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Boxi Market

You turned from the array of fruit The rows of pretty flowers To gaze deep into me You turned from your thoughts Of apple pies and soups From the...

Neurodivergent Tea

An unprompted good cup of tea is the best cup of tea first thing on this rainy morning. He is becoming independent. This pleases me. I step back,...

Millicent Frome

Doggerel. Image source pinterest. No known copyright issues.
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A Strange Something

A Strange Something By Paul McCann Something Jumping Thumping Bumping . There was a strange something in jumping Pete's Scrap yard. and it kept on...

Red Blushed And All Cut Up

. . Red Blushed And All Cut Up By Paul McCann . Talking to myself there Someone had overheard. I was lost for a word. There was nothing to share...

Green Pastures

. Green Pastures By Paul McCann . Meadows in my mind. Landscapes on evergreen thoughts. With floating ideals Far from the harsh daily grind. In...

Disenchantment 23

“Do you know what they are doing? How they are looking into it?” asked Oren. “No, I’m a student. I’m only an undergraduate student.” Malbourne glared...

A Bird Burden

A bird? Seriously? Among all of my sister’s relatives, she lets me take care of her bird for the holiday. “Please Jade! It’ll be just for a week. I’...

Tom wrote Lord of the Rings

"Tom wrote Lord of the Rings, didn't you Tom." "What do you mean Tom wrote it. It was written fifty years before Tom was even born." "I was going to...
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276 Portobello Road

She was wonderful to us – always dressed to the nines and often in a fur coat, beautifully made up and scented; she was called ‘A lady of the night’, my parents said, which meant that she was up in the west end a lot...
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SUNDAY CLOTHES ON THURSDAY

I started this in early '19. the goal was to have it ready to sing on a visit to Donegal that Summer.
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Letters in the attic

8 th October 1988 Dear Mike, Well the first week of University has been a blast. As you rightly predicted there has been a lot of drinking. You'll...
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Craven Gets Flashed VII

“Why do you mean she’s attempting a coup?” “You heard me, Mr. Danger,” said Jenny. “I heard it with my own ears. She just promoted herself from...

Virus by Wendy Kirtley

Virus Dark skies above us, The virus is there, We’ve been told to stay home, If we dare to go out there. We must stay away from people we love,...

The Barking Chaos

Barking is what I do. It’s a dog’s habit. Though my mom isn’t really in “barking terms”. She instantly gets mad when I bark. It isn’t like I just...

The Banquet (Competition entry max 1,000 words)

I live in a mansion in the country. This is no ordinary mansion; it’s an M&S mansion. Well, it’s not actually but it does house a library of...

Solitude

Dory boats whisper against their mooring lines rocking-splash gently atop bay’s skim of glass reflections shimmy in friendship.
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A Falling World: Chapter 7 Slowly starting

For David, the next couple weeks were tumultuous as he learned the ins and outs of his employment. Sometimes his doorway opened to another location...

In Sickness And In Health

In Sickness and Health ByPaul McCann . Pain Unbearable, Troubled Suffering Wounded, Untreated Sadness, Burden, Caress Happy Healed, eased, relaxed,...

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