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Skating Without Ice

Softly glide, liquid wondrous through lazy days; how fragile your plight on pond and lake, rays rippling beneath hasten you on, then, in dreamy...
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Back to Pagansim

… unattended, unhelped, uncomforted, even for hours before they succumb…
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Looking For A Reason to Live

Looking For A Reason to Live by Paul McCann Being part of a gang wasn’t a choice Albert made it was the only option for him to survive . He came to...
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Goodbye Gene Hackman
It's sad when I say that Gene Hackman and his wife have died. Gene starred in three Superman movies and Bonnie and Clyde. In addition to Gene and his...
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I lay down and wrote myself a letter
I'm glad I've done what I've done. I like who I've become. And I give thanks for being me. With or without you, I will be true. You sent me late a...
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More Reasons To Live
More Reasons To Live By Paul McCann In the second decade of the 21 st century war erupted in Syria. The revolution saw protests turn into...
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The Lighthouse Keeper of Ras Gombo

It’s a well-known fact that seafarers staring at the sea during the hours of darkness can be hypnotised by the calming waves and the bioluminescence as their ship cuts through the water. In their half-awake half-asleep state of mind, they feel an unexplainable urge to walk to the railings, climb over and jump in. I once experienced this peculiar feeling whilst on watch on a bulk carrier sailing south through the Red Sea towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Indian Ocean beyond.
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Finding Another Reason To Live
Finding Another Reason To Live By Paul McCann He just lay there with a bottle of Vodka in his hand . The morning parade on the sidewalk stepped over...
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Letters from everywhere
The precise, rectangular array of the postal boxes was both geometric in design and appealing to the appreciative eye. Behind each brown metal door,...
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Another Good Reason To Live

Another Good Reason To Live By Paul McCann I had gone to London for a holiday and booked into St Pauls youth hostel in Carter Lane not far from St...
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Another Reason To Live
Another Reason To Live By Paul McCann We all need a reason to carry on .when thing go wrong , when we feel disappointed , when we retire or feel...
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In Twilight Years
Deeply moved by harmonies; welcomed easy on the ear, sonorous music latches on to heart strings that quiver emotions, fluid sensitive tears burst...
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Pluto’s Ode To Charon

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Childfree Labour
What is a life if that life doesn't procreate? Is it still complete? Was it ever? Is anyone fulfilled? What is it to be so fulfilled? Where do you go...
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No man's Time
Sometimes, there's no time for fear, or pain. And, before we could talk, were there any wars? Where was the fear? What was there to fight for? Before...
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Mr. Unheimlich - A Play in One Act - Part 3 of 3
VERONICA: No. I’m already dealing with this second-hand embarrassment, a little smoke won’t kill me. CLANCY: Funny. JEAN enters and crosses to CLANCY...
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Mr. Unheimlich - A Play in One Act - Part 2 of 3
CLANCY: One hundred and thirty-one times. Crazy, right? And that’s not an unusually long special, mind you. JEAN: ( Intercom. ) Why were you counting...
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Mr. Unheimlich - A Play in One Act - Part 1 of 3

MR. UNHEIMLICH A Play in One-Act By Joe Kuhlman SETTING: TIME: The not too distant future. PLACE: An isolated examination room in a commercial...
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The Devil Walked Out

We are 'doing' Stevie Smith in my poetry group, and I like her poetry. This is my homage to her style, inspired by her own 'God and the Devil'. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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