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Hart's Tongue Fern in March 2020
Fibrous rooted, undivided fronds, compressed into coal that powered a globe. W avy outline of a deer’s tongue, wound-healing absorber of heavy metals...
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Coronavirus Chronicles: The business owner
So that's what shattered dreams sound like. At the click of a button, my dreams were all but over. A quiet death, rather than a dramatic twist of...
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An outpouring of emotion
We were recently married, six years of love evolving into an eternally binding contract. What a beautiful ceremony; what an unforgettable day. An...
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Reading
Mothers are supposed to love their children. So why does mine hate me? Dad says she doesn’t. But I heard her. “I hate him! I can’t bear the sight of...
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Come and Join the Fun...
Life writing, so some of it might be true. In any event, move along, nothing to see here... Image is in the public domain. It's where I worked at the time...
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Elephant
ARTWORK: 2 of 4 from the ‘Play’ series, sketch in progress for ‘All The Pretty Ones Are’ Exhibition at State Theatre Centre, Perth, 2011. #...
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The Bountiful
I always liked Calvin, everybody on the ship did. He was tall and slender, shiny black hair and a big toothy grin that made you think he looked too...
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An Ill Wind
Given everything that is going on at the moment, it was sort of inevitable that my undertakers would become involved at some point!
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Song to the self
Not sure this has a psalmic musical quality, but never mind.
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In Purdah
Another attempt at the I.P.
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I Appreciate The Daisies
Sly Spring has come while we were too preoccupied to notice. Who signed off on this season change? It’s not what the doctor ordered. But when gold...
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Virus
I miss the children’s gentle song, Of playing with friends on the lawn. Every one of us indoor bound, As new cases continuously found. Through the...
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Here Be Dragons
To the bottom of the sea.
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The Eternity Garden
The garden is peaceful, serene. I live here. I belong here. There are tall trees growing nearly up to the sky, and everywhere I look there are...
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Powerhousing IV
Another in occasional series. Image is by Adrian Smith used under CC2.0 AA licence
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The Story Book. Part Two.
We are all in the same Book (Boat). Some got off at chapter fifteen, we made it to the next Page. Chapter Sixteen. x
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The Story Book.
I remember in my teens and early twenty’s I often had lots of dreams, silly nightmares, you may have had them too; I remember dreaming I was falling...
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The Red Death Comes Calling
“In your face, Coronavirus.” Poe’s eerie villain, “The Mask of Red Death” has come calling. We are susceptible to its ravishes, like everyone else on...
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Self First Self Last
All I wanted was just one item at the shops and all I saw was senseless hoarding and selfish behaviour.
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Ash Trees
I did post this last Saturday for the Inspiration Point, but then took it down after about ten minutes as I felt uncomfortable with some of it. So I have chopped some parts and extended others.
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