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Your child will remember this day forever
“Great! You’re here! You couldn’t have come at a better time,” says the daughter. She takes her father by the hand and leads him outside to the back...
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Wild Welsh Poppies
Lemon poppies dancing in the breeze – shimmering crinkled silk chiffon.
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Gargantua
A very hungry giant
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The Patrolman - 21
Jake Lacey stood outside, smoking a Lucky down to the filter.
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Clochán an Aifir (The Giant’s Causeway)
Not too far from where I once lived, this place has mesmerised me since I was six.
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Traces of Time
TRACES OF TIME THE SHAPE OF TIME UNWINDS ITS PATH THAT WAS FORETOLD: NOW MEMORIES ARE SHAPED AS A MOSAIC DISPLAY OF WHAT IRONY CALLS REALITY. LIKE...
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Cherries
I love to get a cherry yes is it true I love cherries don't you they are very nice and red and taste so sweet you see oh wait its not for eating it...
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That's Dream Pop
The style of music we Irish seem perfectly attuned to is not the sombre ballad, or those racing jigs of our traditions, nor is it the country croon...
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Roaming Giants!
Long ago there roamed the land dinosaurs so big and grand; now they are no longer found, but their bones are in the ground. Been there long to fossilize, but to many men’s surprise …
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What the caterpillar calls the end (for those who are becoming…)
What the Caterpillar Calls the End (for those who are becoming) The light grew dim, the air grew still, The green world closed, the leaf went chill...
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Introducing Turlough Ó Maoláin, Performance Poet
My April, the second of two parts, and restricted to 100 words per day because less is more, and I am the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe of village gossip.
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A Lasting Gift
'He's here, you know...' 'Grandma, who's here? What do you mean?' 'It's my sweet John, your granddad, he's always here when I need him. He's just...
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Thumper.
I remember when Jacob who I work with told me that he, “Took my three cats to a cat’s charity and told them that I can’t afford to look after them...
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Market Square
I stood in the Market Square waiting for my wife to come out of the supermarket. Old enough to remember times before supermarkets, my left eyebrow...
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Peace By Piece
PEACE BY PIECE Reconstructing a Nation After The Troubles By Paul McCann The conflict known as The Troubles may have officially ended in 1998, but...
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The Fish on the Hill
My April, the first of two parts, and restricted to 100 words per day so that I can’t be accused of banging on about it.
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English.
As I arrived at my Mums yesterday, my brother William said to me, “The finals of the snooker is about to start at 7pm, Mum and I have been watching...
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Yellow
“I wish you’d quit smoking so much. Seems like you’ve been needing it.” “I have.” “Wanna talk about it?” “No.” “Ok.” ⸻ The rain patters the roof. She...
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Karma’s Call
Karma’s Call By Paul McCann In life there are those people who are full of self importance in the life they live . They keep everything for...
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Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)
‘I never thought you’d ask,’ said Cedric in what sounded like a fairly normal voice, almost human. Now Vanessa was determined to get this over with...
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