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A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
No bears were harmed in the writing of this poem.
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Here's to You, Lady Liberty
Understanding why Carolina, Harper and I never met in the flesh.
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Penny’s Pass the Story - Part Four
Sheriff Milton is hoping to become lost in Paradise with Deputy Marindina.
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Teeth Tales - The Miser’s Guide to Molars
I swear on my eye teeth that not a word of this is true.
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The Aromatherapist of Kozloduy
Summary but certainly not summery, though quite springlike towards the end of the month. Using precisely one hundred words per day, here’s my account of the things that went on in my Bulgarian life during the latter fourteen days of February.
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Verse Nine (for Jenny)
Posted on Sat, 27 Dec 2025
A poet plagued by Yuletide snot
Amidst great mounds of Kleenex grot
Observed proceedings from her cot
As soldiers danced with swords in kilts
To send some cheer to Swindon, Wilts
Read full commentPosted in Fête de Noël de Madame Priyatelkata
Our Man in Mornington Heights
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Splendid stuff Paul. The plot is thickening like a good broth.
I'm itching to know what happens next and how the story finishes.
I think the butler did it.
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Parcel - Part 6
Hot wash
Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2026
Years ago, my teenage daughter did the same with her precious iPod (not iPad). It was destroyed and she was devastated. So for her eighteenth birthday I bought her a new one. By purchasing it direct from the Apple website I was able to get a free...
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Israel
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2025
I agree with you entirely Ed.
We are constantly being brainwashed by the media. It seems that a huge chunk of the population of the so-called 'developed world' agree with the governments that support Netanyahoo but they do so simply out of...
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Fireflies and frogs
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
A couple of times in our garden, after a summer evening rainshower, I've seen small frogs that have swallowed fireflies. I only know this because I've seen the dull flashing from inside their throats.
This is a lovely poem Jenny. I really...
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Bernard Manning
Posted on Tue, 09 Jul 2024
The former existence of Bernard Manning pours doubt on the possibility that there has ever been a supreme being that's made us in their image.
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Kind words, Di. Thank you.
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
Kind words, Di. Thank you.
If it helps you keep the giggling under control I'll read something about my involvement with the bubonic plague on 12 August.
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Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal.
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
Once I built a railroad, I made it run
Made it race against time
Once I built a railroad, now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Brilliant song! There are many versions of but I think Ronnie Lane (formerly of the...
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The Butler
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
I wouldn't put it past him. It was Lambert and Butler that saw off my Auntie Jessie.
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Turpitude
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
A couple of glasses of turpitude and I'm anybody's.
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