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16.1 Playa Del Rey
Hours of hurtling and on the climb to Harbour Bridge, she sighted a ghost ship hauled in the bay; a huge aircraft carrier. Shortly, Natalia arrived...
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In The Beginning (for Monarch butterflies)
In the beginning, there was a maker - every story has one. A fleeting matriarch who abandons life to chance, here, to the underside of leaves of...
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Frosty the Snowman
I was going to go out to the garden and build a snowman but then I remembered that I needed to put some fat on the cat’s abscess. I haven’t been...
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'Come, Lord Jesus.’
How many scoff, deny, forget – they do not want to know … Every eye will one day see Him, Jesus returning, majestic, reigning: how many will be waiting with faith, upon the earth?
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Ballerina Toy Box
The boundary between the real and imagined world can be a thin veil Daylight fades, an ethereal twilight descends, I turn the key, music tinkles like...
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A Painting In Hackney
A Painting In Hackney By Paul McCann I was waiting for a bus in Hackney and lifted my eyes to the sky. I was so surprised and delighted with the...
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Odyssey of a Prodigal Stepson Chapeter 10 (rewrite)
Recap: In part 9, Jamie found Koromaru lying dead on the Radcliffe lawn. Being the only one there when Catarina came home she jumped to the wrong...
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Amour
It is the Autumn of my salad days and longing for a mate other stags have now selected their hardy one and only. At times we scrabbled and strolled...
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WebWorld (4.6)
I don’t like to admit how long it took for me to gather up my wits – although in my defence I had a headache like nothing I’d ever had before, like...
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flotsam and jetsam
On the beach, among litter a herring gull fledgeling, dead beside a Happy Birthday balloon background : Soothed in vast freedom and insouciance of...
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Depression
I am what I am not That’s what I’ve been taught The timekeeper in my head keeps each tick of the day He feeds me guilt pain on not going away, again...
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A Son and Wife's Betrayal
All my lousy son cared about was getting laid. I had to pick up the pieces after I was betrayed. I should've known something was wrong because of how...
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Curious Ambiance
A poem about impressions that live on. Chasing pleasures, those worthwhile moments billowing resonance...some melodiously soothing worries away, a...
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The Hungry Years
. The Hungry Years By Paul McCann Writing songs came to me as a gift in the beginning of the 1980’s . I could hear melodies in my head with lyrics...
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A bird
A bird is not Flying The wind is blowing the plant's stem Whilst the sun is shining
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Who's to blame?
Who's to blame? As the world weep And each wound cuts deep When all live in fear As if all would become slaughtered sheep Who's to blame? As the...
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love rages and sighs
banners fly onwards filled of faith emerald and sapphire gentle peace love rages and sighs a ruby's glow heart of courage carries the torch desert of...
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15.2 A Load of Crapes
She reached North Flannery Road and made way across the highway to the south until she came to rest at Metro café on Old Hammond. Three-thirty in the...
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Raising Three
Raising Three children on your own not easy these hard pressed days what with Covid-19 and all its concerns two boys & one girl growing faster...
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dog days.
The washing machine sloshed and whirled, the edge of the dog blanket appeared and tumbled in on itself, before going into the spin cycle making the...
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