Tag: Writing
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Barnes of Tombminster
Elaine Barnes looked at the outline of her shadow on the rocks ahead of her. She laughed. “Looks like I’m ridin’ an ‘orse!”. She retied the scarf around her waist and then looked at the steep path ahead of her. Just over the hill was the Church of the Holy Queen, Tombminster’s only – and…
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Wordle: Alchemist’s Way
The Full Moon lights the tor with a silvery glow And as I lean upon my crooked staff I make my way toward the top Along the wild and ragged path The wind swirls around me like enraged phantoms Pushing me forward and backWith loose stones and pebbles Trying to force me off the track…
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A Fraction Out Of Step
I woke early with the usual Sunday morning feel… All was calm, quiet, peaceful – actually quite tranquil The sky was overcast and the morning seemed quite dark And the outside world seemed so very far away I checked the time; 7:48 the clock said When I remembered suddenly that I hadn’t altered the time.…
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Saturnlight
Basking in Saturnlight, the comet finally reaches the closest point to the ringed planet that it ever will do so. The ice crystals and rocky formations glisten in the reflected sunlight, from a sun almost one-and-a-half billion kilometres away. Saturn itself seems to hang low in the flimsy atmosphere the comet has created for itself…
