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Quinn and the Moustache

One morning Quinn decided to grow a moustache. There was no reason for this, it wasn’t Movember and he had no friends or idols on which to model his...
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Poem of the week

4 Group, RAF Bomber Command

Poetry Monthly - Out of the blue Not much of a tribute really, but...

The Artist

Rapunzel hair For mummy Eyebrows mummy She paints On kitchen rolls Purple felt and rouge Age 3 Aspirations: variable Artist today
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Grimms65

Angela’s eyes are splintered with not sleeping, she lies scrunched like a question mark at the bottom of the bed, blankets tight around her shoulders...

Sphinx is not beautiful Ha! Ha!

When I was going to Egypt by plane, People said that the Sphinx was as beautiful as rose, I thought they were insane, As it did not even have a nose!
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Pick of the Month

The Green and White Dress

“Make me a dress for the upcoming gala.” This is Lady Mirithmae. She comes sweeping into my shop, with her gossamer train swishing behind her, her...

Lenny Mass's Branhal School Diary - Tuesday 2 December

Tuesday 2 December: Nettie wasn't covered in chickenpox today. She told me on the bus that it disappeared last night as quickly as it appeared...

The Hole Truth

Frantically, Theresa May clung onto the edge of the large, deep hole with defence secretary Michael Fallon. "What is this big hole, Michael?", she...

A final hurrah

This old girl is more knickers than fur coats Three cheers for the old girl Hip hip hoorah for the dear old girl She might be on her last legs But...

Mudbath (Part 5)

30 th August, he finally wrapped up his digging at the City Hall in Reno. He found that a painter by the name of Rolf Schneider from Sacramento died...
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A Tree Falls in a Forest, Who Hears It?

A concept that has defeated philosophers down through the ages. Man and his place in the universe, are we the peak of existence or just the servants...
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My Neighbour the Alcoholic

My neighbour, the alcoholic Knows everything but remembers little She eats good food, pickles it herself She won’t let anyone see inside Privacy...
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The Three Princesses

Once a queen gave birth to three baby girls but though they were each as beautiful as an August day, one could not hear and one could not see and one...

How Far

How Far P K Routray Ahead lies the infinity crafted by the divinity in any sphere you foresee at its end point you can never be. Hence look back and...
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Boatman's dream 14

Saturday morning on the wharf

The Middleman Lottery System (A type of pyramid scheme)

1. Members of the Middleman Lottery club buy books of lottery tickets from it. (For example, a book of 100 tickets costing 50 pence each, in other...

Conned 2 - part 3

The men who were going to install my thermodynamic machine had to come from Essex, which is the headquarters of the company, and the home of most of...

Wallypot McGinty and the Space Potato (of Dooom)

"I am Wallypot McGinty," said Wallypot McGinty. "And you are?"

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