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1 June 2013

Creationism in Schools by Les Bush

It is true, I hear, in America, I fear, that in certain States there is a push to teach “Creationism” in schools. Some say, "Oh, No!"; I say, "Yes, Yes". It bends the defines of ...

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31 May 2013

The Necromancer by Josephine Ranes

There are bells around my ankles So you can hear the sound. I trace a line in the cheek of a dead man That was begging to be found. One step is for his ...

josephine ranes

30 May 2013

Our Beliefs by Josephine Ranes

The world says we are strangers But I’m really not so sure. The example left by my ancestors Left us feeling a bit insecure. A cross hung up on a grave I kneel upon the ...

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29 May 2013

Fighting by Josephine Ranes

Falling rain keeps me from thinking. I try to separate the past. Forgiveness comes in waves of hate I tell them they can kiss my ass. Forlorn, I walk down the road alone To fight ...

josephine ranes

28 May 2013

The Vagrant by Danny Kemp

She sat in a doorway watching life pass her by, She wore a smile but wanted to cry. She had lost her child, her husband and home, Now she was living life all ...

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28 May 2013

Absconding by Josephine Ranes

If you said I was as beautiful as this flower I’ve plucked from the earth to kill, Would you think I was a monster? Or amazingly beautiful still? I haven’t the patience for infinity I ...

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25 May 2013

Obfuscate by Josephine Ranes

A feather plucked from the tree of hope Left me wondering about the past. Do I live within the circumstances Or forgive them at last? I put the feather in my pocket Took a very ...

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24 May 2013

Gypsy by Josephine Ranes

I began running from the wind Then decided I would fly. Took the truth from a man But he would rather lie. Fell in love with a martyr That didn’t know how to trust. I smelled ...

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23 May 2013

I wish I didn't love you by Josephine Ranes

I would chase rainbows In the dark. Run from a storm, Hide in a park. I’d cry tears Until I died. Fall off a cliff, Until I flied. Walk over coals If it would help. Swim to Mars, To find kelp. Force ...

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22 May 2013

Electrons in Space by Les Bush

Heaven? Hell? I believe, not No hollow shell this ingot Opportunity Gold Call it Life Neither bought nor sold Fair share of strife Balance on tightrope Optimism and pain Despair and hope So much to gain Live for today Cherish the past Future will ...

21 May 2013

History is Poetry by Les Bush

What is History without Myth, Myth without Poetry? We see what we see, we understand what we can. We hypothesise, fantasise on what might have been - even those who report to have seen, their accounts are ...

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20 May 2013

Fun with Moo by Nan Lundeen

M.E. Corey Brown, who is writing a series of fantasy novels, says, "Storytelling is one of my greatest pleasures." When, at age 10, she had devoured all the books in ...

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20 May 2013

It's a sad life Mum! by Danny Kemp

I am eleven today. Yesterday I was only ten but today is my birthday, and I will be eleven years of age. Mum said that I’ll be entering another, life-stage. ...

danny kemp

20 May 2013

Tomb of the Unknown by Josephine Ranes

Viscous and thermal in design Black in temper and form. Shadowed by a vicious attack Spawned out of the storm. The aftermath was freedom But forsaken she didn’t believe. She thought she could trust the man But ...

josephine ranes

19 May 2013

Never Take Them To Bed by Josephine Ranes

Have you ever seen a drifter That knew exactly where he was going? Looked at a photograph But didn’t know what it was showing? Fallen desperately in love To find out it was wrong? Taken a ...

josephine ranes

18 May 2013

The Aisle Wanderer's Blues by Les Bush and Josephine Ranes

We are strangers, you and I, We might meet at the door. Did you pause, let me pass by? Doesn't happen much, any more. I have done them all, big and small, from North to ...

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17 May 2013

War and Poverty by Les Bush

War, Poverty, War and Poverty: War is Poverty, Poverty, a weapon of War, of Mass Control; vested interests, bloated stomachs: too much, too little. Poverty, War: Poverty is an act of War; created and maintained to serve the self-selected Few. War, defence ...

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16 May 2013

The Bitch Has To Go by Les Bush

“The Bitch has to go!” You angrily proclaim. “The Bitch MUST go, only one of us must remain.” “The Bitch (as you so phrase) stays!”, I angrily say. “That Bitch, my Mistress has long helped me ...

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15 May 2013

Watching, Waiting by Les Bush

I am watching, waiting for what, or who: Godot? How time flies. Frustrating that so much had passed, so little has been achieved, or am I mistaken? Can’t see the woods for the trees? How can ...

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14 May 2013

Erotica, Neurotica by Les Bush

Erotica is a gainful legitimate form of Art and human expression; it does it carries within it, at heart, the seeds of it’s own demise. I detest the term “porn”; it is lazy, disdainful and ill informed. Call ...

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13 May 2013

A Drop in Eternity by Les Bush

It never happened. It’s only a dream, a nightmare. I will wake up, stifle a scream. 27 years is a drop in eternity. It’s nearly half my life: to live with a woman; a friend, a lover, ...

les bush

13 May 2013

(Peach of a speech) A Play On Words by Danny Kemp

An event advertised as: The Selling Of The Written Word. Scene: We are at the lecture and speech of the self-professed best-selling author NQTTT, also known Mr Thinks He Knows It ...

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12 May 2013

The Wine Bar by Les Bush

Part One (Thursday Evening) The elements are here: music, cigarette smoke and alcohol; the population is transitory, the conversation desultory; the mirrors on the wall give reflections of the bar, transposing the customers' faces ...

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11 May 2013

Genuine by Les Bush

“The genuine article!” How many times have you heard the phrase? Images of perfection cloud your brain? A derisive laugh? A sneering “oh, yeah!”. Words mean nothing! Just a distraction. “The genuine article”, deserves ...

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