Pick of the day
Better late than never
Posted by Caldwell on Thu, 02 Jan 2025
Every cloud has a silver lining, at least that's what they say,
So though storms may loom, they’ll soon pass away.
Just as in my odd verse, the heavy rain persists,
Like wet weeds, rhymes tangle, yet some order persists.
Story of the week
Mad Dogs and Donkeys
Posted by Turlough on Thu, 02 Jan 2025
The first half of the last twelfth of 2024, described at a rate of one hundred words per day.Read morePoem of the week
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Saltburn.
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Ralph Dartford
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Picks of the Month
The Bus Stop (IP)
Posted by Caldwell on Tue, 12 Nov 2024
At Tottenham’s stop in the bright midday sun,
Two old dames wait, and the bus hasn't come.
One shakes her cane, her patience near snapped,
Mutters "All the world seems so terribly trapped".
"This bus is as late as my Arthur was, bless,
The world’s just a blooming old terrible mess”
But her friend, with a grin and gleam in her eye,
Pats her hand softly and says, “Now, don’t cry!