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		<title>Pete Langley | WritersCafe.org</title>
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		<description>The original writings of author Pete Langley</description>
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			<title>Convention for Snake Oil Salesmen</title>
			<description>Just a commentary </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2170076/</link>
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			<title>Solitaire</title>
			<description>Need to talk?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2168556/</link>
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			<title>Bipolar Cooking</title>
			<description>A culinary concoction with a dual personality?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2167977/</link>
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			<title>A pig might fly</title>
			<description>As it should be, as it might be</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2167421/</link>
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			<title>An Impasse</title>
			<description>A commentary on our species</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2166852/</link>
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			<title>On Seeing the Art of Buchenwald</title>
			<description>Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp, opened in 1937, was liberated by the 6th Armored Division, US Army in April, 1945. 45000 inmates from 30 countries died in the camp.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2163106/</link>
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			<title>Peking Sunrise May `89</title>
			<description>In May, 1989 a million Chinese students in Peking demonstrated peacefully in Tiananmen Square against repression, resulting in the mass slaughter of thousands.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2163086/</link>
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			<title>Mindless Zeal</title>
			<description>For whatever motive and in whatever form, extremism has been the bane of humankind throughout history.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2162339/</link>
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			<title>Stavanger, Andalesne et al</title>
			<description>My `take` on the Norwegian Nation from the safety of a cruise ship.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2162021/</link>
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			<title>Sonnet for Kublakhan</title>
			<description>There used to be a Canadian guy on WritersCafe called Steve who wrote amazing poetry under the penname Kublakhan and was my friend and friend to many  others here also. This was my tribute to him.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2161924/</link>
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			<title>Joking Metaphysically</title>
			<description>Joking Metaphysically&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;NeverDonne,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2161581/</link>
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			<title>Willowfield</title>
			<description>Willowfield&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2161481/</link>
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			<title>Judging from Experience</title>
			<description>A rare piece of Langley fiction, set in 1960s London, published in The Alarmist journal 2013</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2161256/</link>
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			<title>Ammonite</title>
			<description>Ammonite&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Sometimes,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;the storm brings the tide&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;higher,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;washing the walls&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;ofmy prisoned memory&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;but nev..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2161090/</link>
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			<title>Odyssey for the Young in October</title>
			<description>Odysseyfor the Young in October&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2160946/</link>
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			<title>Agapanthus</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Agapanthus&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Youstart from nothinggrownfrom the residueofrockjustfingersgreenpolypspleadingfor the kiss of&amp;nbsp; mistthecaressofa mountain`s magnanimity..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2160944/</link>
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			<title>Dancers</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dancers&amp;nbsp;Decadesgone their last hurrah,thedancing school still surviveswithyounger limbs than theirs.Dancersthey were, always hoofing it,He, of&amp;nbsp; upright manly posture,she..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2160686/</link>
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			<title>Gravity, Man, Gravity</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Heavy, man, heavy, I reflected,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2016311/</link>
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			<title>Fork</title>
			<description>Catastriculture?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2010773/</link>
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			<title>Waterhole.</title>
			<description>A sonnet. This is one of my earliest poems (1973) which I`ve finally formalised</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/2009365/</link>
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			<title>Garbage Tip Scavenger</title>
			<description>.....just the dawning of an idea?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1663195/</link>
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			<title>Encyclical from the Poor</title>
			<description>...a chain letter, maybe</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1559368/</link>
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			<title>Mesozoic Man</title>
			<description>Apocalyptic satire or healthy non-alignment?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1555826/</link>
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			<title>Gravity</title>
			<description>A down to earth poem</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1507834/</link>
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			<title>Murmurating</title>
			<description>A flock of starlings</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1479064/</link>
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			<title>Solitaire</title>
			<description>A choice of one?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1465219/</link>
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			<title>Old Friends</title>
			<description>The sitting tenants in my alleyways.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1455162/</link>
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			<title>The Fawn</title>
			<description>A person, an idea, a poem?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1451274/</link>
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			<title>Accord In Limousin</title>
			<description>Communication can come in many guises</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1448036/</link>
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			<title>Lollipop</title>
			<description>Just a crossing....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1441881/</link>
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			<title>Simply Sad Senryus</title>
			<description>How not to.....?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1440451/</link>
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			<title>Walking by the Sea</title>
			<description>To Gwynneth</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1439311/</link>
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			<title>Airside Bagatelle Lady</title>
			<description>Growing old disgracefully?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1438544/</link>
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			<title>In Kind</title>
			<description>A Country Conversation</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1438078/</link>
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			<title>Mayfair Magpie</title>
			<description>Aquisitive or what?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1436985/</link>
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			<title>Now and Then</title>
			<description>Nowand Then&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1434187/</link>
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			<title>Without</title>
			<description>Without&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Without,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Petethebard/1434186/</link>
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