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Yew
CW, death, mental health, a little dark.
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The Gulls on the South Pier
The gulls on the South Pier are unruly bastards. They swoop down and steal chips out of young children’s hands. The North Pier gulls, on the other...
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Non, je ne regrette rien
‘It won’t be long now’, Belle hears the nurse say as she drifts back into the darkness. She knows she is dying. It’s fine. She’s warm and comfortable...
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The visit
Shutters creak open across the coast, petals in the spring sunshine revealing lives that exist only for months. While sun makes long shadows that...
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It's A Gift
. It’s A Gift by Paul McCann When I saw her walking down the street , I looked over and I said , hey how are you feeling today and she smiled and...
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Pogue From Tir na nOg
. Tir na nOg By Paul McCann I’m Pogue and from Tir NaNog I come with songs and stories for everyone You might hear me singing once again. You might...
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. He’s The A and R Man
. He’s The A and R Man By Paul McCann He listens with his heart to the music in his ear every song is a masterpiece for a sound engineer, It’s got to...
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Elytra 5
Wednesday 21 June 85AGF 9pm 'Ten years. Ten years.' The Doctor took a long draught from the flask that sat amongst the casually strewn pieces of...
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Don’t Hide from Love!
They hid when they realised their guilt … But God sought them out in His grace … How pointless to think we can hide, refusing such grace at his side!
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The Anvil
For a few moments a shiver of cold tap-dances across my chest and thankful the weight from new street treasures press down on my homeless body. Am I...
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Mother's Day 2022
Today is Mother's Day of 2022. But I can not spend it with you. You died over nine years ago. Love was what you once showed. Many people celebrate...
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Easter 2022 by Alfred N. Muggins
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The whole world prays as Putin’s stooges, young inexperienced soldiers, pilots, sailors and generals reign down death upon civilians turned into...
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Ugly Puggly 19
The newsagent asked how my wife was doing, which put me on a downer. I guessed I was being racist, thinking Asian folk shouldn’t be trained to read...
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Joe and Kevin (part 1) - Spoilt for Choice
A follow up to "Upon My Soul"
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Sorry Ends and Bagel Crumbs
“You okay, Renaldo? You’re looking gloomy?” “Frederick, ol’ chum, I feel like the sorry ends on a loaf of bread; unwanted, but tolerated. I should’ve...
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Elytra 4
Monday 19 June 85AGF 5pm 'That's better, yes.' The voice was soothing, calming, protective. It was low and quiet. Now then, all you need to … that's...
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Corridor
Lost in time, a song away from reality, corridors you walk and build in hallways of flight twice talking maybe 3 times in rooms of sterile colours;...
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Friday Night Stage Fright
. Friday Night Stage Fright By Paul McCann Stage fright has got a hold of me with a tight grip and I can’t break free . Flight or fight from the fear...
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An Ancient Archway In Time
. An Ancient Archway In Time by Paul McCann . Up above in a plastic sky, spiral sunbeams in colours fly down on a street, where two worlds meet to...
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Synchrony
Wait a minute..... breathe before you answer. Close your eyes, travel the time you spent with me in a whirwind where silence drew smiles from both of...
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