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In Search of Times Past
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A poem designed to cause offense
Philistines! Barbarians! Peasants. Listen up, lend me your ears. You miserable shower! You, you, you beast, you snowflake. You chav, you toff. You,...
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Reasons To Live
Reasons To Live By Paul McCann There is a reason we are here . Life is more than a walk in the park , or a shot in the dark . We are all different...
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The Archers in Cyrillic Script
The events of February 2025 (the second part) in my neck of the area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees, described using my usual one hundred words per day method.
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Retroactive
The Guardian website is showing me the latest trends I need to update my wardrobe. 'Retro' seems to be a thing.
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Post Nuclear 1 - The Joseph Campaign
Gordon sat on a freezing cold winter's day wearing a thick sheepskin coat over a zip up housecoat, with a woolly jumper and a cotton jumper...
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Madhouse
Madhouse Both players are on double one. The scorer puts the chalk down, picks up his pint, and sits down. Jeff’s first dart hits the double 18. The...
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A Good Reason To Live
A Good Reason To Live By Paul McCann Bruce lost his sight after returning from war . His life changed so much when blindness came .He missed the...
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A thought experiment
A thought experiment Einstein was famous for his thought experiments which helped him works out scientific principles through picturing the scenario...
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The Summary of all law, and how to live by it …
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Do “Love the Lord your God “, He said. But love like this can’t be aroused by fear, obedience slavishly, but...
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Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
The events of February 2025 (the first part) in my neck of the copse, described using my usual one hundred words per day method.
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Finding More Reasons To Live
Finding More Reasons To Live By Paul McCann After the famine came Fiona was evicted from her home because she couldn’t pay the rent to the landlord...
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Love it or hate it … ?
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Telling it like it is.
“ Who are you ?” It is an oft asked question. Sometimes, the inquiry originates from another person, maybe an employer or boss of some sort, asking...
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'I remember ...'
I’m always looking for new writing ideas and prompts and recently came across an interesting one whilst browsing online. The exercise is simple and...
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Making this world a bettter place
Of course, I have to help my fellow human beings. And especially when they live in your neighbourhood. But where is the limit to getting your fellow...
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Admissions Ward
do you drink? bit early in the morning just a quick double oh. two sugar one milk for me thanks what does this mean? … people in grass houses must...
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Moved to Tears (Moonlit Ballad)
Yesterday I was entranced by Dean Dyson, a famous busker on Guildford's cobbled high street, with his smooth yet rasping vocal and a simple acoustic...
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Many Other Reasons To Live
Many Other Reasons To Live by Paul McCann James Bleeker was a soldier who was sent to war in Vietnam in the 1960s . Bleeker , likely so many young...
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