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83Poem About Travelling: The Beautiful Experience of Travel and Lessons Learned
A journey. It doesn't really matter If you get there Or not. It's what you see Along the way, The feelings inspired When the landscape And your soul Entwine. It's someone else's smile Breaking the illusion Of your own life, ...
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78A Childhood in the 70s and 80s
I was born at the beginning of the New Year in 1973. Suddenly, it seems like a very, very long time ago. Age does have a certain habit of creeping up on you in a way you thought it never would, teasing you with long days of eternal youth before one...
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75Poem about the Homeless
I can still remember the day I wrote this poem, even though it was several years ago now. I had walked into the city centre, as I had done so many times before. A pedestrian bridge rises above a busy road - for most of the time I have been living...
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83Creative Writing - Seeing the Stories in Life
Everything has its story, even a teacup abandoned on a table in someone's kitchen, the dregs turned cold, the curtains still drawn. For the cup begins the story of someone's day - a businessman, perhaps, late for a meeting, his wife and children...
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82Day Trip to London, With Children
Last week we decided to take the children on a day trip to London. After having acquired a free, two-month family railcard, I searched for a good rail offer, bought the tickets and we were all set to go. ...
14 comments82A Poem About Bullying - Written by a Child
This is a poem written by my son. He wrote it at school, just a few months ago when he was 10. The children had been involved in a classroom discussion about bullying, after which their task was to write a poem on the subject. It must be said that...
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78Castles in Eastern England: Castle Rising, Norfolk
Although I live in Norwich, which is within easy reach of the splendours of North Norfolk, the first time I made the drive to Castle Rising was in August of last year. In fact, we were staying at the nearby Searles Holiday Resort in Hunstanton for...
7 comments92TV Talent Shows - Good or Bad?
In recent years, TV talent shows have burst onto our screens with a vengeance. With most showing ordinary members of the public competing for a large monetary prize, they are only increasing in popularity. Simon Cowell's hugely popular UK X Factor...
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79A Review of Legoland Windsor: How To Plan Your Trip
Last August we visited Legoland, Windsor, for the first time. My oldest child was nine and had always wanted to go. In fact, most of his friends had already been there but, sadly, he had not. Well, as my son is an avid fan of all things Lego, we...
6 comments85Do People Who Love Real Books Still Like Kindles?
This Christmas an Amazon Kindle sat waiting for me underneath the tree. I wasn't expecting it; hadn't hinted at even the merest desire for this technological alternative to the traditional book. In fact, I was rather opposed to it. For even though...
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