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Continue reading →: 48. Light Switch: Write about coming out of the dark and seeing the light.As winter fades to dark when the autumn leaves have shed what seems like an age away and the first sign of a hibernation ending show What is the first thing we look for out of the snow? Is it the long light bright fun days The summers filled with…
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Continue reading →: 47. Dirty: Write a poem about getting covered in mud.When the autumn rains came She laid in vain Across the ground As came the rain It covered her in mud As much as it could Making her dirty As any man could wish. Covered in mud Just not in blood Hope that the rains Can wash away the tears…
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Continue reading →: 46. Mirror, Mirror: What if you mirror started talking to you? What might the mirror say?“Could you put some clothes on!?” came the voice of my mirror on the landing. “Hey this is my house Mr mirror I will wear whatever I want or don’t want to wear whenever I want to wear it.” “You always give me that, change the record how are you…
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Continue reading →: 45. Insult: Write about being insulted. How do you feel? Why do you think the other person insulted you?Is is fear? or insecurities on their part the inadequacies they feel When they are in your presence The lack of human love For thy neighbour lacks What could the reason be for when you insult me I feel sorry for you little fool as to think I care what…
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Continue reading →: 44. The sound of SilenceThe silence cuts Like the knife Through the heart While it beats When the streets are empty No one hears the feet While it beats It makes you scream When you wake from a dream Within your head Does the silence mean dead Or Is is just one of those…
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Continue reading →: 1st dark run of the seasonMy alarm woke me from a stuttering slumber at 545am on a surprisingly mild British September morning. Working away from home I had laid out my full running kit across the hotel room towards the door to entice me out of it when the alarm would eventually wake me to…
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Continue reading →: 43. Warehouse – inside of an abandoned warehouse.His mother had always told him to avoid the disused warehouses at the other end of the city. “They are dangerous” That was what she would always say, but she said that about everything from riding your bike to crossing the street. That were her only warnings about the warehouses…
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Continue reading →: What you don’t know- a secret you kept or how it felt when someone kept a secret from you.“You can’t tell anyone” “Why not?! The world needs to know! People deserve to know” “They can’t! If they find out they will panic the world will loose its f**king mind” The Tv in the room suddenly flashes to a live news special. “We interrupt this broadcast with a terrible…
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Continue reading →: 41. Car Keys: Write about someone getting their driver’s license for the first time.The keys were dropped into his open outstretched hand. The cold metal of the key shaft kissed his palm first then followed the butt of the key it’s black wide plastic base that held the lock and unlock buttons on its skin soon joined the metal in his palm. He…
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Continue reading →: 40. Coffee & Tea: Surely you drink one or the other or know someone who does- write about it!Continuation of the shadow story. Chapter 4. Jim was parched in the sun. He stepped inside a coffee shop in the arts district. I waited outside for him because as with most coffee shops in the city the lights were too low to make any shadows so there was no…






