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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lust

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Perfecting Beguiling SmilesAcross a white linen veiled table, tinted with exotic brass cutleryFour people wait to dine, straightened backs perfecting social refineryKisses exchanged with quickened haste, as an outstretched embrace longingly lingersAgainst a brushing of limbs under draping cloths, interrupted by the waiter's s... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Relationships

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The PromiseYou finally broke the news that dayI bravely tangled to mask my dismayMy intuition so blindly concealedConfirmed my fears, all was revealedMy hopes, our dreams so savagely abruptYour secrets and lies, evasive, corruptWhat happened to our prophesised story?A future filled with dreams of gloryThe promises you made of... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hard times

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Fragile StateDown the path of a dusty lane wayA man sits floored, skin creased and lameCrevices etched into his leathered skinReveal a life so unjust, so grimSun beams upon his useless legs"A sip of cool water", he begsHis dirty stained bed of nailsProminent against the white, chipped tipsHe drags himself away from the heatDo... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Child abuse

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Fragile WingsBehind the weather-board pales, where his screams are muffled criesHe finds solace and protection within the wired fenceIn a garden bed hidden by a shrub and sweet paper wrappersA crushed soul swoops to comfort an outcast with broken wingsA desperate reach for it causes a momentary struggleIt's captured flutterin... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas The importance of books

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A whole new world spills alive when you explore the magic and inventiveness of words displayed against a blank, empty canvas. For those whose life is in constant battle with the elements of financial struggle, parenting issues and social awkwardness, the mere touch of silky embossed covers and pages of print enable a momentar... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Identity

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BACKThe hourly, sleepless train rattles the steel tracks as it races pastIts whistles still fierce, commanding attention from the silent nightThe clock sits on the window sill, not a minute of time has it alludedWarm air gushes out of the kitchen, as it meets the cold of the corridorsChips in tiles remain scarred from clumsy ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: On the fringe

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WhisperingsThrough the common crowds you navigate, rapt in the intensityA familiar speck amongst the magnitude crowdStriving, pursuing a life to no avail; a mere competitor of timeIt moves steadily: stealthily it consumes and envelops youCan you hear the whisperings?A reflected image unravels your futile lifeNothing has been ... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Single mothers reflect on absentee fathers

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For almost two years now, I have claimed the title as a "single mother" ;working full time as a teacher, working part-time in sales, managing domestic and financial affairs and raising two teenage daughters that can be blissful some days and others fraught with frustration and desperation.Sometimes through my own inability to... More..

Relationships & Family > Tips for Marital Happiness Should couples live together before getting married?

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Choosing to live together or deciding to get married first is a personal choice and we are all entitled to make choices. For many couples the idea of waiting to live together after they are married heightens the drama and the romance. The frenzy and energy that goes into planning the ultimate wedding, leaves little thought ab... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A boy I knew

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A Man; a BoyDeep within the comfort, deep within the easeLies a tangling with a past he's trying to unleashAmongst a repertoire of dealings in life's intricaciesIs a love unrecovered, he recalls and reminiscesA family once strong and jointedIs torn and tattered like pieces of a jig sawLaced with airs of grace and poise is a f... More..

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