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Some You Win ..
'Would you like a beer', asks the host. I think he's called Mark. I open my mouth but before I can speak, James says 'She doesn't drink'. He tries to...
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Storm Wracked Sky
Can you be drowned in a storm-wracked sky As deep as a storm-wracked sea ? Can you run aground on a pale full moon And shelter in her lee ?
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Lone Cow in a Burning Village
How should I proceed ? Is the image not enough ?
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Concoction, Combustion!
For about a year now I have been putting a slice of fresh ginger in my drinks, when I had hot chocolate for my first drink of the day, it went in...
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A Yorkshire Churchyard
Noo then lads, are you arobbin'? Plenty of spit, for long-distance gobbin! Aye! Gone are the days of riding Dobbin, Or fetching your ma's best cotton...
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Mum.
I have had animals most of my life. Either a cat or a dog. My Husband has had dogs all of his life! He is a real animal person. A true dog lover...
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Fox on the Hill
It was a rather grim affair, my half-brother’s birthday. A Wetherspoons, Fox on the Hill, South London. We arrived forty minutes late and were still...
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Ode to a Corporal
He didn’t look at peace or like he was asleep He looked very dead fetal and small shot in the head Small as if his mortality was already being...
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Watch! (Episode 30 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
Aefelthrith hopes to be starting on a great adventure, but could something spoil her plans?
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Everything now
It was a grey-tinged day that God forgot. A West London building stuffed with fish-eyed Workers, Styrofoam desks and strip light glares – Bulbs so...
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bag o’ bones
our hearts grew thin and rangy from lack of light and love put in we were starving, we were famished we were dying for more. All the love we wanted...
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A Covid poem (My hands are dirty and unsafe)
Grey sky, same view. Stay home stay safe stay scared. Keep your germs away Get the cloth and wipe shopping from Sainsburys Local Delivered by...
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The Other Side of the Attic Window
Twin girls live here. Cute as buttons they are. And now a new tinier button has arrived. Yeah, yeah, just as cute as the other two buttons, but this...
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Early Lateness
If I could turn back time, I’d write a song about it.
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Darkness IP (I couldn’t think of a title)
For three years, Orion had been living in this house and somehow didn’t pay even a second of attention to that door. The door to the room he’s never...
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Jesus tempted by Satan
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Satan tempted Christ His skill to use … Satan tempted Christ to test God’s care … Satan tempted Christ to take the … Matthew’s Gospel chapter 4 verses 1 to 11
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Little Letters To The Lord
Little Letters To The Lord By Paul McCann . Dear Lord . Touch the eyes of those who can see no wrong in all they do so they would understand their...
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The Heart Attack
The Heart Attack by Paul McCann The unwanted visitor that slams in the door and tears your home apart . Its only motivation is to attack and destroy...
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Mable And Her Magic Ways - Chapter 10
Mable And Her Magic Ways A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 10 Mable Rocks The Cradle Dave and Mable were married in a wonderland experience surrounded...
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Last Chance 1
Jim came out of prison, blessed by the blue, cloudless sky. He had a few hundred bucks in his pocket. He didn't have much more but a peppery beard...
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