floating like one long quivering violin note you lag up our...
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Cyborg
She is half womAN ELECTRIC MACHINE; on the surface, skINSIDE, WIRES BLUE AND GREEN; her face is half smiling fleSHINING STEEL; the love in her...
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Chadpocalypse 1:5 - The Most Important Meal of the Day
1:5 The Most Important Meal of the Day When Chad awoke it was to the pounding fury of the hangover to end all hangovers. The first thing he noticed...
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Mother Of The Best
Mother Of The Best - By Paul McCann Mother of the best , you were chosen among all other women on earth . Mother of the best , no greater love , the...
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Healer, Heal Thyself
Once upon a time I thought the world was fixable, I took my big fixing mind and I started to look at where I would fit into the fixing team that was...
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Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down (part8)
‘You will have five minutes to read the paper carefully,’ said Miss Dickerson, ‘then you will have an hour to complete the paper. There will be...
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Eliza
She was the ocean. Blue waves lapping against a face of sand, freckles like sea shells, driftwood brows. He was the beach. He was the seaweed...
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