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Wootton Village
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/wootton-village-mp3 Slate-coloured, sombre skies cast vacuous, apocryphal runes. Carrion crows...
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The Existential Fate of Original Thought
Every day had been the same for so long now. Epicurus sat in his leather backed chair, cradling a glass of scotch, ruminating about life and the arts...
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The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/the-haunted-fort-of-bhangahr The Haunted Fort of Bhangahr I stare out of the tinted window for...
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The Dead Cat
Steve “Stevo” Mason never did like school. At 14 years of age, the rest of his life looked a very long way away. Particularly bright at junior level...
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Eleanor Cross
Eleanor, highborn of Castile, favoured daughter of Ferdinand, beloved, revered Queen to Albion’s powerhouse: The Longshanks. Noble monarch, woman 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...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
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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