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The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 4) (2)
I fixed myself a salad for tea and sat in the kitchen to eat it. Tinker came in and sat on the windowsill beside me, looking from me to the street,...
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The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 4) (1)
Tinker was waiting on the stairs when I got in, meowing fit to bust. She rubbed around my legs as I took off my trainers, then darted up ahead of me...
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Leaves of Autumn
are adrift on Autumn’s waterfall of colour and Poplar leaves tinkle like bells during afternoon’s breath.Gentle soundings create a softness within my...
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Coils
Allowing the telephone handset to slowly unwind As a budget alternative to Stranger Things He didn't have Netflix, nor even the web: It stood-in for...
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Sausage Fingers
Those sausage hands, dripping in mustard Closely, slowly griping my mouth Jellied fingers, knuckles cracking Slipping around, heading-on South
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Confessions
Lend me your ear.
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Galaxy.
I had arranged to go out for a meal with a good friend of mine, I hadn’t seen her for over a year. It was winter and cold outside. I decided to wear...
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The Sixties....In My Sixties
The Sixties…In My Sixties This morning is beautiful and I really mean that. The sun beats down upon the breath-taking countryside that cradles our...
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He's Just a Whisper
from boxer days when his name was boss on the marquee of a guy in an ocean of sharks. His stature on the street allows other homeless souls to flee...
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Mrs Dalloway III - In The Garden
Lying in bed with you full in my arms. Music swells and slides to fill this dark room: Mrs Dalloway III - In The Garden. "It's beautiful, right?" "...
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Siege Of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad, Starvation and cruel noose around the city by Nazi fascists. Hitler wanted them to suffer, Content to let them starve slowly to...
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Shine
Shine by: Jason Scott He didn’t like how brightly she would shine. He said it hurt his eyes, that it would hurt him if she continued to shine the way...
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Angel 39 (returns)
‘You’ve another visitor’s request.’ Church stood in the door of the cell, with a slip of paper in her hand. ‘That’s great.’ Angel made her wait...
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Sunbeams Of Your Smile
Sunbeams Of Your Smile By Paul McCann Sometimes when I’m feeling down I need to know you’re around. Sometimes I’d like you tell you everything but...
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FAMILY CONNECTIONS
I really wasn’t expecting this. I had set out to start clearing some of the detritus we had managed to gather over the last few years, when we had...
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Rise Above In His Love
Rise Above In His Love By Paul McCann The apostles wrote the gospels , so all the world would know, they walked in his love and talked in his love...
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The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 3) (2)
"Have you heard anything from Karen?" I said, as we went back through to the lounge. "Yes," she said, sitting in her chair opposite the telly. "She...
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The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 3) (1)
It took ten minutes to cycle home if I took the route via the bypass. But I took a detour down towards town and headed for mum's place. I'd not seen...
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Piddle Pig and the refugees
Mamma was in Eva’s bedroom, with the storybook in her hand, coaxing her daughter to sleep. Her room was fuzzy pink and cosy. The thick pages of...
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untravelling path
a memory of walking worn between trees into moss and fallen leaves. A parting as through hair, to tame or make bindable a growing thing shod foot...
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