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A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows Clouds brood under dark skies billowing black as coal dust, hung low, pregnant with rain, thunder rumbles like metal sheets in a...
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Poem of the week

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate They came during the spring near banks of oriental ochre, an amalgam of golden scales, amassed; mighty Yellow River. A brazen sun called...
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Castell Coch (Red Castle)

Castell Coch (Red Castle) The sun shifted on its summer throne as our guide gathered us like sheep, onwards through park, path and trails, pink-...
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Ley Lines

The truth is out there Ley Lines “Alfred Watkins was right, you know.” In hindsight, that’s how it started; my neighbour Joshua Smith and his crazy...
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A Cat, A Leaf and Fresh Fish

Rewritten story A Cat, A Leaf and Fresh Fish The early hours are invariably punctuated by nocturnal sounds; rodent-like scurrying amongst bins,...
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1198 of my comments have received 1212 Great Feedback votes

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Cheers, T. If anyone else

Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024

Cheers, T. If anyone else talked about reading it at 3am I wouldn't take them seriously. With you, on the other hand.. 

 

Appreciate the read and comment. Will catch up with your Iran story soon. 

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There's that lovely rhythm

Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024

There's that lovely rhythm again. I like the way this flows, Rhiannon. Nicely done, as ever. Paul

[Is that intentional the way the title is spelt?]

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Posted in 'A bump of originality'*

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"..Stu looked up, he removed

Posted on Tue, 23 Jan 2024

"..Stu looked up, he removed his napkin from his lap, folded it and placed it on the table as if he’d suddenly been challenged to a duel...."

All caught up again. The exchanges around the dinner table are well done. You are inside the...

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Posted in Parcel for you..Part 16

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"It was a star falling out of

Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024

"It was a star falling out of the sky with comets trailing behind it. Sputniks went off course and experienced gravitational wobbles. The QE2’s sister ship ran aground in Damuir Canal. An invasion of big boats and ocean liners were likewise...

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Posted in Sweaty

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"..was left quite literally

Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2024

"..was left quite literally high and dry
up the mountain road on a dead-end track."

There's a lot of drama in such a short poem, Rhiannon. We do get so attached to our cars, don't we? I enjoyed the ride and was glad of a happy ending...

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Posted in What happened, little car?

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".. a cloud-bellied

Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024

".. a cloud-bellied necromancer..."

 

Such wonderful use of language in evoking a unique atmosphere to celebrate a "pie". Gorgeous. 

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Well I've been to Inverness

Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Well I've been to Inverness so that makes me a third of a real traveller, I guess.

On my tour across the Golden Triangle in India, it was invariably air-conditioned coach excursions each day. There was a young couple with expensive cameras...

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Posted in Only Here for The Poets

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Breathless, dramatic and cool

Posted on Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Breathless, dramatic and cool. Of course.

"As they say, shit roles downhill…" I had a boss that used to use this phrase all the time. It was always a coded warning to make sure you perform. Nice guy..

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Thanks for following it,

Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Thanks for following it, Jacques. It's much appreciated.

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Posted in Enoshima (Part Two of Two)

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Well I've read all 3 parts

Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Well I've read all 3 parts now. Your lilting style and wry humour makes it an effortless reading journey. You make the point that we make assumptions about people and places (almost certainly based on the images we see in the media). My lad...

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