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A Day to Remember
Note: I am told that on the night of my birth there was a power cut. I am in the dark as to how long it lasted. This is how I imagine things happened...
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Just A Little Note
Just A Little Note By Paul McCann I wrote a little note and placed it on a boat , the message that I wrote , had words thot seemed to float. Over the...
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Those Dreams Of Mine I Brang To You
Those Dreams Of Mine I Brang To You By Paul McCann I decided a long time ago to take the songs that I wrote out to the concrete streets and play...
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Far Superior to Angels – and approachable!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Greater than the angels – “Worthy” – they proclaim, and praise Him for He’s their Maker and th’amazing...
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I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
The first half of my description of my experiences of the first month of the year in which I first used euro banknotes to pay for my weekly shop. The one hundred words per day rule applies, as usual.
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Mr Kite’s Flying High
Mr Kite’s Flying High By Paul McCann Mr Kite wants to fly up in the sky so high , Above the clouds up to the moon , and on and on , to where no space...
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While I Wasn't Listening
In the hush after a ping, the breath between notifications, the half-second before refresh— nothing at all. I remember quiet. I remember reaching for...
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Pull
(image: mine) Calm sets like a wish on the night. In your garden, the fruit trees bloom with stars. The sky tilts its last light to the edge...
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True Colours
Freshly picked from my garden... FMF © 2011 True Colours Like the sea of silk geraniums On display in Waldecks Garden Centre Cafe Consumerism has...
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On The Killing of A Bird of Prey
A bad omen out of the blue sky. Its silent intent to kill sent it at a screaming angle across the dual carriageway to death itself, so intent on its...
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Like a cow
I miss you like a cow. Plaintive I moo, and ruminate these memories. They circulate, Through eight or seven stomachs, Regurgitated, Then swallowed...
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Bron-10
Continued from Chapter 9: Bron-9 | ABCtales Chapter 10 “I say, Bron - there’s a guy stood on the traffic island - looking up at our windows.” Bron...
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Sisters of Snow
In cold spells they collapse to the ground only to resurrect themselves once the temperature rises. During conflict they were used to de-ice tanks...
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The Less Miserables Enter a Contest (3)
(Cont.) He finished fourth. The bleached-hair kid from Winston-Salem took first—no surprise there, his runs had been surgical, every trick landed...
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The Less Miserables Enter a Contest (2)
(Cont.) For the next two weeks, Hector changed everything. He stopped running lines. Instead, he broke his contest sequence down into components and...
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The Less Miserables Enter a Contest (1)
The flyer was taped to the window of All-City Board Shop, already curling at the edges from the July heat. SUMMER STREET COMP Saturday, August 5th $...
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Many hearts
I have, Like a current running though me, Fast and steady, The many hearts that sing. Late these thorough thoughts take form, Curl and unfurl, Like...
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Shhhh - IP
Sometimes I don’t want to hang out and eat with the crew, rather sit in the silence made by the excellent insulation of my car and read. Shhhh. Warm...
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Manna from Heaven
Manna From Heaven It is an expression that most of us are familiar with. Its origin alludes to the food (manna) that miraculously appeared to feed...
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laughing water
gentle joyful cascades of love court dance and romance misty mystery of minnehaha's magic mystic music madly sing her mother's rushing mushing...
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