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Maria and the Bellasis Family 23

I have had another instalment from Edward Bellasis about Cardinal Newman’s hymns. Dear Miss Bowring, Thank you for your kind words about my last...
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Disenchantment Epilogue

Disenchantment: Epilogue Ares awoke. After several decades of sleep, he was free again. Zeus had not taken kindly to the last time he had waged war,...

Wifey / Vixen

If I can't be Wifey I'll be Vixen Best glory hole you've stuck your dicks in Seduce your man, that's where I get my kicks in Tearful temptress...

Beauty of Nature

The morning breeze caresses my skin I'm Smiling as the scent of grass Enters my nostrils Oh the pleasure of early morning Fresh air thrills Birds...
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The Prank

A man made a mistake when he placed a personal ad. The outcome of the situation was painful and it was sad. A beautiful woman answered his ad and he...
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Bronte's Inferno VIII (Girt!)

Girt? You'll have to read it to find out. Image is CC by SA 3.0 source wikipedia.org.
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Poem of the week

Lady Danube

A photograph of a green wooden hut beside a river. But the river is none other than the River Danube (known locally as the Dunav / Дунав) taken on my phone a few days ago from near the town of Svishtov in Bulgaria, approximately 80 kms from where I live. I love watching rivers flow by but the might of the Danube (the second longest in Europe, after the Don) is extraordinary. Its beauty and the folklore and mythology that accompany it compelled me to write this poem.
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Roam with me to the footbridge by the ford

A short walk from the ruined castle half-way up the hill (– the rain had stopped!) up the lane to Hanway common on the Aymestry ridge ; (cows lean...
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Verdin, desert and thorn.

Poem about the tiny Verdin who nests in thorny thickets, written for Top Tweet Tuesday on Twitter. The verdin rests upon the branch of a sun's ray,...
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THIRTY YEARS YOUNG

When I got back to Frankfurt after the Christmas holidays, I sat down at my desk – only the second piece of flat-pack furniture I’d ever assembled,...
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The Ghost House (Chapter 4)

We were into late January now, and it was still cold, although the snow had gone and had turned to slush. I remember when I was six, I trudged to...

Gold Brick

My cousin visited me last year and he is a loafer. He took my only bedroom and I slept on the sofa. He said he'd look for a job if his car didn't...

Tearoom Times

In shops and cafes, I've noticed a conversational pre-occupation with healthcare issues. Where once chatter about holidays, work, pets and children...
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Bronte's Inferno VII (Art for Art's Sake)

Nothing much happens, except The Author gets drunk and nearly into a fight... Image made by me...
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The Wishing Tree (of Glastonbury Tor)

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/the-wishing-tree-mp3 The Wishing Tree (of Glastonbury Tor) Thoughts float like Cumulus clouds,...
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Rogation Sunday’s Here Again!

Eric was new to the parish, but had found everyone friendly so far, and was regularly being dragged to some event or other by one of his new...
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Supervillain Scheme No. 122 (Part 2)

...the story continued. It was the day of the supervillains’ descent onto Planet Earth, and superheroes had their hands full, just as planned. The...
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Supervillain Scheme No. 122 (Part 1)

The Planet Earth had just narrowly escaped certain destruction for the 121st time. This time, near-devastation was at the hands of a supervillain...

Heron

So many, by now, have passed on, passed on from me. "Well," I murmur almost wordlessly, "shall I speed the process on, me too?" when, so many times,...

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