Novel Allen

Joined March 2021

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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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How to live to be a hundred!
SEE..SMELL...TOUCH...FEEL...HEAR...TASTE Wanna have no worries for the rest of your days? Then follow these ten steps: * Be positive...DUH!
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
My heart goes out to the Octopus
Feeling Who indeed really needs the pain of a three 3 broken hearts Is the pain of one not enough to stop the world From ever turning
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
The Maggot Maiden. Top Story - May 2023.
The day began wonderfully. Warmth and peace cascaded from on high Leisurely, I skipped along the sunlit beach, gathering multi-colored shells
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Parachute mishap
"The first depiction of a parachute was created by Da Vinci way back in 1485. The first parachute jump was made by Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin (late 18th century) from 3,200 feet in a hydrogen balloon above Paris".
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Dreams and planes of war
Last night I dreamed of planes of war flying loudly above my head. The nightmare planes from which bombs come raining down. The announced command post within a military base spluttered to life. The siren blared loudly. "This is the Command Post, take shelter immediately. I repeat, take shelter immediately".
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
I am the genie of the lamp
The Lamp sat teasingly upon the shelf In it's very nature, quietly inviting an affable touch Come it beckoned, come caress me
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Speaking rather LOUDLY
HEAR Unlike Lions, the kings of jungles everywhere Cheetahs cannot roar They purr, hiss, bleat, chirp and growl Do not underestimate their melodious musical sounds
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Drama within a cemetery
"Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Playing Robin Hood with a Picasso
On 22 June, 2016 Picasso's "femme assise" (Seated Woman) work, sold for $63.7 Million dollars, at Sotheby's in London. At that time, it had been the most expensive Cubist painting ever sold at auction.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
500 shades of grey
SEE! The human eyes can see 500 shades of Grey And other eye-opening facts The human eye is a sensory organ Part of the sensory nervous system
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
The bad luck of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Shakespeare's play Macbeth is considered cursed, so actors will not say the title in the theatre before a performance. Instead, you will hear them refer to it simply as "The Scottish play".
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Blacker Beauty
Once they tried to corral me. Cage me. Harness me. Can you harness the Heavens? But though I loved my little friend, I broke free
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets