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Grimms 96
At the top of the Cressie Stairs, just before Angela crosses the road to go to school, she bends away, follows the black train of crows in the sky...
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old sootie and sweep
Plant the old when you’re wild Then at least you’ve been a child Patriarchs that chew the cud Would never think of being so crude Sins living are...
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Grimms 95
Karen isn’t sure how she feels. She looks over the rooftops hoar frost has picked clean of grime and burnished glistening white. Outside the kitchen...
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Grimms 94
Jaz tries to work his way out of the seat and buy a round, but a hand goes on his shoulder and Bri in a voice that merges pity with outrage shouts...
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Grimms 93
Jaz is a different man on the Larne Ferry, a man that now suddenly believes in the hereafter. The crew wear uniforms, blue shirts and grey trousers,...
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Yes, there will be a war, but
Posted on Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Yes, there will be a war, but there maybe little wars first. The outcome is the same. Armageddon. Ares might well be onto something.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment Epilogue
blue sky and little birds, a
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022
blue sky and little birds, a potent mix for poetry.
Read full commentPosted in Verdin, desert and thorn.
weird, but in a good way, if
Posted on Sat, 22 Jan 2022
weird, but in a good way, if that makes sense.
Read full commentPosted in Beavers Fag Break (they mostly come at night, mostly)
seems very realistic.
Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022
seems very realistic.
Read full commentPosted in She Cries
I think you've nailed down
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
I think you've nailed down this nature stuff, Jenny. You've even added a ghostly Queen Victoria!
Read full commentPosted in Burnham Beeches
time doesn't touch the stars.
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
time doesn't touch the stars. Only us.
Read full commentPosted in Fading of Legends
nothng is secret nowdays or
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
nothng is secret nowdays or themdays either.
Read full commentPosted in Bronte's Inferno II (The Mysterious Mr Mitie)
doesn't seem much of a sin,
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
doesn't seem much of a sin, overextending and borrowing money. But obediance, well, that can get stretched out of shape, like most things. And can be used for an ego-trip. I'd guess both here.
Read full commentPosted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 21
[C]ounty Fermagh. Seamus came
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
[C]ounty Fermagh. Seamus came from a long line of farmers, but he's a shepherd. I get that. But can be a bit confusing. I'd look at that again, how to word it differently so it is clearer.
courtyard that housed all kinds of rural machines...
Read full commentPosted in How I Came to Meet Eric
these issues take centuries
Posted on Sat, 08 Jan 2022
these issues take centuries to decide. Belfast, by default, is the safest place to be.
Read full commentPosted in Apples of democracy.
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