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Westburn Road (1974)

Winter sprays its frosty swirls, Twists and turns on single glazing. Icy kingdom: our back garden, Downy flakes on dying roses. Created and creative...
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Mr Russ.

I don’t have any War Medals from relatives. Dad did National Service in 1950, but was too young to serve in WW2. My Granddads were too young for WW1...
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Cherry

Shopping to Excess

Sunday , almost Advent urban urchins, Doric divas, Rudolph idlers, Facebook fiends, from tenements and tower blocks all descend on the city: - to...
Cherry

Gift: A Son's Story (Birthday)

Today would have been my mother's 90th birthday. Her final birthday was her 88th. Given how ill she'd been two months earlier, it was remarkable that she had made it that far. But it was a good day. We spent it in time-honoured fashion - talking about old times...

Thought for the day

Do I need to apologise for this? Who knows?

Mother Of Fairness

Mother Of Fairness By Paul McCann Mother of fairness , there are times when others do us wrong . Bring us your healing and make us strong . Mother of...

Say What You Mean

Say What You Mean By Paul McCann Well there was an old woman as sharp as a pin at 82 years she was young , she was quick with the wit and she could...

Inside Out

Inside Out By Paul McCann Here inside I cannot hide, or outside too as my life you guide . A truer love there could not be than this love here you...

Dark and techno hell

Too early and too late for cars new houses don’t clump muddy lorry feet yet past my gate even foxes tuck noses into belly fur dog has shoved me to...

The Race of Life (1968)

Holding hands with some reluctance You and I aged four or five Going shopping with our mothers Hand in hand on Union Street Infant faces forcing...

Quite Possibly Divine

Jon looked around the place and wondered why he was here at all. The crowd bustled all around him drunk and drugged to the eyeballs, pushing past as...

A Casual Murder

A Casual Murder Sheila Atkinson was busy at the moment. The company she worked for, ‘Paisley’s Furniture Covers’, had just mounted a publicity...
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Its Time To Change

Its Time To Change By Paul McCann Don’t pull me down to satisfy your need or break my heart just to watch me bleed , if you can’t build me up then...

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors The relaxing sound of chainsaws Break the morning air A hundred bucks a night I can sit and stare At all the metal monstrosities...
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Aura (23)

Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (22)

Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aura (21)

Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons Author: Blanford, William Thomas, 1888 License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Tricks of the light

What’s the flickering?

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