• Two Poems

    Dark Thoughts For All Seasons Spring: The Easter Bunny, helping build the obese. Summer: Heat waves, aiding the spread of skin cancer. Autumn: Darker days, bringing with it depression. Winter: Christmas costs; who says Scrooge died long ago? Happy Thoughts For All Seasons Spring: Lambs and fresh flowers; nature reigns eternal. Summer: Glorious sunshine, lifting…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is RADIO. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word RADIO in it somewhere? Here are your SUGARY stories from last week: EDC Writing: Don’t ‘Sugar’ me! Okay, ‘Sweetie’. Ritu: Don’t need no Sugar Daddy! Sugar is my…

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  • Daffodils Part Three

    For part one, please click here. For part two, please click here. I went blank after that. I couldn’t think, speak, move or function in any way. I didn’t want to either. I wanted to die too. I didn’t want to wake up and know you weren’t going to be there any more. But I…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think I’d rather it didn’t taste like Grandma…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – STUDY Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was SPACE. Keith Channing: Space is a place we can see Pharmacologically A virtual anthill Coming out of a pill…

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  • Bullies

    So quiet at the back, No one can see her. If she closes her eyes tight, No one can see her. The bell rings, lessons done, Now they can see her. They wait while she walks past, Now they can see her. She runs all the way home, Still they can see her. Their feet…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is SUGAR. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word SUGAR in it somewhere? Here are your LOST stories from last week: EDC Writing: He lost her finding him. Ritu: Have you lost the plot? I lost ‘it’…

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  • Daffodils Part Two

    For part one, please click here. But I didn’t know. You were only ten. You were looking forward to going to the big school in the autumn, to being in the school play and travelling on the Inter City up to London with me and your friend for your birthday treat. You weren’t supposed to…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think I’ll give those a miss…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – SPACE Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was TRUST. Keith Channing: Trust isn’t given, it’s earned Regardless of what you have learned Unless you enthuse Some credence…

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