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The Sydney Traffic Connection
The Sydney Traffic Connection by Paul McCann Another man made marvel , an engineering feat , steering its way from North to South and East To West ,...
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The Road Hog
The Road Hog By Paul McCann I pulled over there on the side of the road with an overheated engine . I had no idea of my whereabouts as I had been...
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Novemberly thinking.
As this short, sad November day begins to draw quietly to an unremarkable close, the sun comes out and fills the garden with a strange, wet, yellow...
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At Home with the Rhizomes
Back to life. Back to reality. Back to writing exactly one hundred words per day.
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The Day She Chose to Be Good
She decided, the moment the alarm went off, that today would be different. Not different in the way she sometimes meant - the vague, hungover “I’ll...
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Red, red wine.
A mollitious warmth stole through my inward parts this evening as I directed a river of red Italian wine down my throat. Although it was an...
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genesis
Rage does not go away It turns outward or inward Rage does not go away It creates hung-faced horrors of us all Rage does not go away It roots itself...
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The Lamb of God who …
… takes away the sin of the world. [Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] They went to Pilate’s palace with hazy accusation. It was the date to celebrate God’s rescue of the nation. … their trial of this man unjustly held – Christ Jesus, predicted Passover Lamb …
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An Artistic Expression
An Artistic Expression by Paul McCann The depiction of still life there in a art form for all to share , some fruit on a silver platter whatever the...
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Nessie Saves The Day
This is a true story, and readers, I was there… Every bank holiday at the end of May, the Gloucestershire village of South Cerney has a Duck Race, in...
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Easter 2025 by Alfred N.Muggins (Rogue Reporter (please don’t shoot me, I’m only the armchair journalist))
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1/5/25 Easter came in even more haste than usual, it seemed to Alfred, who liked, in recent years, to write something appropriate to this time of...
Bucharest and all that.
A man sits at a small, round table outside a café in the busy Macca Vilacrosse arcade – hardly a noteworthy sight. On the table sits the empty cup...
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Empathy
Having been accused of reckless driving, once we were working the whole morning and getting tired, Prof Sauer said call it a day for lunch I said “...
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FAIRY CAKES
I want to eat stale fairy cakes Crushing silver balls in my molars Annihilating all hopes of sophistication Crumbling among old mercurial fillings...
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Release from storms
Tossing, restless … suddenly … ike a boat tossed by stormy riot … stillness …
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Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches
As I swilled back a final deoch an dorais in the cosy and serenely atmospheric old bar, my mind was puzzled by how much a city could have changed in under half a century. Or perhaps it was me and my mind that had changed.
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standing outside the window.
Book of Job 17: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, I miss me. even the thoughts of my heart. The way I used to be. They change the night...
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In a sea of grass
In a sea of grass In a sea of grass Waves made by the fierce wind Which suddenly subside I hide Where most can not easily see me To be seen means...
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