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Craven on Patrol - Part II

“Okay, Craven. We got off to a poor start yesterday.” “I’ll say we did. I can’t believe you made me walk home.“ “Sorry, dear boy. It isn’t everyday...

Devil take you

Devil take you The mists wreath the mountain tops The cold seeps through you like tiny drops. There’s a gathering storm in those towers of stone As...

Announcing the birth of our sweet Mary

Part of a collection "The Life and Times of Mary" - this is No 3 describing the birth of Mary, who may or may not have existed, into this world and an announcement of her lofty ambitions.

Buried In A Mineshaft

. Buried In A Mineshaft By Paul McCann I’m standing in a forest without any trees and I feel like an abandoned mine shaft . I have to a laugh as I...

Diamonds Dusted With love

. Diamonds Dusted With love By Paul McCann Time after time I'm climbing these stairs reaching out for you . I'm jumping the fences and running for...

I See Poetry

. I See Poetry By Paul McCann Anger is a wild wind chained to my wrist . Love's a landslide falling over a cliff . Silence is a closed curtain round...

Hugs

Two arms enfolding … but – … so – …
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Dear Creator

Dear Creator Dear Creator, Sorry for the awful mess And sorry ‘bout your status Foolish man’s grand design Has left you far behind His juggernaut of...

Okay, Karen, I'll Tell You What Heroin Feels Like

I've gotten this question many times. It's a question only posed by non abusers, and one that usually throws me for a loop. I’ve gotten this in my...
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Let Me Tell You

how many times I love you- as many as stars in the sky or pebbles in the sand with hugs in the night beneath a moon’s delight and I cannot stop...

Sweetie Pie

I wasn't going to buy another dog because it hurts too much when they die. But I decided to buy another dog and she is my Sweetie Pie. When it comes...
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To Have Known You

Dear diary: after dreaming of a friend I once knew, this memory of 1972 came back to me. Monday 11th January 2021. Long lost friend I dreamed of you...
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SEV 3

I was sixteen when I stole my brother, SEV’s, identity. I’d nipped into the lounge of the Glen Lusset and ordered a pint of lager. I was tall enough...
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A Sign of the Times

In which Josiah sees a sign, and Archibald wishes he hadn't! This story was inspired by an allegedly real photograph of precisely this sign being displayed in a Funeral Director's window, which gives me hope that Josiah and Archibald really are out there, somewhere :-)

A Hard Nights Sleep

A Hard Nights Sleep By Paul McCann I cannot sleep a wink tonight around the house I walk I try to coax myself like a sleep coach having a talk . You’...

Getting Too Old To Get Up For Work

. Getting Too Old To Get Up For Work By Paul McCann The alarm clock went off I shuddered from sleep, then I fell out of bed landing in a heap...
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First Light

Missing You The Way I do

. Missing You The Way I do By Paul McCann My heart and mind have been torn in two , because I’m missing you the way I do , I’m in the forsaken zone...
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Books Kill

Books Kill Monday morning sun bounced off the red brick of The Headmaster’s office, imparting a comforting glow onto Anne Wolsey’s favourite place,...

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