The Madonna and the Political Prisoner, Chapter 6
We change viewpoint - the elderly Elizabeth, mother of John, receives Joshua and the two young men debate their mission, dispute in the Temple and argue with each other...
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No Easy Road
A bank holiday drive up from Cornwall in 1974
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The Time Machine of Thorrocks Manor - 8
“I have taken the liberty, sir, of preparing for you two rather fine boiled eggs, crowned and lightly salted, and some buttered toast as I felt that now might be as good a time as any for you to des
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The Enginemen, Chapter 7/2
Peplow has to do without his own engine and fireman. The substitutes manage but what is the effect on Peplow...?
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Intimations of a Woman Looking Up
A prayer for immortality and the enduring human spirit. Read at my dear mother's funeral.
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On Putting the Clocks Back
Today, I saw swans tilt towards the south.
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Global Warming
Dead or dying Gentle on the breeze The sun's warm rays
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I Succumb
The sharpness Of cupid's Unseen arrow Has once more
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Shut My Eyes And Play Along
Glossy magazines litter the coffeetable, all of them plastered with promises of tips on how to be thin and beautiful and fake a way into someone’s affection.
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Love and Lust
Love is holding her Tight, As if to meld Never ever Wanting to Let her go.
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