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The Late Patricia Routledge
When she starred in 'Keeping Up Appearances', she did a great job. She starred as Hyacinth Bucket and Hyacinth was a snob. Patricia was a British...
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Freda Payne
Freda Payne Please return home and put your rings back on! Because the magpies above are swooping. They could peck the trinkets of our future. The...
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MARKeting (4)
Previous Chapter 4. The Interview While interviews and job panels changed the face of human work forever, employees were blissfully without strict...
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Autumn's Danceclass Haiku
Branches embracing Trees dance a drunken tango, Strictly Storm Amy!
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Harebells
Shimmering dainty bells …
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Mable’s Fables
Mable’s Fables By Paul McCann Mable Sniggers lived a little on the far side of life as if she was in the world but not really part of it , there was...
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An Eye for an Eye (will leave us all blind).
Well, it will. Image made by me using licensed elements at canva.com
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The Rigger-2 (of 2)
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WEDNESDAY The light was definitely beginning to go. He checked the time, the piece of paper. 18.55. Safe crossing ended at 19.20. Time to start...
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The Rigger-1
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THE RIGGER MONDAY Brad picked up the pace, his heavy boots ringing on the hard grey tarmac. “Should have checked that tide table properly,” he...
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All's Well That Ends Well
I suppose you could say my life was like a fairytale back in 1983. In a place far away in the past, I'd just had my baby, but found myself in a...
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Jane & Greybeard
Just a little poem for Jane Goodall
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When will this end
we rise and shout and nothing get heard the bodies are burning nothing get done you shout loudness, that you can can we save the human race oh lord I...
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What a lunch-spot!
Walked out of Presteigne along Clatterbrook (but it was empty! Plenty of room there for water, and bridges over, but apparently it is seasonal, and...
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entitativity
You are this I was told By people in Authority Surely they must know Categorically speaking Everything is organised Defined Rightly ordered Doubt...
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Autumn's Artwork Haiku
Rusted russet leaves Grimy greens, paintbox yellow Branches look impressed!
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Rust and Dust 2
‘There’s a strange smell in here.’ She paused in the doorway as if to gather it up and make certain. She was small but had that wide-eyed presence...
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Barbers protect men’s egos, hairdressers threaten them.
A few months ago, I went to a hairdresser’s and was treated like royalty. Before I’d even sat down, I was offered a drink - coffee, sparkling water,...
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Some Things We’ll Never Own
Some Things We’ll Never Own By Paul McCann So who owns the rivers and who owns the seas . Who sells the flowers and the fruit in the trees . Who owns...
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Sandman
The night is fresh, and the body rots.
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Memory of the sea
The sound of the sea Echos full of memories Listen and you can still hear them The bandwidth is just out of reach No need for a radio Just put the...
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