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Using My Head
Using My Head By Paul McCann I said to the teacher I am a poor creature my pen’s run out of ink. I’m counting up my sums with my fingers and thumbs...
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- 328 reads
The Forgotten Ones '
The Forgotten Ones ' By Paul McCann During the time I worked with the homeless in the Salvation Army in Blackfriars , London , the Simon community in...
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- 221 reads
A Casanova Meets Calypso
Her eyes were music. A melancholic minor key. She’d dated heartbreak, kept its memory. The unkindness of the world rested there, clouding the way she...
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- 453 reads
Mother's Day Thoughts
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] “To be a mother – what a task! I need God’s help – His help I ask. No break, or pause, a constant role: I...
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- 262 reads
IV. Remains - Part One
The cabinet he was building when Marie died was a white oak sideboard with dovetail joints and a hand-rubbed finish that would take four coats to get...
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- 425 reads
The Light 5
Was love the solution to our problems? What did that mean, exactly? Was sacrificial love the solution to our problems? What were we sacrificing? Were...
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- 249 reads
“You Belong To Me”
Jo Stafford: 16 th to 22nd January 1953
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The Misunderstanding
They dumped the last of the cardboard boxes on the apartment floor, and stood up. ‘Glad that’s over’, said Sarah. ‘Thanks Holden, much appreciated...
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The UFO Bible 7
"Then there will be a terrible time of suffering unequaled since the creation of the world and never to be equalled again." Crystal's neighbour Suzie...
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- 261 reads
steam and track
sea and steam and sea and steam age-old rhyme in rhythm's time wind rushes hush-rush rush-hush steam and scream scream and steam ticka-takka ticka-...
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A Bali Belly
A Bali Belly by Paul McCann The hair of the dog bit my lip and all I could do was just moan felt seedy for a week and a bit I called the doctor on...
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- 213 reads
Birthday Blues
It was my birthday, so I could write what I liked. Image made from PD elements at canva.com
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- 820 reads
Finders Keepers
I may have posted this before, but I couldn't find it. A bit like some memories I have.
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- 297 reads
Cyborgia Haiku Set
legions of light orbit vast cubist skyscrapers; in moats of misunderstanding Data from small talk from libraries, offices form a thought cloud above...
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- 228 reads
The Privilege
A bossy bundle of fur and whiskers. It's been a joy and a privilege.
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Bron-22
Continued from Chapter 21: Bron-21 | ABCtales Chris returned with more glasses on a tray. “You know when I ditched the plane in the Pacific – that...
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- 253 reads
"Here In My Heart"
Al Martino: 14 th November 1952 – 15 th January 1953
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- 729 reads
The Winds of Wars
The Winds of Wars The winds of wars have shorn the shores where children once had played, revealing bones of dead unknowns for whom the faithful’d...
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- 400 reads
This Is Where I Die
My friend was going to do something insane
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The Do And To Teach
The Do And To Teach By Paul McCann The classroom teacher cried ,“Did you not hear what I said ?” The students replied .“Please show us what you mean...
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- 217 reads