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Back and Forth
From past to present makes me smile how we dillied and dallied with time by our side. The past held many vigorous moments and in later years so glad...
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The ticket (Chapter One)
Martha could tell it was a train ticket immediately form the way it fell from the man’s hand: not in a flutter but a sort of rapid spin, in quick circles, like a whirligig.
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20.2 Independence
Mr D C Ron Waite, appointed political official by Secretary Sanders, scrambled within the atoll and walked in through the doors without knocking...
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I'm Out of Here!
A JAWS Short Story for @theDailyJaws #NaNoWriMo challenge 2020 (This very short one was a very quick afterthought following a dream I had and may in...
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The Worst That Could Happen
"The Worst That Could Happen" A JAWS Short Story for @theDailyJaws #NaNoWriMo challenge 2020...
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Bubble Trouble
An ekphrastic poem inspired by John E. Millais painting "Bubbles"
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The Doves Of Erin
. The Doves Of Erin By Paul Mc Cann The doves of Erin they do mournfully cry to the sun in an overcast sky . They cry to the hills and they cry to...
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Ourselves Alone
. Ourselves Alone By Paul McCann We call ourselves Irish , we stand out in the crowd. Yes ourselves alone, and that’s why we are so proud . We must...
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Empire State (Part 7 of 7): Escape
I broke from the reverie, heart beating faster, pulse raising. Sam was in danger. I could try and rush the bodyguards left to keep me here but there...
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Empire State (Part 6 of 7): Devil in the Attic
Wicca ritual practices are often staged with followers in a sacred circle. Spells are cast to bring about changes in the real world. “The Summerland...
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The Unexpected
This is a story about a man called Jim. In unenlightened times he would have been called dim. He did surprising things on a whim, While his mum...
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Gallop Rhythm
Really. MORE angst from my early twenties. I see you, head tucked to read the hurtle of the chords (curls whisking over like the forelock of a colt...
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Him
More angst from my early twenties... Him I see you to the taut arch of throat, and sympathy of cartilage on voice, to music fallen small below the...
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Lady Lazar
Angst written in my early twenties... Lady Lazar And there is a charge, a very large charge for a word or a touch, or a bit of blood. -Sylvia Plath...
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The Path From Tree Hill (2/5)
Even if I couldn’t see it, I knew the tree was there, solid on top of the hill. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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The Path From Tree Hill (1/5)
You can see the tree from the bedroom windows at the Manor. You can see it from every single one of them. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Corona Log Entry Dec. 29, 2020
Corona Log Entry -December 29, 2020 It is breezy and cool here in SW Florida this morning. Snow storms are raging across the northern tier of the...
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What Is Your Instinctive Word?
What is your instinctive word? We all have one or more. It also depends on the situation, such as fear, anger, shock, loneliness and more. Most...
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20.1 Independence
On a very rainy day, it was the end of January 1962, island folks meandered on the beach seeing no clear sky to cut the harvest. Someone saw a boat...
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Always Beautiful
. Always Beautiful - By Paul McCann . Always in my thoughts ,' always in my heart , always and forever when ever we’re apart , Always close to me in...
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