celticman

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I have 1220 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3698407 times and 1259 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1960 of my 16,279 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2028 votes

Jack O'Donnell

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anniversary of my death

By celticman on Thu, 28 Dec 2017

I was away to nothing But not quite Not what you see The silent conspiracy Don’t poke your neb out Until his neb was in It was the toilets The silent...

Travel

Poem

Certificate PG

Black babies.

By celticman on Wed, 13 Dec 2017

‘You’re a fibber, Alice O’Connor,’ Clarence said, holding her skipping ropes tightly. We stood facing each other in the backcourt, tenement windows...

Drama

Story

Certificate PG

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the weather forecast

By celticman on Wed, 06 Dec 2017

I read The Herald ’s weather forecast as others would scry a chicken’s entrails after eating barbecue wings. Tomorrow will be dry, but your life will...

Surreal

Story

Certificate 15

grief

By celticman on Thu, 23 Nov 2017

Grief is a sort of guilt This should be quick Just a click of fingers And away any day Callous and dumb –business To fall apart Right at the start A...

Other Non-fiction

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Grimms 105

By celticman on Fri, 10 Nov 2017

The forensic expert, Mr Cleary, wears a baggy brown cardigan with bulky pockets he jams his fists into. He shadows the Macer, but is smaller, hitting...

Drama

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Certificate 12

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1960 of my comments have received 2028 Great Feedback votes

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used to capture them in jars,

Posted on Tue, 13 Sep 2022

used to capture them in jars, you do too, but in words.

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Posted in A Lamentation of Bees

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ah, could happen. most people

Posted on Sun, 11 Sep 2022

ah, could happen. most people are forgettable.

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Posted in the forgotten stranger

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maybe we're all feathered

Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022

maybe we're all feathered ghosts , jenny. well done on poem of the week.

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Posted in View Beyond

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I'll give it a miss, trying

Posted on Tue, 06 Sep 2022

I'll give it a miss, trying cancer for now. But never say never, or some other cliche.

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Posted in Chemo 8

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carng is sharing, Some people

Posted on Sun, 28 Aug 2022

carng is sharing, Some people don't care Some people don't share. Time is the measure of the man or woman. She gave you time. The narrator learned to care for herself.

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