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Patricia
Written in response to the IP 'The thing you kept that you shouldn't'. Except in this case it's the thing he kept that I wish he hadn't.
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The Dancer
A metaphor if you will..
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Manchego
Inspired by Lou Blodgett's very funny ode to Cheddar Cheese..
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Stamp my little foot
Can't. Shan't. Won't. Don't Make me.
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The Beautiful Game
This is a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu. It's about a real issue which is happening right now. I know that there are many terrible things that have happened, and are happening, in Gaza and the West Bank, and a children's football pitch may seem such a minor thing. But it really touched a nerve with me. I feel powerless to do anything about it, but at least I can cry into the void with my letter.
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Small Things Like These
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
When I was growing up in Southampton there was a place called 'Nazareth House' which was a home for 'unmarried mothers', where most if not all of the girls were Catholic teenagers. I remember the nuns who ran it coming to our house collecting...
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Mums
Posted on Thu, 08 Jan 2026
Your mum was roughly contemporary with mine (1927 – 1993), Jenny. It's wonderful that you remember her with such tenderness and love.
My sister, who is religious, believes that she will see our mum again, and that must be very comforting...
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Well done Kurt. A very
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
Well done Kurt. A very satisfying end for both him and his readers. Sometimes justice (in the true sense of the word) needs a nudge, and too many people just say 'not my business' and look the other way. (That's if they notice at all).
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Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
Working in the book section
Posted on Tue, 03 Feb 2026
Like Harry I really look forward to your Bulgarian blog too. Am a little worried about Ludo not getting a mention. I know he must be on about number twelve of his nine lives, so I hope he's ok.
Working in the book section of Cricklade...
Read full commentPosted in I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Tie-Dye My Raggy Socks
All sorts of things slip down
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
All sorts of things slip down the cracks in time and/or space. But I never thought about silence itself doing that, until I read your poem.
Personally I like the staccato delivery, I felt it was a good example of form echoing content. ...
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Hypocrisy
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
Well said, Turlough.
I've read a lot about these cases (although I hadn't heard of Ann) and sometimes the man responsible for the pregnancy was the father or brother. Which adds another layer of hypocrisy to the indignant shame heaped by...
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Very philosophical !
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
Very philosophical !
When I worked in Swindon many years ago, The Beehive pub actually employed a resident philosopher, Dr Julius Tomin a dissident Czech.
I wasn't sure about ' the pucker set of initials ' should...
Read full commentPosted in 3. An Expedition To The Pole (i)
Turlough's Tales
Posted on Mon, 05 Jan 2026
Weans' wee wellies, hares and hedges
Morris van with rough steel edges
EE Grace, and Leeds and Smoggies
Ludo cat (and other moggies)
Free roast chicken, leaky teapots
Ireland dark with sideways rainspots....
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Thank you Turlough, always
Posted on Sat, 03 Jan 2026
Thank you Turlough, always value your opinion. To my mind a poem's not a poem if it don't rhyme. The comatose verse was my favourite, I was determined to get CPR in there somehow.
I did have some more ideas of how the dim-witted...
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Oh, I thought it said SAGA ..
Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2025
Oh, I thought it said SAGA ...
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