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Sick Leave
You just need a rest To feel better soon Go back to bed In a quiet dark room Sleep and recharge Close your eyes and relax Take deep calming breaths...
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- 538 reads
Fly Away
. Fly Away By Paul McCann Why did I never see before how those wings could make you soar high above the ground with a love that you had found and...
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- 172 reads
Next Door
Summer is loudest, their windows fly open, voices vault fences and enter our house. Screaming at children, beer bottles broken, cursing and knocking...
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- 237 reads
A Kindness

This is my entry for The Walter Swan Poetry Prize 2020 run by Ilkley Literature Festival. You can catch the deserved winners on youtube.com The standard was very high, at least among those who won. I'm not displeased with this, though. Image from pixabay.com free for non-commercial use & without attribution.
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Anyway
Anyway, there is a fine line between being scrupulous and shrewd and being suspicious and paranoid, it's like the difference between cats and dogs...
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- 333 reads
Airedale gig
Peace in the country
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The Red
in October soaks up my spirit as falling leaves unmask the armour of maple trees in the sunlight and I gasp in awe at the tumbling array of shapes...
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PAPER MACHE TOWNS
Paper Mache Towns Moulded paper. Unfolding in vivid colours: Mauve skies jewelled With brilliant white clouds A town we imagined For our offspring!...
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- 221 reads
21/10/2020
21/10/2020 Another rainy day: the weekend seems now far away. Impromptu modeling for a handsome content producer against an autumnal tree (never...
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Scattered Shades Of Springtime
. Scattered Shades Of Springtime By Paul McCann The colours of spring are a wonderful thing, they scatter my troubles away . Everything is out in...
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- 463 reads