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A Fairy Tale of New York

By marandina on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

A Fairy Tale of New York Silvery snow fell on unwashed decks, emigres sailing from an emerald isle, huddled masses yearning to breathe, dreaming...
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Saints and Sinners – A Christmas Fable (Part Two of Two)

By marandina on Wed, 15 Dec 2021

Part One at https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/saints-and-sinners-christmas-fa... Saints and Sinners – A Christmas Fable (Part Two of Two) “So...
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Saints and Sinners - A Christmas Fable (Part One of Two)

By marandina on Sun, 12 Dec 2021

Saints and Sinners - A Christmas Fable (Part One of Two) Bill Doherty rocked gently on a bar stool, squinting at bright, neon lights and staring at...
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Lonesome Pines

By marandina on Wed, 01 Dec 2021

For #NationalTreeWeek Lonesome Pines Snow drifts across a vertiginous Sierra Nevada, a land of ice-capped mountains and blue lakes, where vast...
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A Secret Garden

By marandina on Wed, 24 Nov 2021

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/a-secret-garden-mp3 A Secret Garden Sinking sun creeping lower, stalking horizons, rays of...
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"A brambletoad, turbid with

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

"A brambletoad, turbid with siltblood,

now I dreambeetle by moon's waters.."

Wonderful use of language, of course. And soaked in lore and magic.

"I promise

nothing"

...but your poem delivers everything :)

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I should clearly be listening

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

I should clearly be listening to Radio 4 so much more.

Labour are talking about using "grey belt" land to build some of the 1.5m new houses over the next 5 years. So land like disused former petrol stations that have gone to seed. The...

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Thanks, Ewan. This came about

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Thanks, Ewan. This came about from a writing prompt re the offline group I'm in. I saw the story on the news and followed the reaction on SM. Needless to say, there was a lot of vitriol. JSO went on to do the same thing to Taylor Swift's private...

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This poignant and thought

Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024

This poignant and thought provoking tale is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations, Itane!

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"Only polishing it with his

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

"Only polishing it with his beer-stained apron, he was, and holding it up to the light to check for greasy fingerprints and smudges of lipstick."

Some great pen pictures in this Turlough.

And one of my favourite phrases "Rough as a...

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Funnily enough...I watched

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

Funnily enough...I watched the original "Resident Evil" movie again only last night. AI aka "the Red Queen" goes rogue killing everybody. Well it is a Wes Anderson film.

Thankfully your story is a more well-considered albeit along the same...

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"Skylarks trill intensely

Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024

"Skylarks trill intensely above and drop down
into the bracken where presumably they have their hidden nests."

A highly visual and evocative poem. Always a pleasure to join you virtually in a ramble, Rhiannon. I remember the Black...

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Thanks for reading, David.

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

Thanks for reading, David. Aye...we have a new prime minister this morning..And Farage is now an MP at the eighth time of asking.

Here's to change bringing realised hope.

Not sure where we go with the Boris stories now but we'll see...

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It's not like me to be right

Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024

It's not like me to be right twice in the same day. Once is a rarity. I know nuffink, of course. Well according to my OH. 

The bond between Turkey and Bulgaria is clear for all to see from your razor sharp writing. You should consider...

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"..with his darling Jane, his

Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024

"..with his darling Jane, his spouse,
no regrets for Uncle Claus!"

Adroitly done, Rhiannon. Rhythm, rhyming and a good story :)

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