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Dog’s Mercury

Emerging through the littered leaves of the woodland floor …
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Historiography

Ford was right, but he didn't know why. Image is by Tiffany & Co, but out of copyright and in the public domain, source Wikipedia.org
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A Crocodile Can’t Be Loved

A little late night insomniac nonsense, but it gave me something to do...
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A drink at Christmas
It's cold. She pulls her coat together and goes up the stairs and out into the Christmas crowds moving north to the shops. At Selfridges she stops,...
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Memories Of You I Keep

In memory of Seta, Honey and Misty, my three late cats who gave me so much pleasure during the 1990s. End of day became feline precious eyes gleaming...
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09.1 First Infiltration
8 th November turned out to be a bright day and Mariam Mala was off duty. Footloose Habib biked up and down to make necessary arrangements. They took...
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The Shadow On Your Face
. The Shadow On Your Face By Paul McCann I touched the shadow on your face, my lips with yours embrace . Silence are words we cannot speak. My love...
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Beyond Ben Bulbens Beauty
. Beyond Ben Bulbens Beauty By Paul McCann Once more I will go , beyond County Sligo , to a vision of Ben Bulbens delight . Where twelve misty Bens...
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The Idle Hands Of Jimmy Felon
. The Idle Hands Of Jimmy Felon by Paul McCann Jimmy Felon grew up an angry young man and he was very difficult to live with. He refused to go to...
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The Price Of A Step.

I was watching the news yesterday, and I saw a child with lots of electrical straps and gear around her legs and body, she had her Mum behind her and...
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a life in a breath
a life in a breath occasioned by Thomas Hardy Thoughts of Phena (1890) that delicate essence captured in a bottle meant for mourning tears wakens...
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Phyllida Case

Odd. Because I felt like writing something weird. Image source wikipedia commons licence CCA2.0 photographer Tex Texin on Flicker too.
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Trouble in Paradise
Get out! Get out! You lazy lout! Take the wrong way around a roundabout! How dare you say I'm getting stout? I'm only 1cwt, and that's nowt. You're...
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One thirty Wednesday
Among the spiders
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08.3 Dhekunu Mala
It was raining on Tuesday. Shakir was with Habib at Askeni. At dawn, they went for prayer at a mosque next to the Atoll Office on Mahan Magu. Habib...
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Peace And Quiet
. Peace And Quiet By Paul McCann Destiny lies like the dust that gathers , as silent feathers sweeps away time into a hollow hole . Mortal men die...
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Sing Me A Love Song
. Sing Me A Love Song By Paul McCann Don't give up on our love if you can still sing a love song . Have you a song to sing. I would love you to sing...
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The Passion Of Poetry
. The Passion Of Poetry By Paul McCann What is it that makes people write poetry and abandon their lucrative careers for the love of it . Is it a...
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Empire State (Part Four): The Initiate

Modern day Wiccans eschew the notion of left and right hand paths – left associated with malevolence, right linked with good intentions. Not everyone...
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