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The Rigger-1
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THE RIGGER MONDAY Brad picked up the pace, his heavy boots ringing on the hard grey tarmac. “Should have checked that tide table properly,” he...
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All's Well That Ends Well
I suppose you could say my life was like a fairytale back in 1983. In a place far away in the past, I'd just had my baby, but found myself in a...
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Jane & Greybeard
Just a little poem for Jane Goodall
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When will this end
we rise and shout and nothing get heard the bodies are burning nothing get done you shout loudness, that you can can we save the human race oh lord I...
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What a lunch-spot!
Walked out of Presteigne along Clatterbrook (but it was empty! Plenty of room there for water, and bridges over, but apparently it is seasonal, and...
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entitativity
You are this I was told By people in Authority Surely they must know Categorically speaking Everything is organised Defined Rightly ordered Doubt...
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Autumn's Artwork Haiku
Rusted russet leaves Grimy greens, paintbox yellow Branches look impressed!
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Rust and Dust 2
‘There’s a strange smell in here.’ She paused in the doorway as if to gather it up and make certain. She was small but had that wide-eyed presence...
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Barbers protect men’s egos, hairdressers threaten them.
A few months ago, I went to a hairdresser’s and was treated like royalty. Before I’d even sat down, I was offered a drink - coffee, sparkling water,...
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Some Things We’ll Never Own
Some Things We’ll Never Own By Paul McCann So who owns the rivers and who owns the seas . Who sells the flowers and the fruit in the trees . Who owns...
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Sandman
The night is fresh, and the body rots.
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Memory of the sea
The sound of the sea Echos full of memories Listen and you can still hear them The bandwidth is just out of reach No need for a radio Just put the...
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Low
My husband thinks he’s making an effort. He brings over a whisky and soda, placing the tumbler on a coaster on the coffee table.
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Welsh Lessons-4
Ger yanked the pull cord on Seren y Môr ’s outboard once more. This time, the engine coughed into life, rattly at first but then with a deepening...
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A Grimm Tale
There once was a rich man who had two sons, one of whom was extremely handsome, but feckless and lazy, and the other plain of countenance, but clever...
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“If you find honey eat just enough –
– too much of it and you will vomit.” [Proverbs 25:16] Escaping into …
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Watching You, Chapters Twenty-Nine and Thirty
Chapter Twenty-Nine ‘ Listen to me. I’m an active police officer … you are in extreme danger. Please listen to me.’ On the top floor of the multi-...
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Letter From Estero
A letter from Estero It is the 29 th of September here in Estero Florida. The last two weeks, the mornings have been glorious. We sit outside the...
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Enhance The Life You Live
Enhance The Life You Live By Paul McCann Those who interfere with the livelihood of others will never prosper and those who criticise the good works...
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Welsh Lessons-3
It was five o’clock, after school. They were walking back from International Stores to Rhos-y-Bryn Road; Janice swung her mum’s green and red nylon...
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