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A Morning Thought @ 2885

Never Pretend To Be Dead

Brendan Curran ✒ with a poem from his expansive body of work. Never Pretend To Be DeadI got inside a coffinjust to see if i would fitI couldn’t believe how hard it wasor am I starting to get stiff? ♞♜♝It seemed a bit small for memaybe I am getting a wee bit stout?But Now I’m stuck insideand can’t get feckin out ♞♜♝So I tried not to panic, might as well see just how I feel

The Great Moving Right Show

Barry Gilheany ✍ Reports of the long-term, if not imminent, demise of the British Conservative Party have long been current. To those who would say that such reports have been exaggerated, forecasters would point to the cannibalisation of the US Republican Party by the forces of the extreme right beginning with the Tea Party and culminating in the second election of Donald Trump to

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Eight Hundred And Twenty Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousWestern leaders aren’t cowards for continuing to support Israel — they’re committed imperialist ideologuesQatar refutes Trump’s

A Morning Thought @ 2884

A Morning Thought @ 2883

Colour

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his expansive body of work. ColourMy blood is red like yoursMy pearls of tears are mixedWith theirs’s, salted fears bottledup for years.♞♜♝The open lid has spilled on boatsAlone on ocean’s floor, searchingInstinctively for an open door,To quench the thirst for more.♞♜♝Flat on a sanded beach you landAnd weep, beneath your shapeA shadow waits, with flags and

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 161

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 8-September-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤ Occupied territories human rights report,⬤ Ukrainian socialists to Gaza flotilla.⬤ Scotland arms decision,⬤ Ukraine-Palestine comment.⬤ Weaponisation of language.⬤/ Evidence of Russian torture, mock executions, threats to kill relatives.Religious persecution and other war crimes'News from the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Eight Hundred And Twenty Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousMark Sinclair - Freedom Dad: Ex UVF man’s drunken Ferry rampage on way to Tommy Robinson rallyAmid extreme inequalities, 306

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