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The Oupa and the Sea

By Tom Brown on Sun, 21 Apr 2024

My Afrikaans Grandfather Beer and jokes weekend golf and holidays and practising his swing, they said his drive wasn't so far but it was straight. He...

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The escape artist

By Tom Brown on Fri, 12 Apr 2024

Budgies don't sing but a happily chit-chatter hopping around all the time chatting pleasantly very much like sparrows. A brain as big as half a pea a...

* Silver Spiral Stairway *

By Tom Brown on Thu, 04 Apr 2024

A dweller on the threshold Strange Places Out Patients The Doctor A full force gale Nkosi Bayete! ~ Precious Time Living Alone Private Psychiatric...

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Brutal Honesty

By Tom Brown on Wed, 27 Mar 2024

The staff union president and also my supposedly personal mentor, sat down in my office “I am going to be brutally honest with you”, “Some of your...

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insect photography

Posted on Tue, 26 Nov 2024

My one uncle photographs of insects for some very well respected thick glossy expensive hardcover books, all of it science stuff. Lately he has been studying dung beetles we've got all kinds here. What a strange interest? I haven't seen photos....

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South African

Posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Ja, Inderdaad. Maar ek is nie 'n Engelsman ook nie 'n Duitser nie, ek is 'n Suid Afrikaner! Yebo!

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Two little boys

Posted on Fri, 07 May 2021

Two little boys had two little toys! A favourite it's like me and my brother. Some people just never grow up! Tom

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positive!

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Lovely! What a beuatiful optimistic look on Autumn! Excellent desripitions of nature!

All the best! Tom

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I like the idea

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024

I like the idea of a halloween spirit can't be seen, and is not always evil. The rhyme scheme is is excsellent. I wonder how you did it?

Quite sophisticated Luigi! Good.

Cheers! Tom

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Very positive

Posted on Tue, 29 Oct 2024

Very positive, optimistic, inspiring , "Listen, can you hear it? A symphony formed",, "in a symphony that never ends".

I like all your poems - a lot. Great minds think alike! Still have yet to check up the link.

Keep well! Tom...

Posted in Echoes of the infinite

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me too!

Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024

All the best Jenny! Tom

Posted in Magic Of Youth

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Only been there

Posted on Fri, 25 Oct 2024

Only been there once but this sounds like England for sure! Tom

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If I could

Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024

If I could give my younger self advice, I would say, listen to the advice of older people.

Sure you'll understand. See you Jenny! Tom

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happy thoughts

Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2024

I found it is better thinking about girls who were kind to me, instead of some who were very ugly with me and not even realising it, you might as well not exist.

I have quite a list of women that were good to me, rather think of kindness,...