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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Hugs

Two arms enfolding … but – … so – …
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To a Lone Sailor

'...sail steady, sail always, sail true.'
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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...
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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...
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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 :-)
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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’...
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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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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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