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Deliverance beckons from the godless voice. As memories from another place, another time, dig their claws into the mind. Reminding one of the fragilities of our existence. And to live it to the fullest. Until, at last, it is all blinked away into oblivion.

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2020-11-16

In distant worlds, the land catches flames under thousands of years of strife and tyranny. Legends tell that if the right tune is sung from a place where all can hear, the land will flood in seas of a new beginning. And all wars will come to an end.

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2020-11-15

The old gods of Olympus speak of a mighty dragon with scale blue like the ocean that descended from the clouds. It began to speak. Telling of a great war in the distant future. That when the fires of tyranny erupt, all will be turned to ice.

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2020-11-14

A great deal of religious art was about communicating The Word for a largely illiterate audience. The primacy of The Word came with the Reformation. Before that provided a of the doctrine into something tangible, meaningful, understandable and transformative

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2020-11-14

She wasn't
But highly ritualistic
The fear of not keeping
Her usual routine
Threatened her life

Not because
The supernatural
Would destroy her
But that she
Would destroy
Herself

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2020-11-13

Due to my limited budget, my art collection is in the medium. I am a great fan of I own a few of her works plus her fab wee books on journeys in Italy & Greece. My fav is obvs the last pic which depicts the Russian Revolution 2017 ex

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2020-11-11

Looking into the kitchen corner I see my brothers older self hut his younger self with a punch so hard, the younger self falls, knocked out to the ground. Eyeball falling out I walk out of the door. A car pulls to the side of the house, out comes three clowns. Nefarious

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2020-11-10

Looking for
A storyteller's
Paradise?
will suffice.
Kelpies, Selkies &
The Wee Folk
Across the Scottish
Landscape
Roam about.
Many a tale &
Legend
Beckon
A writer's soul.
The imagination
Is caressed by
Shape-shifting
Water spirits &
A monster in
Loch Ness

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2020-11-10

I was so the night before, I did not sleep well. In the morning my asthma played up so had a wee lie down. Woke up, I’m late! I rushed round to the Gallerie Accademia. There was Paul at the door waiting for me. I got to see all the beloved paintings

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2020-11-09

Legends speak of gods known as the black water deities who rule over the seas and its every traveler with careful eyes. Those who seek a peaceful voyage are guided home. Those with more nefarious intentions are drowned and devoured.

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2020-11-08

The weather is sultry as warm fudge on ice cream, the wind a messenger for baby birds crying in their nests, and my soul is ready to walk along these beautiful distractions w/ you. A w/ our world. 7

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2020-11-08

When the weeping of many victims envelopes the air, the swamp will come alive. As the fog thickens over the murky waters and the jowls of nightmares glisten through the crippling dusk.

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2020-11-07

The dreary realm of Helheim is one filled with monsters at every corner. From giant reptiles to multi-headed ogres to ghost that haunts the stony walls. All serving their half-dead queen. Preparing for the day Ragnarok returns and the undead walk the nine worlds.

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2020-11-06

Sinking deeper into the ice, I get pulled to the surface. Look out the window, houses are swallowed by black lightning. I hold my dog as he growls, the demon enters the room. I am aware he wants to enter my body. Eyes open shadows lurk in the corner.

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2020-11-06

I'll sit patiently on the swing my Nana used to play on and find solace in the fact that our futures move way beyond barriers seen. I'll notice that hopeful shock of green amid browning leaves and bared branches. 4

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2020-11-05

An ult. example of dancing - Tam O’Shanter

“Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn,
That while a lassie she had worn,
In longitude tho' sorely scanty,
It was her best,........
Wi twa pund Scots ('twas a' her riches),
Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches!” Pair Maggie

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2020-11-04

The fiends await the arrival of the treacherous gods. But, for how much longer? As the fingers of the empress itch with war, she prepares her troops among the 9 circles. For when the moment to show her fangs finally comes.

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2020-11-03

Governments feed the media with misinformation and stereotype minority groups, scapegoating them as ‘the problem’. They do this to stay in power. Get rid of the Trump government and change the message - the bigots out.

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2020-11-03