Tag: story
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Pray The Birds Come
They were doing a bird count in my neck of the woods An annual event at the beginning of Spring If the numbers fall short There will be grave global wide concern From America to the rain forests in the dark of Africa It will upset the very balance of things Putting the world’s equilibrium…
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The Book Of Morbids
No, this isnt a book on Religion It has to do with Edward Lear who wrote A Book of Nonsense about owls and larks nesting in his beard There was also a man with a thin nose who argued with those who thought so that his nose was terribly long and thus they were certainly…
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A Shark Will Still Bite You
Who would have ever thought there’d be books where animals talk Imagine an owl speaking to a pussycat Or a bison with a rat. Foxes and wolves may pretend to be grandma but they never change their hat They may take you safely across the river but you’ll never make it back.
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We’re All Mad Here
The Wonderland of Alice Through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole Where time won’t move It is always tea time at the eternal tea party What o’clock is it when it’s always 6 o’clock? “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! The mad hatter is mad Because hatters became mad From…
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While You Were Sleeping…
It is Autumn Late at night Dead branches begin to move like snakes Bending Twisting Writhing They speak Conspire Hatch plans of mischief Misery Mayhem A fog rolls in thickly to join them covering the entire sky in minutes. There is the distant sound of a lonely howl Of things not of this world Why…
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When You Rather Write Than Marry
Who’s afraid of Rhoda Broughton? Probably nobody. Most likely you have never even heard of her. She was a Welsh novelist from the mid 1800s to early 1900. One of those wonderful spinsters who rather write than marry. A husband tends to clip your wings and discourage creativity. She wrote: “Tales For Christmas Eve.” They…
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Sleepy And Creepy
On All Hallow’s Eve My doors are locked and curtains drawn. All is dark and quiet around me. I light a single oil lamp and sit down to watch a creepy folktale It takes place in the valley of Sleepy Hollow an old Dutch settlement of yore Superstitions and legends abound. It is a tale…
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A Life On Hold
“Time is a hell of a thing. It doesn’t really favor anyone and just simply moves forward with or without us. All things have a beginning and an ending, but time simply just is.” … Jeremy Xplores Jeremy is a Youtuber who explores abandoned houses. In this video he is in the home of a…
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Tales From An Old House
My house is very old Has a history still untold. The owner had died here in his bed A hired woman nursed him until he was dead A love affair kept secret and sadly never to be wed He was the first to occupy this property In charge of those in poverty An early type…
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