Cherrypicked stories
Nostalgia At The Fair
A poetic letter never sent. Dear Brian, do you remember back in 1967 at the annual summer fair that came to our village green? Because I do...
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Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Brexitbird
With apologies to Wallace Stevens.
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River's up
Too much history
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In The Blood
. It’s In The Blood By Paul McCann What a wonderful feeling , o be part of the healing deep down under the skin . The sickness that you were in is no...
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The NightWalk
This music is her lifeline. All she has against the night. She doesn’t know what it’s called and she only has these flickers of memory of finding and...
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appeal
on amber sheen of polished wood apricots spill, cheek soft and sweet and from a terracotta pot geranium flowers lift hearts when days sink down in...
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Shades of Blue
I thought every kiss was precious I used to count them Until I lost count at over a thousand times each of them meaningful if meaning is love and...
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Awakening from Stephen King's Nightmare.
I have been institutionalized and remain institutionialized. I have awakened from Stephen King's nightmare after reading 41 of his books. His...
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To the sea
I stopped en route, not tired, this is true
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Whisht
‘I’m not English.’ ‘Irish, English – you’re all the same.’ There was Katrine’s bold effrontery once again. Stinson realised she would always have it...
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Colours for Kids 11)
Bananas and daffodils, egg yolk and butter …
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Blue Hills
Silently sailing on, sailing. Silence in the sea. Silence in the world. Except a soft crackling sound that grew around them, the sound of the ice; on...
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Never trust a writer
Or even someone who just writes
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American Diaspora
On the drunken filigree of midnight, some time between 1987 and 1997 (a decade I have disembowelled and entombed) whilst one-shoe shuffling beside a...
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Remembering Bee Symbol Of Our Great Poets
Wednesday 2 nd October 2019. Working in the garden I gazed on one solitary late summer bee today, reminding me of soul's determination to hold on as...
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Immaterial
Rediscovering old ways
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OCTOBER
Misty mornings Start dim and dismal
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Train Song
Choo, choo... image source wikipedia commons and it is in the public domain
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