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Poetic Justice by Margaret Brown

10:48am Wednesday 25th February 2009

What trade union, it really is a joke...

Bluebells by Maddie Reade

10:39am Wednesday 25th February 2009

In the late part of spring...

State of the world by Joseph Horton (age 16)

9:35am Tuesday 24th February 2009

Innocent people dying in bloody wars...

Walking with Elephants by Maddie Reade

7:47am Monday 23rd February 2009

Walking with the elephants, in the jungle far away...

A Haiku by Crispin Nicely

10:08am Thursday 19th February 2009

Man on fire atop...

'All White?' or 'Sno Joke!' by Big Ron

8:30am Thursday 19th February 2009

How I love the snow, it does me many favours...

Follow our Leader by Ken Walter

8:32am Tuesday 17th February 2009

Councillor Bluh knows what to do...

Recession, recession, recession by Margaret Brown

9:46am Monday 16th February 2009

Words, words, words...

A poem for St Valentine's Day by Jean Spindler

9:44am Monday 16th February 2009

Young Cupid’s feeling so depressed...

Ode to the odious

8:10am Monday 9th February 2009

Winter is not my favourite time...

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