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Black Holes and Revelations

By marandina on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

Virgin light skimmed a newborn sky, shards shimmered, brokered a diurnal vista, an eternal journey fired once more, beatific beams embarked on their...

Spiritual

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New Amsterdam

By marandina on Wed, 03 Mar 2021

Our electric train glided to a stop, humanity spilled onto waiting platforms, worn stairs signposted sidewalk Heaven, steam rose from polluted Subway...

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Forgotten Souls

By marandina on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

I see you late at night, as daylight’s candle flickers out, empyrean canvas painted black, stars of alabaster speak in hushed tones. Moonlight beams...

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Corinne of the School Disco

By marandina on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

Steve “Stevo” Mason looked at his watch. He was always checking the time like it might go faster through the power of his gaze. He knew the bell was...

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Another wonderfully unique

Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024

Another wonderfully unique tale.

That's why this is our Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations, Itane.

Posted in No escape from reality

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It looks odds on that CGT

Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

It looks odds on that CGT will be aligned with personal rates of taxation at 20/40/45% at the next budget. Probably with immediate effect from 30th October. Landlords are already selling up in droves. Labour in Wales are levying 200% council tax...

Posted in The Bleeding Of Britain and the People (from the Imaginations of Alfred N.Muggins)

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What a brilliantly original

Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024

What a brilliantly original notion - the anthropomorphism of the Devil. You do these philosophical musings so well. Life is rarely black and white and was it ever greyer than attributing human frailties to Satan? Loved this.

Posted in No escape from reality

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Eesh..I've seen images of MRI

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Eesh..I've seen images of MRI scans on the telly. Everyone seems intimidated by them and some folks can't make it all the way through the session. I can only imagine how scary the loud sounds must be. So glad your health issue has been narrowed...

Posted in Can Life Get Better?

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"Do they engage in wistful

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

"Do they engage in wistful reverie as I do.."

You have captured quite a complicated avian picture there, Jenny. The hierarchy of birds. Word pictures skilfully assembled in your poem.

Personally, I rather like corvids. There's...

Posted in Contemplating Crows

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"..and boilers get busy

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

"..and boilers get busy
to make our homes cosy."

You capture the mood of the changing season so reflectively, Rhiannon. Some lovely imagery in here.

Personally, I don't mind the end of summer at all. I adore autumn and winter...

Posted in The earth moves on …

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Thanks for reading, Di. I

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Thanks for reading, Di. I think a lot more needs to more researched on this particular innovation before anyone can pontificate. In the meantime ...we speculate instead :)

[Hope all is well in your beautiful part of the world]

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"The summer imperceptibly is

Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024

"The summer imperceptibly is ending,
our path towards an end is wending..."

That's a thoughtful sweep through the seasons, Rhiannon.

Let's hope the last stanza comes true.

Very nicely done, as always.

Posted in The Seasonal Years …

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"Beneath this canopy of

Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024

"Beneath this canopy of oppression

Suppression, her self-hating cousin"

You have a penchant for using metaphor within nature, Jane. And you do it very well.

Layers within the lines and leaving the reader to arrive at their...

Posted in Forest in the Brain

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I am one of those who listen

Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024

I am one of those who listen to Alfred N.Muggins. He makes a lot of sense.

I see there's a General Strike in Israel now with more calls for a ceasefire with Hamas. I guess there's only so much pain people will endure.

Keep up the...