New Years Milestones

Life is a long road and there are many milestones to reach on the way .

Football Crazy - A Cinquaine

A Cinquaine poetry structure

His Vault of Dreams

My dreams were in tatters Trampled by deceit. So I locked them away Deep, in the vault of despair. Threw away the key, Vowed, never to re-open. They’d be safe in there

Is Misanthropy a Choice or an Instinct?

Is it ironic to think misanthropy might be rooted in idealism? Musings, thawts, ruminations on the hatred of our fellow man.

Fathers in the Mist

Musings and recollections of my father.

Alpha Males

Ruminations of the types of Alpha Males; who is real, who is a poser.
Cherry

Soiled.

3 Month rainy season spent in Phnom Penh, diazepam, sex tourists, etc.

The Kitchen Cupboards

I promised my wife that i would put some new kitchen cupboards up before Christmas. I let her down, time just seemed to fly be and I never got round to it. So I promised once again to get it done between Christmas and New Year. Down to B&Q early on Saturday morning and bought 2 large wall units and one small one and 5 doors. Assembled them quite easily and put them on the wall on Sunday morning. I was really pleased with myself, the job had...

Deadly Dominoes: Chapter One

My novel/memoir in progress. This is chapter one, starting with my father, who was shot down over Berlin in WWII and spent the final year of the war in a Nazi POW camp. He came home a changed man, and the dominoes would then begin to fall...

Wishes for 2013

Wishes for 2013 P K Routray Many years have come and gone witnessing ecological depletion and destruction. We wish for our fellow human beings prosperity and happiness devoid of sufferings.

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