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The fat apple I came across an apple tree, which looked like a child’s idea of this type of tree, big red apples and a blue sky; when I realized I do not like Big red apples have a firm and sweet ...

December 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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many opinions A mind askew has many voices in constant conflict within itself and the outer world Some say that only abstract art They are the real thing; the rest is drawing on a blank page Dr...

December 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM

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Regrets Of regrets, I have few but not as many as before I have come to see those who didn't wish for me to be free of my past, as guilty of betrayal I no longer have sleepless nights regret...

December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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The Loser He was lost in a castle with many classrooms Young people studying Latin In the canteen, the professors sat, one of them got up and told a joke, and everyone laughed He knew that he wou...

October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM

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Paradise lost We danced with thieves with murderous intent. The laughter and fun were screams of utter depravity. Did God assassinate the angels as semen ran From fruitless loins. Blood dripped a...

October 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM

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Morning in Paradise The sun warms my face and also the sea in the bay It is not blue anymore silver and white I wonder why we struggle to live long Most of the time, we are in pain prodded by...

October 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM

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the fear The fear that has no name, it is there, churning away for no reason, until today when awake with peace in my heart I used to be angry with myself, which made me disengage With life aroun...

September 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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The consolation It is fascinating to think one day we will be dead not know we ever lived Years will pass in wars and struggles for peace meaningless contracts signed by the powerful We'll no...

September 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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1974 and the Guardian newspaper On a ship, where I was employed, docked In Lisbon, a few days after the Carnation Revolution The air was full of anticipation I took a double-decker bus to the tow...

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September 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM

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give me tenderness and give me teeth

September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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The Guardian A glittering gig for Gaza must have been great for the participants From the middle drawer came stars given a chance to gloriously dress music, dance, and even poetry read dramatic...

September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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Mister Alfred Alfred, the pianist who is also my father although he denies the paternity vehemently, was in Hawaii and played the ukulele with Had little success and returned to Europe. Alfred, t...

September 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM

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What music can do Last night, all night, I listened to music and my heart cried not in sorrow but It flew away and soared in the beauty of the human voice No. I was not there in person, but that...

September 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM

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Morning Sonnet The news this morning was something new Greece has a banana plantation near Mount Olympus, and they are yellower and bigger than bananas from Greenland A British surgeon pleade...

September 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM

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I can assure you Had a dream while sitting at the edge of a hole where they had removed a stone and the mold was soft to the touch that I had died, but also said to myself that Were I dead, I wou...

September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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The last puzzle When the last piece of your life's puzzle finally fits, and you have outgrown the old man who still crave recognition He spends his, what might be his last summer in his den editi...

August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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A Newspaper Once upon a time, the Guardian was a famous newspaper it was democratic, to a certain extent, and readers are invited to give their view, but with moderation and niceness If not, th...

August 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM

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Yugoslavia My first wife and I went on holiday 55 years ago, in Yugoslavia The tourist industry was struggling to find its feet, we stayed in freshly painted barracks, that caused some joke...

August 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM

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Mars, Musk, And Bond Girls Mars is again in the news, and Musk has been silent about going to Mars, perhaps he has found Another planet more suitable to his temperament We read that four women ...

August 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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Who Knocks "Who knocks so quietly on the cloister's port a poor girl from a land afar." We sang that song at school and always made me emotional, I could picture this poor waif seeking shelter ...

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August 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM

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July 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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Pots & Pans We see on the net a dust bowl of horror called Gaza people with remarkable pots and pans begging for food around an open kitchen; the thought is, do they keep the poets and pans so cle...

July 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM

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The Pleasure Remembered. I saw her in a cafe yesterday; years had not been kind to her her hair was matted, her skin was dry, and her lips were a sullen grimace, not quite hiding her miss- coloured...

July 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM

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The fidelity the sin of the flesh, why is it a sin sexuality is a strong and natural desire but often the downfall of the great who lacks respect for lust treats it with a low moral attitude Th...