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Jennys Garden Dance
Jennys Garden Dance By Paul McCann Through the window in the kitchen ceiling a shaft of sunlight came through and landed at Jennys feet as she ate...
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What is a Tower?
The bar at the end of the universe is a place where people of all kinds congregate, that was the case a few hundred lightyears back. Now, if anyone...
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Pioneers
In February 2019, the Big New Road (BNR) opened. The official name for it is the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR). That hardly rolls off the...
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The Car Boot Today.

I had asked my manager if myself and Lucy could be off today so that we could go to a car boot together. So, he booked 18th of May off for both of us...
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Our Community ( Edit )
It's terrible when so much, Pain, fear and destruction Lies along our bruised streets. The ones we walk along with Our tired, blind feet. So it's...
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Ne'er Cast a Clout
There is a Scottish expression, ‘Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May be oot’. It basically means, don’t peel off your winter vest until the Hawthorn tree has...
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"Unwanted Magic" 6

“We have no choice but to go forward in the maze so we need to be careful but at the same time, we need to hurry,” the dad warned. “The mom nodded...
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Twenty Five Years

A few days ago, my son Daniel asked me, “Can I buy a programme for £25 that I would like to watch on Saturday 18th on the telly, When I get paid, I...
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Steadfast Determination
I can't be doing with all these arts and farts. I've been single-minded since horse and carts. Shooting for the stars like a stream of darts. Leaving...
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by misadventure

I guessed perhaps Lavery was shagging Ida Roche on the sly. Lucy agreed with me. We often gossiped about it. Swapped stories about hearing them going...
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Who'd be a Gardener?

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Redemption Falls
Arthur prays, I think too often; God is bored with him. Mary trips up on the stairs and lets the goblins in. In city streets the feathers fly, caught...
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Before He rose up to heaven

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … and then the Day of Pentecost, remembered today “Stay here in the city until I clothe you with power to go...
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This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage

From a Smoggie to a Culchie, a ten year journey.
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Mastering Peace
Mastering Peace In this state of awareness, a pure mind rests here in a flowing calm, light that reflects on the art of being alone to contemplate,...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 14

“Martha…Are you reading this?” Perfidia’s voice was low and vibrating with anger. “I’m right next you Perfidia and yes, I am,” Martha responded in a...
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New Directions (21)
Entering the threshold I looked down at the hall mat with its yellow elephant pattern – the first thing I saw when I first visited Celia’s home...
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Stuff
Jeff Bezos has all my money (allegedly). He owes me an invitation to the wedding at the very least. I must have paid for the buffet in books alone...
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RAAC (A concrete poem with with holes in)

It's not about concrete
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The truth gradually sets off

I'm not surprised I got there before her. Although we only called each other briefly, she sounded hesitant and confused during the conversation. I...
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