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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two

Leads on from: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-two-two The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two I watched as Alice...
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Carols at Midnight

Carols at Midnight Light from a votive candle flickers – candescent, smells of incense permeate the pews. Beyond a prayer book stone floor seems...
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Santa Pause

Santa Pause John Jones hated his name, its mundanity matched only by the inane notion of Christmas. In truth, it hadn’t always been this way. A...
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Christmas Skies

An homage to John Betjeman and inspired by his poem written in 1954 called ‘Christmas’ Christmas Skies Chiming church-bells peal from afar, summoning...

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"Let me escape this phoney

Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2025

"Let me escape this phoney nation, perhaps to Canada where people still seem to know what’s in the real news, or Denmark and Greenland." Maybe sums the States up at the mo. Bizarre beyond words. 

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Put me in mind of "North by

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025

Put me in mind of North by NorthWest with Cary Grant et al. An Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Looking forward to the next instalment. 

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'It was fun looking down at

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025

'It was fun looking down at the wriggley Wye
from the top of the drop – we were way up high..'

A highly visual poem and skilfully done as you have referenced the walk from the child's point of view. We easily forget the mismatch...

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Wonderfully surreal and

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

Wonderfully surreal and suitably wicked.

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

I've added a pic to promote your work on social media. Just let me know of you prefer to use something else.

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Intriguing stuff.

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2025

Intriguing stuff.

There are so many places you could do with this story.

Looking forward to reading more!

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Time to start your own book

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

Time to start your own book podcast, Di :)

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I'll have a look, Di.

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

I'll have a look, Di.

"It was fine mum.." is a reply to "How was the trip?"

I've now italicised semi-wilderness as a signpost so the reference is clearer. 

The cottage is based on a real property on Brean Beach which...

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"Can you die inside a dream?

Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025

"Can you die inside a dream?

And will you be found

inside the layers of a tiger’s bite?"

Supposedly you can. Best not to test the theory.

That's a miasma of thoughts and feelings captured within the lines of this poem...

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It's best not to let

Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2025

It's best not to let Trumpenstein get to you/Alfred. He's a clown masqerading as the US President. He's now threatening Putin with tariffs if no peace deal is reached with Ukraine within 50 days. Of course, the Ruskies just laugh at DT's rhetoric...

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"...a yearning leaves upon

Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025

"...a yearning leaves upon your face
to be out there by weather tossed."

What a beautiful poem and very much written in a classical way.

So skilfully done, Rhiannon. I enjoyed this one, in particular. 

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