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Youtube news is a straightforward media project with an extremely limited scope: to be the ‘snopes of youtube’. Mission statement: Youtube News is unsympathetic to the “post-truth era” sentiment. For a

Anne was a humble but instructive character who flourished at the heart of conversation. A careful yet deliberate flower: Anne optimistically tended towards the sun, ever careful however to soak up just

Or so he told me... The television series Black Sails, shot in Cape Town, required a whole bunch of extras... I haven't seen the show itself, and I'm sure the costume and make-up department did its job

Underneath my fingertips Smallish rebellions exist Scratching away feral sores Hatching away dinosaurs They will be my fossil fuel Burning away at everything cruel Ghosts of dismembered body parts Whispering

That man stands vertical Dog, perpendicular Says only little toward their symmetry That man holds the leash Dog moving only within its bounds Says only little toward their bond If only a dog could blog

Granted, not the traditional golden hour picture. But just because their is no colour, no yellowy ephemeral gold - doesn't mean there isn't the associated awe and beauty! ©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzie.

“Particles decay, molecules disintegrate, cells die, organisms perish, species become extinct, planets are destroyed and stars burn-out, galaxies explode… until the unfathomable thirst of the entire universe

Dream? Or Nightmare? I collect faces as if they were sweet metaphysical breadcrumbs Artistic avarice: I become fat with their images along the way Yet still it is not enough simply to divine out their

Image by Nathan Anderson Islands A miniature anthology of miniature stories for @miniature-tiger’s 50 word competition: ‘island’ theme The Cycle Trapped in the whirlpool’s throes, more powerful than even

Ice. Nothing more, nothing less. Where it came from: one can only guess. ©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzie. All rights reserved.

A preview of my forthcoming book Warning: Contents May Be Inexplicable There is plenty reason to feel resentment in - and for - life. Likewise there is also many good opportunities to be found in being

Some kind of nature Some kind of soul Some kind of mixture Some kind of goal Some kind of majesty Some chemical load Some kind of metal made up from glue Some kind of plastic I could wrap around you The

Welcome to the writers zoo! We have Kurt Cobain, Hunter S. Thompson and Hemingway too! Putting them all in one pub was our best to re-create their natural environment. They're all rather inspiring, despite

Entry into @jasonrussell's portrait contest judged this week by @bescouted. Theme: black and white ©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzie. All rights reserved.

'Yearning' A self-portrait for @melinda010100's shadow photo contest - Round 2 - 'hands' ©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzie. All rights reserved.

©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzie. All rights reserved.

I murdered my own story. Bludgeoned it with words. My audience disappeared long ago, migrating birds. Already in court: recommended I plead insanity; the judge reprimands me for my profanity. I look inside

My friend Charlie. For a while now he has been lost to me. This is not a eulogy. The friendship frayed without knots of animosity. No storm we both weathered. There is no pattern or patch that I can point

The fisherman waits: inside and out. For that fish that likes to pout, the one they call sea trout. The rod his wand; the sea his pond; his mind the aquarium for experiences caught. In kind with the ocean