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Ardara Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part seven of nine, probably.
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The Fog of War
—-------static—------static—-------whisky wan fower—--copy? Copy?------static—--whi—wan fower copy? —--------- —--- tango threep fife, this is whisky...
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*Teaser chapter - They called him Charlie Moonhead _ The Payout Game 2026

The locals called him Charlie Moonhead, but his mother called him Charles. His bottom lip jutted out and he was bald with a cropped strip of hair...
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Penny Pies

– clusters, rosettes of Penny Pies in crevices of cliffs and walls (predecimal pennies, of course!)…
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Fool's Gold

The temptation of an ancient golden coin was more than Willy Perkins could resist — an old mansion with outdated alarms, an aging coin collector, and a cat: easy peasy. So he thought. www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/ancient-aztec-inca-maya-plaque-gold-fini...
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Autumn Haiku
Daylight disappears Cold nights and warm embraces Hide us until spring
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Standing Around

‘That’s the author’s signature.’ ‘But how could that be?’ asked Alison. ‘Wasn’t Ernie dead before they printed it?’ ‘Yes, before they even agreed to...
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Retreads
“How long was I dead for ?”, I asked Jason the male nurse as he checked the chart hanging at the end of my metal framed bed. A minute, two minutes, I...
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A Pen y ffrwd love story
Sometimes I run up the hill, and sometimes I ride Khyber up there. Now I am sitting on the Pen y ffrwd hillside looking out over the long grass of...
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Cynthia.

I remember when a work mate took the two cats that he fed, they were not his cats. The two cats came everyday and he fed them, they never went inside...
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All Hallows Eve

A revised earlier poem, somewhat apt for tonight.
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Mysterious Veil On All Hallows Night

Gaze through gossamer of spider's web, other worlds that appear beyond veil most mysterious and nebulous. Hazy amorphous place just out of reach,...
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Winter refuges

Increasing chill and lengthening dark – the plants and we withdraw within protecting walls of seed, bark, brick until our globe's return in its...
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Our Little Owen Man

Becoming a grandfather’s such a doddle. I’ve done it three times now without even getting out of the armchair.
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The Patrolman - 50

City Hall rose above, casting him in its monolithic shadow.
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The Patrolman - 49
Mr. Slate propped the booth door open, the phone pressed to his ear.
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The Clinic
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Doesn’t that sound clean, clinical? There was a trauma, it stressed me out, and forever afterwards I will be...
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The Leaf Blower - Part 2
Dennis had mostly enjoyed his trip to Malta, soaking up the sun and getting to know Jenny better. As it turned out she brought more than just hand...
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