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By Chelsea.Anne on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

My shoes think they're anorexic So when my feet feel heavy I take them off Carry them up the stairs And let them watch the city I'll leave them there...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

The TV is shit

By valiswaverider on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

We are ambulance chasing lawyers for you Have you had a prat fall at work or in the street? Well here is your chance to make big money for us. We are...
Humour
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Devil Coming After

By God'sPoeticChild on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

Started off with a bit of happiness later on it became depression of moments with a little suicide actions. Who ever thought a girl so laughable and...
Poem
Certificate 18

WHEN THE MOON WAS KING

By moonphish on Tue, 06 Aug 2013

years ago, the earth, it seems revolved around the moon the earth would play the fiddle while the moon would call the tune . the moons had seas with...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

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Dead Letters: "The Fire"

Posted by SoulFire77 on Mon, 30 Mar 2026

Filed by Fletcher Moody — Literary Correspondent I was sent to Eldon, Missouri, in November 1953, to cover a bonfire. The Parent-Teacher Council of Eldon had voted, by a margin I was told was comfortable, to collect and publicly burn a selection of comic books, paperback novels, and other materials deemed — the word used in the press release was "injurious" — to the moral development of children. This was not unusual. Dozens of towns across the...

Edna O’Brien (1962) The Lonely Girls. Edna O’Brien (1964) Girls in Their Married Bliss.

Posted by celticman on Sun, 29 Mar 2026

Edna O’Brien (1962) The Lonely Girls. Edna O’Brien (1964) Girls in Their Married Bliss. Edna O’Brien’s trilogy of books which begins in rural Ireland, moves to Dublin and ends in the less than swinging sixties of London. Kate and Baba against the world. An era of the ‘Angry Young Men’ on stage and screen. But there’s no room for women. Baba steps out of Dublin and into London as easily as she’d change a new jacket at home. Caithleen/Cait/Kate is...

The Past Five Months

Posted by Dark Fox on Sat, 28 Mar 2026

Well where to begin with this tale of my life for the last five months. I guess I should start by saying I am safe and happy most of the time when I don't have to communicate with a certain person. But sharing a child means I have to communicate with him. Lets start with the weekend of November 22nd. I went to a friends house as she lives on her own, her cat looked like he was on his way to kitty heaven. My husband (who I am still married to but...

The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank (2019), BBC Scotland, Directors Barthelemy Francis Corbelet, Yoann Fabrice Le Dantec, Narrator Marc Jennings.

Posted by celticman on Fri, 27 Mar 2026

The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank (2019), BBC Scotland, Directors Barthelemy Francis Corbelet, Yoann Fabrice Le Dantec, Narrator Marc Jennings. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00051z7/the-singer-story-made-in-clydebank I’m old enough to remember Singers. All that’s left is some red brickwork and the original staircase that leads up to Kilbowie Road. All of my partner’s aunts worked in the factory and her sister and her brother-in-law...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 27 Mar 2026

Posted by onemorething: This Week's Story of the Week is Not of God by Alexander Moore - great writing, deeply unsettling, left me wanting to know more. https://www.abctales.com/story/alexander-moore/not-god This Week's Poem of the Week is Ralph's A Steady Carry On. Truth be told, I found it hard to choose between this and the other poem he posted this week - both powerful and beautifully written. You can read them here: https://www.abctales.com...

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