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Mark, his name was. It was Mark. The word is hard to get out, Echoing, as it does, from Caverns of forbidden memory. That sin..

There is a particularly fraught emotion that I feel at times: anticipating a sword stroke that does not come. Instead, I hol..

In the distant, time-misted past, Promethean punishments were the norm. It is important now to recognise the delineation betw..

First steps are tentative, and the little one falls often. But nascent grit is not to be underestimated.

Xenia (Greek: ξενία, xenía, trans. "guest-friendship") is the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, the generosity and..

How sad That I have seen The seeds of you, Sowed in me long ago, By your rough and violent hands Bear bitter fruit, Despoiling..

Sartre, in penning the famous expression ‘Hell is other people’ Was wrong. It most assuredly Resides within us. ..

I had a dream Where everybody had square eyes. It doesn’t sound like much, But it was subtly, And indescribably, Horrific...

Tired of The endless grind Of too fast spinning wheels On unforgiving iron. Showers of incandescent sparks, By the time they h..

Based on a dream