Tag: Writing
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Wordle: Complex Living

From swirling clouds of dust and gas Pulled together to form a mass Hotter and hotter this gas becomes Until nuclear reactions have begun Releasing energy as it grows Yet held together by gravity’s hold Light and heat from the birth of a star Seen across the galaxy both near and far This star now…
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Drifting

Standing still, yet carried along as the water ripples by. Transfixed by the gentle ebb and flow, and hypnotised by the many thousands of sparkles that dance both joyously and chillingly upon the surface. Point after point after point… dip after dip after… Thoughts fade. Reality blurs and merges into a new singularity. Enveloped in…
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Wordle: Neptune’s Fury

Frothy water In the wake of the horse-drawn shell Zigzagging through the vast blue ocean As if trying to stitch the waves together Neptune travels Sense of urgency A shrill wind And an icy chill that begins to singe the extremes Become nothing Neptune holds his trident aloft Peaks pointing towards a turbulent sky And…
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Early Words Wordle: Sweet Dreams

Bananas Wrapped in toffee chocolate That melt in the mouth And run down the chin Mmm… Bells. Calories to burn, bear in mind Almost time to get the exercise in Not today, though, I’ll respectfully decline A time to eat plenty, drink and be merry More bells chime, slip in another course: Profiterole tower Refreshing…
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The boy who talked to photographs

It was 1972. Ben Sandalwood was three years old, with an extremely vivid imagination. He’d wake up screaming at 3.33 every morning due to the monster under his bed, or the lady in the doorway, or the smiling man by the chest of drawers. Hazel, Ben’s mother, always went to comfort him, and gently rocked…