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The Soul Cut
. The Soul Cut - By Paul McCann When I go out I carry my scissors about So everything I see I don't like I can cut them away . I sharpen my scissors...
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Just Another Minute
We’re up the Castle Street end ay the Royal Infirmary; a crumblin Victorian relic ay a hoaspital. The stuff ay nightmares, the place; encrusted as it...
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Has The Bottle Stopped?
I have missed you I will not lie, I do think about you, I will not deny, To dance one night together in the middle of the ballroom, To stop my brain...
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Impaired
in your absence I welcome the pale thoughts of your body lying on the dewy grass grasping the pleasure of earth with both hands you smeared the...
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Rain in a Forest
Wind in The trees Air Feathering Over skin Sky lightning Ozone sharp Taunting Rain Burst clouds Fat drops Slither Down Drop from Leaves Rivulets...
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another account of Mary’s birth
An alternative account of Mary's birth
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every grain a life
waiting for the relief trucks
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Lost Love
Lost love. From my sleep I saw a vision In the strangest Damned position. A bad condition. Damned by sleeping tears And subconscious fears I slept...
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Sorry Love
Sorry Love. The band was shit! Its name disappeared. Gone from the bottom of drink soaked memory. I held a pint mixed. Half bitter half mild. I...
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Follow The Master? - Episode 10
In which Aefelthrith confronts a face from her past and Gwladys has her own thoughts
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Big Belly Oak
Driving passed the Big Belly Oak on the edge of Savernake forest, between Marlborough and Hungerford, I couldn't help being inspired to write another...
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Engraving in olive, Gethsemane, Jerusalem
In bark of olive, of dogs and hungry people, one heart, one arrow.
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The Campaign for Terrence Oblong - Probe Plus Records
Tony Wilson's Factory records turned down my two favourite bands. The Smiths, of course, had other offers, but Half Man Half Biscuit seemed too off...
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The Campaign for Terrence Oblong
If you're unfortunate enough to come across the blogs, tweets or facebook postings of 'campaigners' these days it's usually brainless, poorly-written...
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Golden Memories: Primary School Teachers
Teachers can often be recalled with greater clarity than the knowledge they imparted. At primary school, the majority of staff seemed to be...
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Disenchantment 21
“Yes,” said Floyd. “This text claims that the nineteenth day of the month is dedicated to the honor of the god of the dead, a name they rarely...
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Busking In The Rain
. Busking In The Rain By Paul McCann I’m standing there singing in the same spot once again, Nobody is listening as I’m busking in the rain. Why do I...
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My Musical Tribe
. My Musical Tribe By Paul McCann Friends and songwriters and some musicians that I knew. had a passion to make music the same as I do, Robert was a...
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The Songwriters Dream
. The Songwriters Dream By Paul McCann I’ve been waiting forty years and I’ve wrote a song or two Now I have a dream to make an album of what I do...
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- 270 reads