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A tongue-in-cheek doggerel for National Poetry Day - 7/10/2021
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iGlow

iGlow we are but two matches at that time when stars smile a little friction then brightness ignites mayfly glory <on the wing> we become a...
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Art Collecting

Hidden treasures. (Image from pixabay - free, no attribution required)
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From A Dithtanthe!

Rohan is concerned, so India goes to investigate.
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By No-one's Rhetoric

I always write something on National Poetry Day. This is this year's. Image taken by Humphrey Bolton, source: Wikipedia, licence: CC by 2.0
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Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 17

Chapter 11. After having been so forcibly and humiliatingly expelled by McPhearson and his cronies I made my way back to the library, stopping only...

Scriptwriting

If you're writing a farce, Always mention an arse. You'll need a posh lady too. "The salt, please parse". Her husband may say. "Of course" she will...

Excuse Me Was That An Angel?

It took me a long time to learn of someone's true identity...
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Why I Dislike PBS

PBS and CNN are my two least favorite networks. A few years ago, I was channel surfing. When I stopped channel surfing, the channel landed on PBS...

La vie en rose

Image: from Wikipedia Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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No Doggerel

Contains Doggerel.
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Poem of the week

October robin

cold air's become a glitter ball with falling leaves its swirling lights as trees dance round their disco hall in fearful thrill of frosty nights now...
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Autumn Things

Autumn things are not at the beginning, but the winding stream that leads to an end, the clogged up water course filled with the gold of leaves and...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 7

I was quite keen to get to the part of the English convent life of Mother Connolly, so Sister Francis decided that we would go to that now. “I want...
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When the Time Comes

This is for all the gang in Jersey who kicked the proverbial out of it last weekend, as we always do. image under licence Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/94775792 @N00 Daryn Nakhuda
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Disenchantment 42

***** Touching the River Styx had almost felt orgasmic, yet it was much more than some insignificant physical pleasure. The fear that Floyd had felt...
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Light

A poem written about my anxiety and dysphoria and hope!!!!
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Rampton - Chapter 3

John Mitchell sat at the old mahogany desk in his cottage outside Cauld Village, he was working on his latest tale, one very much in the vein of M.R...
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Jam over Toast

I spread my love like jam Over toast without butter Covering the burnt bits Rhubarb and vanilla linger You pick out the pips I jab at crumbs with a...
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Pawns (Part Two)

* * * Two Weeks Earlier The street’s quiet when we arrive ootside ma bit, just a delivery driver drappin aff rolls ootside the coarner shoap further...

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