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Fiction writer of contemporary, paranormal and crime.

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The Horse by Ronald Duncan

31st July 2021 by MJC 2 Comments

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined. He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity.There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent;there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient. England’s past has been borne … [Read more...]

Hysteria – A Prose Poem by T.S. Eliot

14th November 2019 by MJC 2 Comments

As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars with a talent for squad-drill. I was drawn in by short gasps, inhaled at each momentary recovery, lost finally in the dark caverns of her throat, bruised by the ripple of unseen muscles. An elderly waiter with trembling hands was hurriedly spreading a … [Read more...]

From: The Princess by Alfred Tennyson

6th April 2019 by MJC Leave a Comment

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.The firefly wakens; waken thou with me.    Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.    Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,And all thy heart lies open unto … [Read more...]

Meeting at Night by Robert Browning

31st March 2019 by MJC Leave a Comment

The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.  Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap at the pane, the … [Read more...]

The Lily by William Blake

21st August 2018 by MJC Leave a Comment

William Blake   The Lily The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat’ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. Source: Song of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake … [Read more...]

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