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What makes you attractive?
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Mercy and faithfulness …Garland attractive … help me love righteousness, bringing me happiness, to others blessedness.
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Wabi-Sabi
The joyful pursuit of imperfection The teapot in the charity shop window Spout stained, broken and repaired I bought it for three pounds fifty,...
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Phyllis McFadden 1931-1986
I was twenty-three when my Auntie Phyllis died. She was fifty-five. I’m older now than she was when she died. Back then, in 1986, I thought anyone...
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part 5
The car bump ing as Karen drove off the ferry woke Mary from a bad dream - a huge spiderweb dangling with bundles like sad grey fruit, soft and...
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The Worst Words
If I asked you while the sun fell on our past, sinking beneath a brown and loathing sea, what the worst words were. You would perhaps shrug your...
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At The Summer Fair
. At The Summer Fair By Paul Mc Cann I had two bob to spare. Better than some who had none . I went down to the fair . On the sidewalks of Dundrum. I...
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Vomit City
Vomit City I was stumbling home the rain had turned to hail. Ahead staggered a woman Spewing in the gutter Looking very pail. So I lifted her from...
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Picnic Mountain
. Picnic Mountain By Paul McCann On the top of picnic mountain we always unpacked the fold up table and chairs , Then we spread out a laced...
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. Strawberry Time
. . Strawberry Time By Paul McCann Strawberry shortcakes for breakfast, Strawberry jelly for lunch. Strawberry jam on fresh bread and fresh...
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Fury on the Crests
of Northumberland Strait- the Atlantic ocean rages with pelting wind and frothing against a lobster boat’s hull newly painted sending it into a spin...
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Darren's Records
short one from last night while watching my partner playing his records
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Old Spice
Your arms, strong around my skinny torso, squeezing warmth through me. I breathe all of you in, feeling every thread of wool from your thick pleated...
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Mrs Swift Talks
Mrs Swift Talks ‘Where’s the new guy Petty, Sarge? Said I’d take him for a beer.’ ‘Naffed me off. I’ve sent him to see Mrs Swift.’ ‘Harsh Sarge,...
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The Rosemary Soul
Married at eighteen Divorced at twenty And the time inbetween She saw plenty That she promised she’d never see again She left her town of birth Left...
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A Woman of the Swamp 2-1 [2 of 2]
Previous Chapter “Before we get there, you’re here to help us stop a rogue necromancer.” Shirley passed Nick a packed manilla folder. “They’ve been...
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A Woman of the Swamp 2-1 [1 of 2]
Previous Chapter Unfortunately, this chapter is a biggun, so I had to split it in two! It's the start of Part II, so it needed some breathing room...
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Old Ardoyne
. Paul F. McCann OLD ARDOYNE Well there was the bog around the Beltex Mill, and the spring on the cinder pitch Before the troubles came. Then the...
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Human Kind
. Paul F. McCann HUMAN KIND Human kind dislikes being denied, And so the story goes. Human kind at times fails to agree and so the doors are closed...
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Summer In Australia
. Summer In Australia By Paul McCann When summer comes to this land bodies lay on the golden sand. There’s surfing , fishing and fun for everyone...
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