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The Flower: A Poem
The Flower She unfolded her petals to the kind sun and gave her colours to the caressing light; and though she was the blessing of the field, with the expenditure of summer her only fortune was to bend down, stripped of livery, to the base dirt.
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The Forest Nun: A Poem
The Forest Nun The hideaway of trees is ample for the one who wishes to sample spiritual nourishment of God. She cares not her wild life is odd to those who pursue city pleasure, and do not make still prayer their leisure; instead she puts knees to the dirt, decided her heart to convert to…
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A Poem (the love of God)
O fierce and captivating love of God, drive the wind like hope leaping through the riot of the temporal realms of mortal blood, go crash the oceans with strong bounding waves and energise where the waters are quiet; dance on grassy hills and sing in the caves, lend solid rock to the old crumbling mountains,…
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The Rose: A poem
The rose I saw you boasting bright red and wished to pluck you from your bed so boldly reached for you; instead of picking you up I fled, for my finger on your thorn bled, ‘the rose is no sweet flower,’ I said.
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My new author website
Just a quick post to say, you can check out my new author website at: http://www.johnsawatts.com And if you sign up to my news letter you’ll receive a free satirical narrative poem (Inscitia), about an inept university student sold into the dubious philosophy of, ‘you have your own truth,’ it’s a decent length poem 40…
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Book review (Fable for the End of the World)
I’ll preface this review by saying I am not into sapphic romances; but if you like stories about lesbian encounters during assassination games then we might have just the book for you! The author (Ava Reid) does a pretty good job of making you want to root for the protagonist(s), given how natural it is…
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A Vow Tested: A short story part 6
Chapter 6 The rest of the journey to Ninidom was smooth and they arrived without further delay or incident. However upon entry, they found the mayor had decreed the city to fast and pray in sackcloth and ashes for three days by demand of a vagabond prophet who claimed for certain shameless sins they were…
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A vow tested: a short story part 5
Chapter Five They entered the secret passageway and heard a click as they did so. They had triggered a foot plate inside that closed the bookcase behind them. Fortuntaly, as they discovered, there was a switch on the wall that would reopen it. They went down the stairs, headed underground, guided by the torchlight through…
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A Vow Tested: A short story part 4
Chapter Four Upon entrance of the Glorious Chub it could be noted the interior did not match up to the attractive quality of the exterior, quite the opposite in fact. The seats were worn with scruffy cushions, the tables were shabby, dirty, and sticky, the carpet was blotchy with an assortment of congealed stains seeming…
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A Vow Tested: short story part 3
Chapter 3 The rain had subsided. She was sitting on the stone wall of the bridge that went across a coursing river, with cover of a garden umbrella for the drizzle that sill persevered after the downpour abated, brushing her magnificent curls. She was clad in slinky (sorceress) robes with a satin shine, true to…
Room for reflection 