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Most recently published stories in Poets.
Storm
Oof! you surprise me, grey ball of purring delight jumping on my lap.
By B.B. Potterabout 17 hours ago in Poets
EeeeK!
Never rains… it pours! Our son’s sick and dog’s post-op Cat’s neck has a tick! * Thankfully they all survived. Hudson’s a good old dog and an excellent patient. He calmly submits to wearing old singlets — fashioned into body suits — to protect multiple abdominal wounds. It was almost the final straw to discover a tick on Mia’s ancient neck. Having long experience in dealing with ticks, we were surprisingly unsuccessful in removing it (after first ‘killing’ it with eucalyptus). An unplanned trip to the vet, along with her doggy brother confirmed my daughter’s assertion. Her ‘tick’ was a mole in disguise.
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶about 17 hours ago in Poets
Loved Eternally
Tiny little hand Tucked under my fingernails Warming all of me
By Mama Magdaleneabout 17 hours ago in Poets
The Eye in the Mountain
People in the small village of Darin always said the mountain was strange. It stood alone beyond the forest, tall and silent, its dark cliffs watching the village like a giant guardian. Old villagers often warned children, “Never climb that mountain after sunset.”
By Imran Ali Shahabout 18 hours ago in Poets
Nervy
chopsticks poke my leg lightning pain post surgery the nerve of it all!
By B.B. Potterabout 18 hours ago in Poets
