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An unintentional ‘flutter’ (IP)
She had some raffle tickets to raise money for her school, she knew I’d want to help but … her Mum would never win …
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dream water haiku set
(dedicated to my brother Jeremy James Nelson) a pink moon hovers above the bath-house as steam haunts naked beatniks psycho in Hades, Freud chain-...
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Listen
Her tongue is cherry blossom or leaves of autumn flame; her lips are red rose petals; her words, butterfly wings that pounding of your heartbeat;...
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Heaven
On this page a poem’s hidden: Can you see where it is written? Then I’ll reveal it to you So that you can see it too. Heaven is a bit like this. You...
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The $15 Minimum Wage
Some idiots in the US are talking about a 15 minimum wage. As a small business owner, I can tell you that this will definitely kill the small...
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Language of Eye
Language of eye P k routray Since ages with non existence of languages, symbolic expression was mode of communication. with audible forms of sound,...
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Reagan's Last Letter
Reagan's POV Good-bye, world. Some people think this to be a surrender, a cowardly act, but it is quite the contrary. Only the rolling green hills of...
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Parisian Commute
The first train arrives with a sibilant shussh. Swarm. Your reflection And those of your platform opponents Flicker as though caught inside a...
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Mozart, Markets and Myriad Monsters- Munich is invaded by the Krampus
With the dawning of December, Munich put on its Christmas hat, and instantly became magical. Shop windows filled with tinsel and baubles and heavily-...
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Roaming and Reading- ticking one more thing off my Bucket List
I finally fulfil a life-long dream. And it is terrifying.
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Events, Tents and Experiments
A continuation of my Year Abroad adventures.
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Kingdom Never Comes
There are stone wall etches, of bunkum, and tire marks, that gather like sterling hieroglyphs. Overcoming the stem that turns me inside. You swore...
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Finding the Words
My tribute to a great man, and great poet, Seamus Heaney, who died a few days ago on 30th August, and now sleeps in peace beside his brother - tragically killed at just 4 years old.
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The Arsenal Acclimation
Acclimation: “to adapt or become accustomed to a new climate or environment” (Collins English Dictionary). ‘I call it the “Arsenal Acclimation”,’...
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Frail
Flimsy hands grasp the edges wondering if soot, or perhaps, guilt could fill these hapless indents. That I have been so absent of these days, telling...
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You'll Get What You Put in It
Work. Gruesome, painstaking, life-consuming work. That is the only thing I've been doing ever since I made that turn in my life. It deeply...
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three forks
three forks summon up the boxes, it’s moving time again. i hinge my cutlery from a shared drawer, like loose teeth, i never imagined needing anymore...
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Fallacy
Fallacy P K Routray The real communication is heart to heart connection through the eye to eye contact the silent physical gesticular impact with...
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when waiting was sweet
when waiting was sweet i remember when waiting was sweet; when it was about the passing of time ribboned with excitement, gilded with promise. when...
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