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Welcome To Salthill
Welcome To Salthill By Paul McCann A hand of friendship is reaching out from Salthill to whoever on Earth may come; It doesn’t matter what colour or...
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The Cradle of Life
The child’s cry is not disturbing as plane’s journey begins- leaping into the sky as a silhouette of colourless movement. It passes through episodes...
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A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
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Monday 16/1/23 (written 18/1/23, 4/2/23, 24/4/23) After a trying intense day at the new job, which had proved a lot more difficult than he thought it...
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Cheers!
Builders abandoned their half-finished house, meaning two husbands arrived, to add to mine. Loaded, with sixteen cases of wine, one loo roll and a...
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I Thought I Needed To Go To The Hospital, Then I Thought Maybe The Doctors Instead, But All That Takes Time. I Didn't Have Time, So I Went To The Next Best Thing..........
About an hour before I was due to leave the house for work, I was walking from one room to the next, when suddenly I felt a strong pain. I looked to...
Hereafter: A Holodog Story (Part One of Three)
Hereafter: A Holodog Story (Part One of Three) Before the midwife had even finished making sure he was breathing, Harold Newman’s fate was sealed. He...
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The Ruins Of A Castle Fair
The Ruins Of A Castle Fair By Paul McCann There’s a castle in County Wexford that remains in ruins from another century., The fires that once leapt...
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lost whispers of love
where you so deep and far sink away grieve where you are so far from me far in deep sleep quiet slumber sickness lost hope forsaken and forlorn such...
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Con...text
It’s funny but I could hear Your voice in the text Like Heaney, when I’m reading his poetry But this wasn’t a poem… And I wondered why, after...
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The Turf Around Us
The Turf Around Us By Paul McCann Where the sun has been spared and the rain is well shared, they’re cutting turf in the afternoon. All the women and...
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The Picture Ranch 69
Bet you've given up on this! [I almost did, too]. But I'm going to KDP it when it's done - and I've pulled the loopholes tight and rescued the dangling threads. Image source is Pinterest, but the image is PD... and yes, that is Buster in drag.
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Behind The Castle’s Walls
Behind The Castle’s Walls By Paul McCann Minard castle on the hill, Is beautifully standing still , looking back at times gone past . In between the...
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2 Super-sensory-sensitive scrubbing towers
One nose two tunnels through which the air flows as it goes …You value your mouth, ears, eyes, but do you despise your humble nose?
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Am I a Snob?
Am I a snob, of sorts? I was driving home from work on Sunday (if only people were still paid double time, I might even get close to the average wage...
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In the Land of the Blind
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Joy Of Connecting To The Land
Leaning on rake I stand motionless, mind adrift on thoughts of meadow grass and flowers; observing half hidden robin unclasp writhing worm among...
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Breast cancer part 4
I was anticipating just a quick end chapter for this experience, but I am afraid it will be a long one. My daughter took me to the hospital a week...
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UNPLUGGED
Re-write and re-post.
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You got to have a laugh
you got to have a laugh you got to have a smile even if your laughing on your own you got to do something crazy not just sit there and say maybe one...
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My Eyes.....
I first discovered that my eyes could show me a hidden world when I was three years old. We were living in a new house, a small fifties semi with...
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