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Rust and Dust 4
The Tink stamped his feet against the cold. Lit a Woodbine. A packet of five from his jacket pocket. Smoked the edge off the day and blew it between...
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One last riddle for the week (I promise)
I first saw L’appartement at the cinema in 1996. For the film to work, the protagonist needs to radiate charisma, and I suppose, given its success,...
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A Silent Song
A Silent Song By Paul McCann I heard a song I couldn’t sing . I think crime’s a terrible thing . I felt a hurt deep in my heart . The day my life all...
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Mother Of Authority
Mother Of Authority By Paul McCann Mother of authority remove from my mind any distraction that would prevent my thinking from being true . Mother of...
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After The Final Judgement
After The Final Judgement by Paul McCann The authorised proceedings are an account of those who stood for judgement on the last day after all the...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 33
The banquet table in Perfidia’s massive, living room was laden with an array of tantalizing comfort foods. The mingling aromas drew the men from the...
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ELSPETH.
It has been a long day. For may years I had worked at the local school, I had got to know the children, parents, teachers, and members of the public...
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The Riddle of Billie Joe
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Author: neiljs this image, originally posted to Flickr, under the stated license
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The Content Creator's Devil
The devil's in the content so they say.
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The Agent - Part 1
1. It's Always the Old Woman Selling houses was no different than any other profession; it took hard work, determination, and the occasional attic-...
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After The Storm - (haikus)
Day after the storm- Hollyhocks hang onto life Buddleia bow heads. The red rose looks up in wonder at the flutter- Autumn butterfly.
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Autumnal Haiku
Small, sparse, skeletal- The tree seen from my window- sums up the season!
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Perspective
Fusion fireball rises, though it is we …
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The snow women of Ispwich
Lived during the last ice age In an area they had no idea would one day have a football club called Ipswich town They didn’t know about the blues...
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The outline
Some dreams never arrive, and yet they leave a trace - the clean-edged hollow of what might have been. We speak of emptiness as if it’s nothing, but...
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Not All Pianos Have 88 Keys
10th March 2025 Dear Jon, It has been an age since we spoke way back in the wilderness of Covid. I write from a proper desk this time, not some...
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Something To Tell The Grandkids.
Every year my wife, kids and myself go on holiday to the same place. We go there every Summer, our neighbours might think we are a pest, but we are...
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Please Follow My Instructions ( For This You Will Need a Blood Orange)
i) There is a blood orange on the table but it is not for eating. Citrus sinensis. Blood oranges are the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation...
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Fall Haiku
Leaves on fire hanging from black boughs, burning colorful deaths; cool, living air
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I'll be leaving
Don't matter what you say or do I ant going to stay with you you ask me what what do you think I say to you oh we been down that road The story,...
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