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The Last Rose Of Summer
. The Last Rose Of Summer By Paul Mc Cann It was almost summer when she was born , I heard the baby cry on that first morn , I bathed her and...
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The Three Gardens. Part Two.
Tony was not impressed with the garden on the right. He opened his mouth to say something, but he didn’t. Now that we had a fabulous lawn our cat or...
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The Three Gardens. Part One.
My garden needing a lot of work doing to it and so did my neighbours either side of me. I had been in a car accident and with the money from that I...
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The Seaside House.
The house watched unfeeeling, as the turbulent sea crashed upon the slate-gray boulders guarding its shoreline. The sea air was redolent with brine...
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Kisnglaria
Kisngalria wanted to leave behind the lidless sockeye salmon he’d caught, when he got separated from the others. Custom demanded that he give it as a...
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The Glacier Bird
The Diuca finch builds its nest inside glaciers
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The Thin Blue (White) Line
There wis nae movement when we got there. Nothing that wis immediately apparent anyway. We’d hud a shout oer the radio aboot a suspected burglary...
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The War (Against The Virus) Is Not Over!
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We were told we were fighting a war, against the virus, from the relative safety of our homes. Only the doctors and nurses, and care staff in the...
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A Fragrant Excursion
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Ah kin see them oot the corner ay ma eye. Their hi-viz jaikets it is, ye cannae miss them. The wee day pack ah’ve goat oan ma back’s reekin. Five...
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Another Autumn
Another autumn On the trill track of time Another majesty Another unforeseen sigh. Another whispering pine Another decline One more inward tear. A...
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Lord Jack
My name is Jack. I live in a shack. I wear a sack, Covered in cack. My feet are black And I sleep on a rack. But I used to be posh, Which is why I...
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The Bottom Of My Heart
. The Bottom Of My Heart By Paul McCann . Nanay you know I love you and that really makes me glad , you’re much more than a mother, you’re the best...
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1966 and All That
And it wasn't all that. Image is free for non-commercial use from needpix.com
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Celia becomes the Seal Woman
How Celia became the Seal Woman Celia was not a happy child and she did not live in a happy family. In fact they were all soo unhappy that one day...
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Making a Meal
Coffee cup in tow, The cold becomes you. Cradled soft in hot hands, You are my pigeon: Cooing as I eat you Chunk by feathery chunk, Gnaw your rafters...
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Mr Buckland’s Hyenas
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Taking Photos
I don’t have a photo of us In three years We managed just one And you kept that To give to your mother I took photos of you But you didn’t capture me...
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Women For Trump
Certain women are going to vote for Donald Trump and this picture proves it. If no women were going to vote for Trump, they wouldn't be making and...
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Anyway
Anyway I had a boss who was a complete fascist, but he had a phobia of fish, one of his heros was probably Bonito Mussolini, he must have been very...
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Insensitive
”Hi, Jane, haven’t seen you for a couple of years – I thought you’d have a kid by now, you used to be so keen.” Silence. No quick response. I moved...
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