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Blindingly Obvious

“Blindingly Obvious” Sandra loved her hairdressing job and a good gossip with her colleagues, but sometimes she felt she wanted to run away. She...
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first day in senior school

Rain heavy air, clear, fresh colours drenched. I walk through clinging grasses like hands welcoming. Summer condensing on twig ends in rowan berries...
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The Dandelion

Hopes and dreams Hopes and dreams Dry pale and windswept My place amongst the tree roots Burying my roots through stony ground Earths tether holds me...
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The Wild Service Tree

Once upon a time there was a garden where no bird dared to twitter, no flower dared to bloom and no child dared to play. Infact not even the sun...
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here be dragons

I always end up in the pub no one else drinks in, where a hot water tap in the toilet is regarded as a needless luxury, only poofs and people that...
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Tranquillity In Torment | Torment In Tranquillity

The familiar, painfully upbeat tringaling of the bell rang out as Martin exited the cafe. Usually this sound made him physically cringe, his...
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Taking Umbrage With a Sentence

Mise en scène: Dafne, delighted at first scan, Sees the error after to print it's gone. George, helplessly in love yet not in candour, Calms her with...

The Mirage

Star Sargeant Mann entered the ruined Alien city with his co-pilots Lieutenant Zena and Dr Donna. Far behind him he had left their crashed...

Sonnet

Thine tongue spins candy floss In thine absence of a moment A lifetime seems lost I seek no anointment For Thine caresses art mine gloss Thy husband...

Eagle Beagle

There once was a beagle who flew like an eagle by flapping his floppy long ears. He'd swoop down like a bat and would bark so loud that all of the...

The Crown Of Gilda

There was once a poor husband and wife, named Rothbert and Gilda who lived in a small cottage at the edge of a forest and one day, while she was out...
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Fading

On a plane with your memory Fading away from me Over the next mountain I might forget your skin And its touch, and the way We’d touch feet beneath...

Inertia

Experience trapped in a box, Memories motioning in a bid To break free, silence milling In the deafening darkness Like crabs trying to crawl To the...
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One for the road

A quiet moment
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All Smoke And No Mirrors

My dad looked, not unlike a classical sculpture, roman nose, hollow cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, tanned skin, close wavy hair. He was sporty, he could...
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Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down (part 7)

Jack glanced at the window, it was dark now and their meal was finished, his heart sank, he knew it must be late but he didn't dare check the time on...

Reaching

(photo 1) A stricken tree, its bones survive – grey, honed they reach, and taper high to poke the blue, like twisting roots upon the sky.

La Sota De Copas

As meta as meta can be... Several edits Sept 21, 2020. Image source: https://www.tarot.es/wiki-tarot/significado-de-la-sota-de-copas-en-el-tarot Revisited today because the meaning of the Knave of Cups in tarot is good news...

Tanka

If you go down the rabbit hole No adventure or Elixir Awaiting you is a mole. Oh what a bore!

Particulate Pollution (Haiku)

Minute yet Traces of soot left en masse Of particles separate

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