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Tag: Creative Writing

  • Creative Writing

I/O

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 15 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 The information superhighwayIt is a heavyweightData, redundancyProcessesAlertsObjectificationFramesPresentations and investorsResponseTimeHigh availabilityValidityTechnical,…

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  • Creative Writing

Adrift

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 15 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2017 AdriftLostFloatingFreeNo goalsNo directionNo chainsJust reflectionSparkling starsBurning sunGentle wavesLife undoneFreeFloatingLostAdrift

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  • Creative Writing

Sustenance

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun March 14 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Cheese, onions, bread and beerLike it or hate itSharing an…

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The Secret
  • Creative Writing

Mankind Limited – The Secret

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun March 14 2021Sat February 27 2021

http://www.scottandrewbailey.uk Read an excerpt here. Available as Kindle or hardback from Amazon

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  • Creative Writing

Spokesperson

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat March 13 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 A spokespersonThat one who speaksHas their own agendaAnd will renderYour willTo…

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  • Creative Writing

Drained

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat March 13 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Every buzz and chimeOn the phoneIs a worrySomething has gone…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Cross

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri March 12 2021Sat February 27 2021

Senryu: Cross By Scott Bailey © 2013 Fleeing from killersThe child runs desperatelyTo fill out…

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  • Creative Writing

Together

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri March 12 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 A little more giveAnd a lot less just takingMore uplifting…

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  • Creative Writing

Tournament

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu March 11 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 In life’s tournamentThere are Kings and QueensFor whom the suffering and…

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  • Creative Writing

Words

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu March 11 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Master of wordsBy words masteredMany a politician can claimThose that…

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  • Creative Writing

Softly Softly

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed March 10 2021Sat February 27 2021

Softly fear creeps – more chilling than any scream. Get further under the covers and…

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  • Creative Writing

The Wild is Calling

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed March 10 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 The wild is callingFeel the breezeThe scent of treesThe hunt!Feel…

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  • Creative Writing

Midnight

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue March 9 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 ThereA girl called midnightA fighterA loverA spyDanced free and deep in…

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Mankind Limited
  • Creative Writing

Mankind Limited Excerpt

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue March 9 2021Sat February 27 2021

To whet your whistles here is the Prologue and Chapter One. Prologue Darkness outside. From…

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  • Creative Writing

Bound to Serve

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 8 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Bound to serveThe master that we craveEnduring the painNot struggling…

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  • Creative Writing

Deter

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 8 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 DeterrentsSilently waitingMighty weaponsHushed deathDeterringBut who will deterThe stupidityThat made themNecessary

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  • Creative Writing

Deep Red

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun March 7 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Deep redThe varnish of old woodWorn by yearsOf rested elbowsAnd…

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  • Creative Writing

Mankind Limited – Pebble

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun March 7 2021Sat February 27 2021

http://www.scottandrewbailey.uk Read an excerpt here. Available as Kindle or hardback from Amazon

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Butterfly

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat March 6 2021Sat February 27 2021

Butterfly By Scott Bailey © 2014 Sod the camouflageBe resplendent in the sunFlutter high and…

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  • Creative Writing

Candles

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat March 6 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 One lumenThe light of a candleIt can be seen they…

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  • Creative Writing

Merry

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri March 5 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 HobbitBrave BrandybuckBringing sense to his friendsFinding honour in Rohan’s ranksSmall…

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Friars
  • Creative Writing

The Execution

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri March 5 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2014 “My patience is almost spent.” “I apologise Mr. Dickens. The…

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  • Cinquain

Passion

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu March 4 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Passion Wanes while years pass Becomes something finer Matured, refined,…

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  • Creative Writing

Mankind Limited – The Sky

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu March 4 2021Sat February 27 2021

The sky to the west was as dark as a promise of Armageddon. It was…

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  • Creative Writing

Time

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed March 3 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 There’s not enough timeIn my everyday lifeFor me to exist…

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  • Creative Writing

Broken Teeth

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed March 3 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2014 Like broken teethUnmaintainedNo longer usefulYetSomehowPleasing to the eyeLeading usTo who…

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  • Creative Writing

Broken Eggs

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue March 2 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2017 A new clutch of chicksAwaken to a cold dawnThe fox scents…

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  • Creative Writing

Night Forest

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue March 2 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 A silver sylph slips silent through the treesSpreading silver stardust…

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  • Creative Writing

Life and Death

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 1 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Potential new lifeExcitement when waters breakNew life brings us cheer…

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  • Creative Writing

The Dark

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon March 1 2021Sat February 27 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 The darkness where the heart beats fastThe shadows where no…

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  • Creative Writing

Flight

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 28 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Swallows fly freelySoaring high in summer skiesEarthbound fox watches

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  • Creative Writing

Mystical

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 28 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 The mystical chord is missingCongregation of the heartsCohesion of resistanceThe friction…

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  • Creative Writing

Abide

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 27 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Here I abideAmidst the cratersOf too much cultural shellingHere there residesResidual…

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  • Creative Writing

Missing

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 27 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Never ending beachThe crashing waves repeatingPermanence missing

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  • Creative Writing

Holding Hands

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 26 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Tiny, warm, fragileFingers tightly holding mineTreasured memories

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  • Creative Writing

Swift

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 26 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Swifts swoop and dazzleAerobatics in the skyStill, we watch in…

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  • Creative Writing

Still

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 25 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Stood before a wallDreaming of the road beyondStill before a wall

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  • Creative Writing

Vanish

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 25 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 You must rememberWhen waking from reveriesAll your dreams vanish

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  • Creative Writing

Confined

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 24 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Space. It stretched out before him – endless, dark, enticing.…

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  • Creative Writing

Mankind Limited – Succumb

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 24 2021Sun January 31 2021

Would all the earth succumb to the concrete blanket of mankind? Was that the best…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Trench

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 24 2021Sun January 31 2021

Trench By Scott Bailey © 2013 Dancing with my wife,last week the telegraph came:Coughs ring…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Lantern

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 23 2021Sun January 31 2021

Lantern By Scott Bailey © 2013 Old light from the pastIs still illuminationWisdom echoes far

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Mankind Limited
  • Creative Writing

A Dangerous Rebellion

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 23 2021Sun January 31 2021

Four people, four rebels. Rejecting society or rejected by it – either way, they have…

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  • Creative Writing

Straight Path

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 22 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 The Romans had it rightWith their roadsOur roads wanderAnd windAvoiding…

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  • Creative Writing

Chains

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 22 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Chains are other peopleCages social moresThrow them to the floorBend barsSoar

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  • Creative Writing

Dark Path

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 21 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 (Musette Poem) SadnessNever endingMadness Will weLearn to tread lightGreed free…

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  • Creative Writing

Seafarer

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 21 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Seafarer wandering over the waves Fine hair glistening with rime Roaming…

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  • Daily Prompt

Blues Bars

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 20 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey 2015 It sits right downSits all the way downThen flies above the…

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  • Creative Writing

The Lord of the Trees

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 20 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 I am Herne the Hunter, Lord of the Trees,and you are…

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  • Creative Writing

Over the Top

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 19 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 The general’s orders are loudOver the shattering shellsThrough the mustard gas…

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