Raymond G. Taylor

Joined August 2022

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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.

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Girl with the golden earring. Top Story - August 2024.
Ever wondered how to write a novel and make a fortune? I have no idea if the author Tracy Chevalier did, sometime before she wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring and had it published in 1999. I am pretty certain she doesn't wonder about it now, though.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Writers
Heavenly heartbreak
Breakup nonet Nonet: A nine-line poem, the first line having nine syllables, the next eight, and so on until the last line has one syllable.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Just one night together. Content Warning.
Meeting you tonight was Wonderful. So glad you could come to my home. Our time together was sweet. No need to be alone.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Never knew what paradise was
I never knew how I cared for you Until you dared turn me away, Cast me into the abyss, Far from that paradise Bestowed by your love.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Lips to die for
Come, caress me, lips of carmine red. True red, deep red, colour of blood. Lips of passion, lips of dread, Plush petals seeking food.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Dance with me
Will you dance with a stranger tonight? Mummy says I’m in danger, right? Do you think I won’t use it? Well, you might just lose it.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
This final death
When you went back to that soft warm place, Her embrace, her certain welcome. When we said that first goodbye, I died a hundred times.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
I can feel you
I can still feel you, despite the years Since we said we'd go our own ways, Either side of ocean deep. The tears I never shed
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
A Christmas Belle
You say to me you release me now From our betrothal, from my vow To marry you, wedded bliss. You take away the kiss, The hand softly held,
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
A summer’s day
Shall I compare thee to a summer… Oh! You fail to complete the line, Take a thing that was once mine. No more to share our gaze,
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
Whither thou goest
Alcyone, I fear you spurn me, Gentle bonds betwixt us broken. Xanthous hair ne’er more to see, Whispered words unspoken.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets
I'm in love with a girl who’ll never know
I'm in love with a girl who'll never know. Her eyes aflame, her skin aglow, Teeth a pithy white, bright as the moon's eerie glow on a calm, clear night.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Poets

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Girl with the golden earring. Top Story - August 2024.

Heavenly heartbreak

Just one night together. Content Warning.

Never knew what paradise was

Lips to die for

Dance with me

This final death

I can feel you

A Christmas Belle

A summer’s day

Whither thou goest

I'm in love with a girl who’ll never know

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