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The Young Bounder #2
I say, I say, I say. Are you those that make hay? Are you those that make curds and whey? Are you those that make hens lay? Are you those that toil...
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Wear Your Poppy With Pride.
Every year, since I was a child, I have always worn a poppy. Over the years I have seen a decline of people wearing them. I have taught my Children...
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Last Night, on Hallow's Eve
I expected to see ghosts.
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Pathos
PATHOS P ennies for your eyes and lullabies for your ears A kiss for your lips and a prayer for your fears. T ime has no meaning while you’re...
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THE ROAD OUT OF PURSYSBURN
THE ROAD OUT OF PURSYSBURN by Paul McCann Searching for inner space a million miles away from Purdysburn’s front door. I begged my feet to keep on...
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What's Best For You
. What’s Best For You . By Paul McCann . There’s always someone trying to do , something important and what’s best for you. An ambo man or a...
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The Secret of Contentment
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Greed attacking gratitude, discontent … Want to ‘get’ more than to give – what’s the greatest thing to own? …
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The Top of the Mountain
Black was once very difficult as a future on this land and I felt shame knowing my whiteness shone brighter in the scheme of life: President Obama...
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On Halloweeen Night
Cauldrons of trouble Toil and bubble Moon casting spells In wishing wells Silhouette of gnat Tail of black cat Wings of a bat In a magician’s hat...
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samhain
samhain deep, deeper down the soul spirals quiet, still sure folding to the earth this year is dark and done paused, renewal waits bright gilding the...
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The Magic of Honours
My name is Derek Dark. I used to be the king of sarc. But now they've made me Sir Derek Dark, I'm nothing better than a policeman's nark. I used to...
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Goodbye, room
There’s damp on the ceiling of this room. It makes me feel uneasy to look it at. Sepia-coloured patches bloom outwards, or crisscross the white plaster like the roots of Japanese Knot Weed.
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Shadows Of The Past
Shadows creep where deep and lonely nights are housed, only wind breathes through cracks searching inky darkness, every creak expands imagination...
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I'm Frankenstein's Monster
When it comes to Doctor Frankenstein and I, people certainly don't admire us. When Frankenstein built me, he used my brain after I died from the...
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Sky gods
There is rain again for the 5th time today, the sky gods rumble Dionysus has wilfully drank too much wine. In the dark the rippling drops of rain...
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Empire State (Part Two)
Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Traditionally held on 1st November, celebrations...
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Giggly And Googly Eyed
All Giggly And Googly Eyed By Paul McCann . I'm hypnotised and mystified , I don't know where I am. All giggy and googly eyed won't you take my hand...
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The Three Gardens. Part Four.
The skip that Tony had hired wasn’t outside my home as the Company don’t have a permit to be on the road, so it is 50 yards away in a cul-de-sac...
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Kisngalria 4
Wooden sawhorses blocked the road at the end of the lot. Trams could no longer climb the hill because of ice and snow. Traffic diverted to the...
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Corona Log entry 10/30/20
Friday, October 30, 2020 It is 84 degrees, cloudy and humid here in SW Florida. We started out our day at the club gym for a workout, and then...
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