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Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down? (Part 3)
Jack and Chris re-assembled for afternoon registration and left the school gates together. Stepping along awkwardly as they became accustomed to the...
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A Shocking Affair
Jenny checked her watch again before taking a gulp from the large glass of Merlot the waitress had just put in front of her. She had a good twenty...
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Letter From Italy
Dear diary... This was a letter I wrote about my trip to Italy when I was twenty one. Luckily mum and dad kept hold of it and placed the letter in an...
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Tangled Threads
Not long ago when mail was slow across the ocean waters (and phone costs high in days gone by) communication’s steady flow of parted love was written...
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Soundbites and Humble Pie: The 2017 (alternative) Great British Menu Banquet
A short political morsel.... This year’s Great British Menu Banquet, in recognition of the austere times in which we live, was only two courses; a...
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NEW ORLEANS - MY PERSONAL JERUSALEM: A TWO-PART SERIES
Jerusalem has been coming to mind a lot lately. I've been aware of the city all of my life, as most of us have. But Jerusalem as a concept keeps...
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Russian Disclosure
I used to belong to a poetry society called 'The Woodland Poets Community' (just on-line... but we were a close group nonetheless.) Gradually our...
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Why the Democratic Party has a Future to Believe In, Pt. 1
As a life-long independent Democrat from a family of politically involved Democrats going back a couple generations to Congressman Henry Leonard of...
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The Hunger Ache
The Hunger Ache - By Paul McCann It hurts when there’s no food again today , Time to get up and try to earn some pay . Get in the queue there and...
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Walking With Tears In My Eyes
Walking With Tears In My Eyes - by Paul McCann Not every ache is an injury , not every pain makes me cry , like some of the things that can hurt us...
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A Public Defense and Plea for Amends
Greetings, My name is Sean Lawlor Nelson. I'm an American poet and social thinker who has been under heavy government surveillance especially since...
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Connect 4
In twelve months I believe I will have consolidated power over these people. Look at them. Maire sitting by the biscuits when she should've risen to...
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HER NAME IS GRACE
HER NAME IS GRACE Her name is Grace She is tall and handsome She draws a card and it's an ace! "Unpack your bags, don't be a disgrace Our little...
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AN ORDINARY MAN - LETTER TO FAMILY 27.8.2004
Recycling a piece previously posted in my Dads Memoirs - AN ORDINARY MAN - as it might be of interest alongside the current Iinspiration point...
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Handle With Care
Handle With Care - by Paul McCann . On the fringe , on the street , trying to get back on your feet . On a binge , on your todd , you call out ; for...
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Beth Tree and the Elgars 8
I must admit that I have not written this next bit without help from my musical friends who often get together to discuss Dr. Elgar's music. So if it...
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The artefact
He was one of those children who were ahead of their years mentally. For seven years of age, he displayed the intelligence of a nine year old, and it...
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Me not me (Hindsight revised)
I am in a fog, unable to see Trapped in a bog, and can’t get free My chance to talk, forgot the words I go for a walk, crapped on by birds I play it...
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Kellwicks Curse
Kellwick’s Curse By Paul McCann For one hundred years the people of Renmack were happy and content in a small rural community with a population of...
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