Inspiration point (IP)
The first Inspiration Point for this year is : Stirring. Who or what is stirring, and where? What is the cause? What are the effects?
I look forward to reading what you post, and wish you a Wonderful 2026!
Inspiration point
Rain
Does rain fall like tears of rage? Or hailstones most crystal clear? Giving salvation from starvation, While some struggle storm in fear? Cloudburst...
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After the Rain

A poem from my archives.
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Rain on Red Earth

I was revising older poems, so posting this now under Inspiration point as a good place. Sleep out: an outside bedroom on a veranda - I've slept in a few. Iron roof: The traditional corrugated metal, cools quicker at night. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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So glad you made it

She takes the rubber duck out of the basket, places the plastic animal on the tray and walks to the back of the restaurant. Once she is seated, she...
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Familiar Faces

She hadn’t lived there for very long, just over a year and it was all so different to what she’d known. It was a new beginning. A glistening...
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