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Her Troubles
Her Troubles Tuesday’s fish supper grease still lingers On grubby stubby stiff little fingers Cracked by cold and each one bleeds From overuse of...
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Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls
Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls Alone, I walked along the dusty path that led away from the termite-ravaged back gate of the small French colonial-...
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Maglic Moments
A piece of writing I did a good while back for the travel company, Exodus Travels. Neither the trip nor I were very glossy but they were very happy to include it in their glossy promotional literature. The Green Visions Travel Agency in Sarajevo used it too. And no, there isn’t a typo in the title.
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Lady Danube
A photograph of a green wooden hut beside a river. But the river is none other than the River Danube (known locally as the Dunav / Дунав) taken on my phone a few days ago from near the town of Svishtov in Bulgaria, approximately 80 kms from where I live. I love watching rivers flow by but the might of the Danube (the second longest in Europe, after the Don) is extraordinary. Its beauty and the folklore and mythology that accompany it compelled me to write this poem.
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Poking James MacGuigan’s Pig
There have been many doors in my life, some real and some metaphorical, but on a quiet little farm in one of Ireland's beautiful Glens of Antrim, one in particular stood out and the memory of it will stay with me forever.
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Goats
Posted on Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Having lived in the Balkans as long as I have, it's hard to resist a story with goats in it. The rats are a bit of a side order too.
I loved your dancing silhouettes. You create a great atmosphere with your words, sending shivers. I felt...
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Lady Grinning Soul
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
This waiting game, when
hearing melodies that bring
back those carefree impressions,
The first line of your poem brought back to me the first line of David Bowie's Lady Grinning Soul...
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Caught in a trap
Posted on Wed, 09 Oct 2024
I get your drift Luigi. I feel like a sixty-five-year-old trapped in the body of a sixty-six-year-old.
Keep up the good work!
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Challenged
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Hello Coral.
I think my challenge is to just keep going with it. It's something I enjoy and it makes me open my notebook to write at least a bit every day, even on those days when I don't really feel like it. I've completed 12 months on...
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Firefly fellas
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
They're lovely little fellas Jenny, and a bit intriguing the first time you see one. It's like being in a cinema with a tiny usherette with a tiny torch.
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Great writing Paul, as always
Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Great writing Paul, as always, and very funny.
The possibility that alien life forms on other planets might be fans of heavy metal rock band, Saxon, is surely an indicator that it's time for us to halt our space exploration programmes....
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Miffy
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Brilliant words Paul, describing just how bedtime stories are meant to be.
From my experience the bedtime stories were read to get the kids off to sleep but halfway through I would often hear the words 'Dad! Dad! Wake up! You haven't...
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Hello Di.
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Hello Di.
Our hedgehogs have always lived here so I suppose they're used to the weather but I think yours might struggle a bit here during our summers. I can never understand how our wildlife survives the huge range of temperature that we...
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Excellent stuff!
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Extremely well written Paul. I await part two with gleeful anticipation.
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Les vacances de Monsieur et Madame Muggins
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2024
I hope Alfred and his chère épouse will be able to replenish their croissant supply before the paralympics commence in Paris next week.
We're in mourning in our house at the moment due to the expiry in the last few days of legendary French...
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