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Bench, 2 Stones
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Photography by Edward Lee

Photographer Edward Lee shares some of his photos, as well as his musings on them. Fence The railings that surround...
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Wet Field
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The Road Was Full of Mud by Neil Tully

Conleth Ferris tossed a cigarette end to the yard. He coughed, then swallowed the phlegm, imagined the inside of his...
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Three Poems by Nuala Roche

Gyrification There will be time for waiting Enough. Too much Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa watching. Consider the river’s meanders that more and more...
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Fifty-Pence for the Meter, by Jamie Guiney

An abridged version of “Fifty-Pence for the Meter” was broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 as part of their Short Works...
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Isle of Skye
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Half-clouded Sky, by Cassie Smith-Christmas

Rhona started leaving nearly every night after Aonghas was asleep, like she had the night The Silence had begun.  There...
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The Best Farm Stories: Collected

The mission of The Milk House is to introduce readers to those who write on rural subjects, and part of...
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Two Poems by Bernard Pearson

Ardmore Bay Hearts may be harvested at such a place, between the sea and the dishevelled land Where in a...
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Black and White Cat
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The Black and White Cat, by Tom Milburn

There’s a certain point you get to, in middle age or thereabouts, where you start asking yourself questions about times...
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Pig Fire, by Rachel Vigier

The first and only time Lucien roasted a whole pig he had cranked the spit for hours. The pig barn...
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Rabbit on the road
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Three Poems by J. R. Solonche

TO THE RABBIT I KILLED ON THE ROAD THIS MORNING When I am dead as you are dead, struck down...
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horror poems
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Three Poems by Katie O’Sullivan

Ode to Hannibal I was scrolling – wallowing – through the Netflix abyss, Avoiding Mister Darcys, Tall Dark and Handsomes....
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Three poems by rob mclennan

Portrait of a deer To slide, my ruined mouth. An unlocked door. Burlesque: how stars react. At such a thought....
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