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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (2)
Part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-1 Marie Tudor was a single parent who needed to work to make ends meet...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)
Night sounds permeate woods, a nocturnal topography spot-lit silver by a diaphanous moon. Cumulus clouds drift silently, pregnant with seasonal...
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The Fox and the Siamese
Life can be pure magic sometimes. The Fox and the Siamese Another rocket hit a building, a mushroom cloud billowing across my television screen,...
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A Move to Bleadon Hill
A Move to Bleadon Hill Bleak factories billowing smoke, steel towers industrial sentinels amid seas of concrete and glass; all of this now salient -...
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Boris and the Art of the Deal
This is the fifteenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Boris and the Art of the Deal...
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I know nothing at all about
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.
Read full commentPosted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant
"Peace
Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025
"Peace
is a time for little frictions, like wildflowers, messy as Life."
Just perfect.
There's so much inhumanity around at the moment. Not sure I can remember when the world was so messed up as it is now.
Very...
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This charming tale of
Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2025
This charming tale of childhood imagination is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in Dobe Island; My Place in the Sun
Most of us have been there
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024
Most of us have been there but how many have made it back intact?
This wonderful piece is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.
I've added an image to promote your work on social media. Just let me know if you prefer to...
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"Contentment is precious, at
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
"Contentment is precious, at peace, with ‘enough’"
We live in a capitalist society where advertisments everywhere are designed to make you feel inadequate. It takes a long time to work out what's important. 'Having enough' is a great place...
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"...an acknowledged war hero
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
"...an acknowledged war hero and a humble witness all over the world, to the Saviour..."
A fine tribute to somebody I wasn't familiar with it until I read your poem. I looked up her details via the power of Google. It made very interesting...
Read full commentPosted in Remembering Corrie ten Boom
"A billion trillion raindrops
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
"A billion trillion raindrops cling, shimmering to dark grey tracery of beech twigs, each tipped in a fine fawn point, holding the plans for a furl of zingy green to emerge in April and set the woods afizz."
I was right there with you in...
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That's another evocative read
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
That's another evocative read. You capture the splendor and history of the sites you visited adroitly. I would say it's unusual for a group to bond so well like that. The tour I went on in India with about 30 or so other people was marred by many...
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"Is it too late
Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2022
"Is it too late
to find a purpose …
even now?"
Enjoyed the juxtaposition of photos taken years apart. The question asked in the poem is one many ask themselves. Often the answer is no. A thought provoking piece, for sure. Paul
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Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff
Posted on Fri, 23 Sep 2022
Ach...it's all kamikaze stuff. The first moves of the new chancellor does seem to scream "trickle down economics" which, as we already know, doesn't/don't work. We are all party to a huge casino-style gamble with the country's finances. Strap...
Read full commentPosted in The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)
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