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Burglar in the Night
The radio alarm woke Matty up in the morning. The announcer was reading the news. "People have disappeared during extraordinary events overnight...
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Half Way House
Well, it is that time of year...
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Night-Mail
The train station - dank; gutters dripping, on Eden-scented moss. Our train rolls off its buttercup-yellow windows, lingering on the black-mushed,...
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Venus

Venus... Early morning luminary, big and bright and beautiful. Venus... Taunts me with her dazzling rays. No star distracts from her lovliness. A...
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Porcelain

Fragile, cracks glued. Repaired often - - broken over and again - repaired. Fragmented crushed and ground down.
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Enjoy It for What It Is
Two nights at the Bristol and Harriet’s wedding when we get back: That’s something to look forward to! Concrete. Satisfaction guaranteed. So here and...
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The Fool's Gold
One day, a fool was burying a bag of gold. He dug a very big and deep hole in the ground with a shovel. But when he turned around to pick up the bag...
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Strange fruit
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These cherrys just ain't easy to get Looks like my stuff don't impress them much yet Maybe lemons perhaps Would suit my mishaps Their high standards...
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Castles in the Air (Poetry Monthly)

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Monday, I suppose
White van man, get a dirtier van, Your reflections are blinding me And the early morning sun Is giving me a wist for my bed Woman in the wolf-...
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Every Third Thursday
Penultimate
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Hell Blog Survey
What percentage of the population of Hell agreed with the following statements? I wish I had never been born. 32% I would rather fade away into total...
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The further adventures of Stan -9
After my disasterous bridge party attempt at seeing if I could get back in the dating game, I decided that there was no point in trying to...
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Wisp
O' small orb of fleeting light, Guiding lost souls in cautionary moonlight, Light my way in this blackest hour, Give my weak soul some dwindling...
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'Go Now'

The Moody Blues blasting out from a cherry red 'Dansette Bermuda'. There we were, my sister's boyfriend, Rob, and me...and Monday's washing dirty-dancing on the line...
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Let’s Break It, Let’s Do It
Let’s break it, let’s do it Let’s tore down the middle You say I chose it There’s no point to settle Let’s break it, let’s do it Let’s run on the...
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The Meteor Problem (1)
I was woken at just after 6.30 one morning by a polite, but firm, knocking on my back door. How strange. It clearly wasn’t Alun’s knock, yet Alun is...
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Praise Jehovah

Praise Jehovah, I'll praise him all the way. I will praise him for the rest of my days. I will praise him until I die and in Heaven as well. When it...
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Who cares?
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Here I sit with my pen in my hand Does the world really know where I stand Do people care what I write Do they exclaim with delight Is my work by the...
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One November Night (Seasonal Rhyme)
As I was going for a walk, one cold November night, I saw the ghost of old Guy Fawkes, he gave me such a fright. But he told me "Please, have no fear...
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