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The Red Rattlers From Redfern
. The Red Rattlers From Redfern By Paul McCann The red rattler shook as it stopped at Redfern . The morning dew glistened on half opened windows in...
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Macey Levens
She said she won’t be hanging round In this town It always looks up to a blackened sky This town she said will not see me die Before I’ve lived Macey...
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13.1 Rahne Mari
An image of Moyler cast on the screen. Educated at Rugby School and Queen’s College, Arthur Moyler was appointed to the India Office in 1930. Then he...
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iNailpolish
iNailpolish That London Look (Rimmel) blue my mind i saw you: 60 seconds that’s all it took - 60 seconds that blue my mind and matched my eyes – love...
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bird has flown
bird has flown we walked the windswept wildness stepping onto marram tussocks to keep our hiking boots from stagnant water her eyes sparkling she...
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Rolling Thunder
I love a good storm, except if I'm 30,000 feet up in a long metal cigar tube with wings. Brontal is a nonce-word, made up for the nonce by me. A back-formed adjective from the prefix bronto- meaning "thunder". There, can't even say you were sorry you asked, because I told you first. image is CC0 Public Domain from PXhere.com
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It's (Still) a Wonderful Life
It had been difficult times for Jerry O’Halloran of late. Friends knew him as Down on his luck Jerry . It hadn’t always been this way. Jerry’s mother...
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I gaze upon
I gaze upon the world from my window the azure skies and fluffy cumulus from my window the cherry orchard with drops of crimson from my window the...
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The Day The Cows Mooed In
. The Day The Cows Mooed In By Paul Mc Cann Once old Mc Donald had a farm, but the cows all ran away . They found a home at my old place, where they...
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December 8, 1980
It was 40 years ago today Lost chords Echoing lyrics Incomprehensible news Say it isn’t so Discordant Disjointed sounds Gunshot? Impossible Who Why...
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The Late Sean Connery - Part II
Certain people believe Sean Connery was the best James Bond and they're right. He also starred in "The Hunt For Red October", "The Presidio" and "...
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Images to Ponder
A wrapping of snow has enslaved a shoreline of boulders pushed onto this destination an ice age ago and upon this deserted land winds are swollen...
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All Around The World, It Is The Same.
I was watching something on the television this week, and as I watched the various clips one of them made me go, “Awe,” Then I realized, usually that...
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12.3 Second Infiltration
There were lots of stories about sighting spooky things in the woods, spirits and ghosts, in the beliefs of the native islanders and folklore. For...
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Dear daydream,
I’m going to create a distance so great even your words will not catch my eye I want a world so wide When I die, you will go on living As If I were...
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To Be Sure
. To Be Sure By Paul McCann Like a child I trust in knowing . Like a rose I must be growing . Like a child in all innocence . Like a seventh son with...
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Why Should Love Be Lonely
Why should Love Be Lonely By Paul McCann Locked up in isolation like an oyster in a shell . Prisoners of the pandemic in some lost hotel , The...
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Nelf
Let me give you my dawn, whether you want it or not, like my new self, alike a kite in a vacant, hollow sky. It came lard-like between the sprick and...
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The Evolutionary-creation Myths
There once was a myth that mutations … There once was a myth of long ages … There once was a myth that ‘pooh-poohed’ … There once was a myth of a gradual emergence, from nothing, of animal and plant life evolving …
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