Bet you've given up on this! [I almost did, too]. But I'm going to KDP it when it's done - and I've pulled the loopholes tight and rescued the dangling threads. Image source is Pinterest, but the image is PD... and yes, that is Buster in drag.
No, you'll have to work it out yourselves. image credit Dagmar Hollmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0> , via Wikimedia Commons
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was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...
The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...
I did enjoy the the silence, once it started being filled by wildlife. At the depth of the lock-down a deer was running down Jepson Road - usually a very busy thoroughfare. I hate the noise those buses make really, but when I was young, you might...
Congratulations This is our Poem of the Week August 19th 2022
Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022
This is our poem of the week. Well done.
Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?
Read full commentPosted in The Gift
G) If you read this far, the story must be great
Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2022
Not necessarily. However, the editors read every word of what is posted. It is difficult to root out work which is in contravention of the rules and conditions of the site, if they don't. As you can imagine, sometimes this is less than fun....
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022
Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022
This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.
If you read it, please share and/or retweet it.
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Excellent beginning.
Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022
Loved this
'He smelt like soap and rust'.
You have a typo at 'only to open the wrapping and remembering', you need the same verb form if separating 'open' and 'remember' with...
Read full commentPosted in "Exotic Illnesses" - opening chapter of novel
When my wife
Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022
was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...
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Well done,
Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022
remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.
E x
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I feel like I've
Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022
been on the Marrakesh Express...
Read full commentPosted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road
Been thinking about this one...
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
I confess
Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022
I did enjoy the the silence, once it started being filled by wildlife. At the depth of the lock-down a deer was running down Jepson Road - usually a very busy thoroughfare. I hate the noise those buses make really, but when I was young, you might...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
Welcome back...
Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2022
Although I fail to see what could be more important than keeping us amused.
E x
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