Tag: Writing
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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…
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Time of Magic
Silvery snowflakes And orbs of many colours Add to the magic Magical music And a festival of lights Show it’s nearly time
