Author: Tom
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That’s Not Manchester!
It’s not the Manchester I remember. Right in the city centre is this building. Nicknamed The Needle, it is an impressive 400 metre tall residential complex, holding on each level ten three-floor apartments, although the higher up levels hold fewer apartments as it’s narrower up there. The top apartment penthouse is a four floor pad…
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A Flame From Afar
I see a world inside the flame That flickers ‘tween fact and lore With candles, cliffs and pteradactyls high Above a reflective golden shore Embers flicker as scenes dance Bright and clear as day But beyond that world I see another too As a dream’s memory fades away
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Ankh Another Thing
Not alone When sigils appear Symbols of destiny The hidden hand of opportunity and surreptitious manipulation Or a helping hand of appealing direction and doorways that seem always open Both paths snake over the horizon with intertwining branches Some branches lead through sandy desert and over calm seas Others reach high over mountainous terrains and…
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Gliding the Gauntlet
Have you ever, even for just one second, stopped to consider the perilous life of a snail? Day in, day out, they have to get from where they were to where they are going, literally at a snail’s pace, as the entire universe is in a rush around them. They amble along, in microscopic view…
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Midnight at the Oasis
Well, nearly midnight. Sunset. I’m not sure if there is any place on Earth where the sun sets at midnight, but if there really isn’t, we can pretend there is. Such a relaxing place. Somewhere we can go just for an ahhhhh moment. So, after me… Ahhhhh. And why not.
