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Forest in the Brain
I need something for the shade Where it’s deeper, colder I’m not expecting flowers A pair of leaves, a small sign But nothing grows here Beneath this...
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1:5:5 Forgotten (Part 2)
Lore looked around the stillness, their head pounding. At first, it was as they expected but a second look confused them. The box ahead of them had...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite

A few years back, I posted some extracts on ABC of a memoir I'd written just after my mother had passed away. It was about the final seven months we'...
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A Sea Poem
Oceans of feelings They come and go Ebb and wane With the tidal flow A listening heart Responds aloud To the repeated sounds Of crashing waves Huge,...
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Letters

Nothing to see here. image made at canva.com by me
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Alien Opportunities Ch. 4 : Suspicions Part 2

Chris talks to an old friend Thomas who worries about the safety of his girlfriend, who has trusted the Aliens to travel to their planet. Another old colleague distrusts the aliens completely, believing they should be made to leave Earth.
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They Learnt To Be Smarter
They Learnt To Be Smarter By Paul McCann Between playing football and boxing there was never enough hours in the day for Micky and Sticky who were...
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The Magic Of A Cup Of Tea
The Magic Of A Cup Of Tea by Paul McCann After a year or two in Australia I returned home to Belfast where I had grown up . . After I arrived I went...
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Leaving The Land
Leaving The Land By Paul McCann There are many stories of people who have left their home such as farmers and their families who have suffered great...
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What happened when Grandpa gave Grandma a miniature doll’s hardware shop on their 55th year anniversary

In a sunlit corner of the living room, where dust motes danced in golden beams, Grandpa, with a twinkle in his eye, presented a gift wrapped in...
Building A Raven

First you venture to where even the crows don't know about, the snow-capped height in the unforgiving light, with the merciless dawn daring you to...
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I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

"The first great American opera"
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Ghost in the Storm
A Legend by the Fires A legend of ages past tells of a wild child born of the mountains, a drifter cliffs and canyons were his home the soul of the...
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Weather App. Haiku #13
Later August days Sunlight filters through the blinds Summer's last gleamings
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What Is It Like To Have A Dad?
I love that Boots advert, where the Dad, cleans his glasses, puts them on, then his daughter joins him in the car. Her Dad quickly looks her up and...
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The Fate of Mankind
Yes, summer is here and the wind blew water from the fountain over my table. It was a useful top up for the coffee, but inside I went. The fate of...
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Weather App Haiku #12
Last days of August Rain and cloud are abounding Autumn waves its hand.
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Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (5) (Part 2)
(continued from 5 Pt. 1 - Withnail and Marwood are at Edwina's... EDWINA ( CONT’D, to MARWOOD ) Dornford tells me you’re an actor, too. ( glances at...
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Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (5) (Part 1)
Withnail has inherited Monty's house in Penrith, Crow Crag. He and Marwood go to Monty's Chelsea house to collect the key. Edwina, Monty's daughter,...
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Never Enough?

Am I envious of those who seem to have more (don’t know what ways they maybe using it for the helping of others more needy than me, nor what their...
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