http://slow.writerscafe.org/Manoosh The original writings of author Just Manoosh en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776194645 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Truth is funnier than fiction http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/470982/ For those so unhappy sometimes our empathy is not enough. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/470853/ For my husband, he who forever moans he cannot understand my poetry. Something small, perhaps a "work-in-progress". Mx http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/470826/ This is a man/woman who befriends people by making people feeling sorry for him as he had to attend his Dutch Aunty's funeral in Holland. It make me feel sick. I also felt sorry for him/her. Disgusting. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/463200/ A moment of reflection. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/457774/ Seduction, vampires, if only. Just a bit of fun, maybe un finished, or may be erased. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/457743/ I am in a contemplative move and overwhelmingly looking forward to my next trip. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/455236/ A short piece combining past and present. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/452527/ Can I for once use the Cafe as a sound off board? god knows but I feel like talking, http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/451790/ Passion where art thou? I was not wishing on a falling star the day the comet landed,I was not asking the gods for anything but you came anyway.Some days I wish you hadn't come. I did not know what I was missing until I felt it take me,I did not know what I was missing until .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/450220/ No misdirection here. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/442338/ Unfinished http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/427074/ Rivers run deep in the shallows of a dying heart. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/426372/ Somewhere in the blacknest night there is a patch of lightened sky, it is so dark that most can not see the beauty that is there. I see it, I see it but can never reach for it ....... again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/426345/ The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration - Pearl S. Buck, http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/404816/ Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear - Cheri Huber. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/394208/ Written for the "Poetry from the heart" competition. And also, the reason I started my own competition previously called "outside the cafe". http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/353577/ Written for Celtic Cats Inspiration Think Tank and the competition �First Christmas Memory� ....... and for my Granddad. Mx http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/349051/ I guess you would call this free-form, I would call it personal. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/345932/ Written for Ivorys "Computer Love" competition. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/345721/ Not finished/complete. This was a thought for the competition "In My Love's Words ". And I guess if you didn't know, I am Mani. Mx http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/326684/ If I could ease your pain, I would. If I could fix you, I would. I could even forgive you, I have. Mx http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/325933/ What is your chosen pain? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/309155/ Take control. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/309132/ This morning I had a realisation. Actually I already know what I have/had suffered but what I mean is I suddenly recognised and felt at peace with some of the things that happened or felt. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/299369/ Sometimes the head will deny the heart, and my god the battle is an angry painful one. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/298844/ Have you every felt like Alice in Wonderland? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/287307/ Never become cynical, never regret, never judge, and above all never chose protection. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/282068/ Trying to pen down something for my sisters wedding ..... it can't be religious, I don't want it to be too complex (variety of wedding guests) and I really need to do it today/tomorrow http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/277369/ Trying to get the creative juices flowing..... hopefully once the doors are open I can get writing what I need to write. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/276925/ A different someone got me thinking. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/271526/ Hmmmm I am not sure what this is. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/271504/ I wrote this off the top of my head in 10 minutes( a test to myself) , no correction, no re-read, just straight into WC for competition "Message in a Bottle" and most of all inspired by the author John Twelve Hawks and his debut book last year - http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/262594/ Lifes real test. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/261916/ Just something. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/259549/ For everyone of those memories, good or bad, they belong to us and no-one else. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/259501/ Perhaps you should fill in the blanks. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/249688/ Not for my demon but for Professor John Keating words..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/249657/ A memory relived for competition, a moment on the lips .... a lifetime stolen. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/249046/ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. � George Santayana http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/242225/ These were my thoughts in bed last night at 1am. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/239557/ The scary truth of when the heart rules the head. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/239163/ The darkened forest, the beauty despite, her solitude. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/239093/ For those who judge and for he that will be eaten by his own disillusioned vanity. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/229465/ A welcome addition. Thank you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/220685/ This is a work in progress and has been hanging around for a while. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/217628/ A shadow is a region of darkness where light is blocked. Look for the light and you will find a shadow for one can not exist without the other. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/217504/ Yip yip yippee, I must have done something nice recently. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/215041/ This an old piece but in light of last weeks events I decided to post this again, its original meaning blends well to the rape of writerscafe. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/201257/ Written pre DELETION day so I cant remember what I said here. Mannington is one of my many nicknames, I have hundreds due to an usual name. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manoosh/182343/