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How Can We Uncoil This Monster

21 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments stbrians

The monster coils itself in a firm grip.  It squeezes dear life as it has its parts rip.  The victims know the end is inevitable.  Their conditions are irreversible.  Nobody knows when the monster attacks.  Otherwise prevention may be sought in pack...

"Beyond the Veil"

20 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Paddiespoetry

  in fantastical realms beyond the veil,Where magic flows like an endless well,There are worlds beyond our wildest dreams,Where anything is possible, or so it seems. There are forests of silver and seas of gold,Mountains that sing and stories untold....

Not Satisfied.

19 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments stbrians

Dangling on the fence is panicky.  Falling over is tricky.  Do you fall forwards?  Backwards pays no rewards.    At times we find ourselves at a crossroad. The path of choice on the draw board. Take not long to choose.  At your fingertips lies your c...

Where Should Holes Face?

16 Jan 2023 2 minute read 1 comment stbrians

Am disappointed and quite in ire. My soul vexed and about to expire.  How on earth we have holes so many.  Am convinced to face up are many.  Some holes resist to face backwards. There are others struggling to face forwards.  I have encountered many...

The Clock (Fiction)

10 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

The streets were empty. Only a few droplets of rain pouring on my coat while I was enjoying a few moments of silence in a city that never sleeps. Winter is not my favorite season even though in London the temperatures rarely drop below zero. When I w...

Complexities of Time

5 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

  Time, a force so complex, A never-ending flow, that moves on and on. A constant reminder, of all that has passed, And all that is yet to come. It moves forward, never looking back, Unforgiving and unyielding. It leaves its mark, on every moment, Et...

The Jigger In My Toe

2 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments stbrians

It keeps on disturbing Boring deep into my toe It keeps on humiliating Tilling my toe like a hoe I keep on scratching Unable to put shoes on my paw This jigger in my toe The tormentor of my life Try as I can to see This tormentor of my life Am unable...

The Game (Fiction)

2 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

The door opened and all the boys could see, was a myriad of grey and black cats. They must have been in the tens or even hundreds cause you could barely pass the room without stepping on one of their tails. This was the seventh room they were enterin...

Why I May Not Accept Your New Year Wishes

2 Jan 2023 2 minute read 3 comments stbrians

Negating your New Year Wishes with force. Not me, wish me not on my face. Many days you were so mum. Greetings were either nil or minimum. Even in sickness you never have me Sought. Happy birthday wishes I received nought. Come New Year,  and here yo...

Gallantly Entering 2023 Loaded Like A Time Bomb

1 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment stbrians

Am loaded like a time bomb.  With goods enough to make a boom.  My brain is packed full like a flooded river.  To the banks am bursting to flow over.  Burbles boil menacingly out to pour.  Controlling am unable by the hour.  Give me way, I mean,  str...