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The Foggie Neuk (pronounced / foe-ghee nuke /
I love a Farmer’s Market. It makes me feel all wholesome and not at all annoyed that wicker baskets catch your clothes. Moving through the fayre in a...
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The Singing Corner Boys
The Singing Corner Boys By Paul McCann The singing corners boys of old Ardoyne knew how to harmonise , they could cut out a song like a choir of...
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The Going’s On In The Baby Club
The Going’s On In The Baby Club By Paul McCann Opposite the shops on the other side of the road , there used to be a baby club where Mammy’s and...
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Brother's Keeper
[Brother’s Keeper] In our streets, man! Massive blood stains our hands in a battle with no end. Useless death marked by someone else's plan. Family’s...
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You Wish
{YOU WISH} Once their lover’s heart stringed accord. Took leave for Beijing Opera house: Melody broken note; instrument left in a void.
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Seven Sense
“Seven Sense” Your lyrics sway the beat of my heart in stillness: with every rising tone, serenade; my Solace.
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Loading the weapons in the car
‘All that’s left to do is load the weapons in the car.’ ‘No going back now.’ ‘Indeed.’ ‘I’m nervous.’ ‘Me too. But we’ll be fine. We’ve planned it...
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More Aberdeen Voices
(A brief history in haiku part 2) (1800) A long time ago The main street was constructed A mile of granite (1900) Shops on all sides Still thriving...
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Driving in My Car ('Dead Reckoning' series - Part 5)
After a brief hiatus (for us, not them) Josiah and Archibald are now on their way to Evanley Hall with the promise of a prestigious client luring them on.
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"The Appointment in Samarra"
During lockdown I had daydreams of running away to join the circus. I just wanted to get away from all the death I suppose. Those numbers on the news...
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New Directions (17)
Tiny specks of light penetrated the darkness. Sitting on a dusty floor with my back against a rough wall, dust motes glittered in the narrow shafts...
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1:4:10 Crait (Part 5)
There was a knock at the door. The first guard struggled as he tilted and turned the foldable bench through the doorway and out of the narrow...
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Easter In The Holy Land by Alfred N.Muggins
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31/3/24 The Holy Land has so many holes in it! How can it be Holy now? Do Israelis try to follow the Ten Commandments too? Thou shalt not Kill! Are...
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I Have Let Myself Get Too Lonely...Again
No need to worry or offer advice. I have processed and shed the tears until I laughed out loud. I know that it is key to notice, and occasionally...
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A Sort of Meditation
A Sort of Meditation An invitation to meditation: Laying still as a stone. This oneness connects to universal soothe. Where the center achieves...
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Love Thy Neighbour.
Ukraine has been in the news for years now, at one point it was headline news every day, like that was the only war on in the world. There were lots...
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Rambling on the Boggy Moors of Mind
Well I'm certainly no Virginia Woolf, more Little Red Riding Hood, without the gender gymnastics. But an unstructured drift through the intestines of...
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In This Garden
In this garden they hid the truth. A lie behind the tulips, their dirty secrets buried beneath truer dirt than theirs. How they piled up the earth,...
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The world is getting old
I was walking down the street when I heard hip hop music blaring out from somewhere. I looked around, expecting to see a car with its windows wound...
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Getting Older Sucks...
…but it’s better than the alternative. This morning’s snail mail was an advert, with vouchers, for Tena lady pants and an advert from the...
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