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The Fox and the Siamese
Life can be pure magic sometimes. The Fox and the Siamese Another rocket hit a building, a mushroom cloud billowing across my television screen,...
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A Move to Bleadon Hill
A Move to Bleadon Hill Bleak factories billowing smoke, steel towers industrial sentinels amid seas of concrete and glass; all of this now salient -...
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Boris and the Art of the Deal
This is the fifteenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Boris and the Art of the Deal...
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The Body in the Library
Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
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Portal
Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...
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Wonderfully evocative
Posted on Mon, 02 Feb 2026
Wonderfully evocative bringing another time and place to life.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Keep going and congratulations.
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(perhaps even the greatest
Posted on Tue, 03 Feb 2026
(perhaps even the greatest sinner that ever lived?) Possibly harsh.
For all his foibles, I think he pales compared to Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan. The latter is allegedly responsible for up to 40 million deaths!
This reads like one...
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It's a creative analogy that
Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2026
It's a creative analogy that makes an indigestible issue a little easier to digest. I always enjoy your unique sideways glances at the world and how you translate that into words. It's quite a skill.
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That's an atmospheric poem,
Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2026
That's an atmospheric poem, Jenny. I like the link between animals and the changing seasons. There's a rawness in here
[Is there meant to be an exclamation mark after I at "...But I!.."?]
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"Lifting blossom heads
Posted on Sun, 25 Jan 2026
"Lifting blossom heads
towards sunlight.."
That's an optimistic uplifting poem, Penny.
Joyous and full of life.
Beautifully done.
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Some great word play and, as
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Some great word play and, as ever, all done with your trademark rhythm, Rhiannon.
The poem has a beat all of its own.
Very skilfully done.
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What a fascinating journey
Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2026
What a fascinating journey into your family tree, Luigi. Full of colour and intrigue. As you know, I adore history in general although I've never delved into my ancestry. My OH has and it did result in me reconnecting with members of my family I...
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It's a mad world isn't it?
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026
It's a mad world isn't it? Trump spirits away the leader of Venezuela and declares its oil his own. Alfred needs to keep a weather eye on these events and keep reporting.
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It's an intriguing idea -
Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2026
It's an intriguing idea - writing a letter to a younger version of yourself. I enjoyed this exposing yet tender piece. Nicely done, Jenny.
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You capture the darker and
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
You capture the darker and danker side of the seasons with such skill, Rhiannon.
A picture painted so adriotly.
I think we are all hankering for spring by now.
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