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Twosies or Threesies
I said to Archie, ‘But you could get put up against a wall and shot’. My wee brother was standing huddled beside us in the close, out of the wind and...
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Wednesday Club
We yakked on about God and laughed at the devil. Really, it should be the other way about. I met the devil when I was nine or ten, but I blanked most...
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Tuesday Club
The Tuesday Club wasn’t what it looked like, older men in short and sannies panting and out of breath after playing three-a-side fitba on the wooden...
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You are not your illness.
The girls left a heady brew of perfume behind. I poured Etian some water and he was well enough to sit up in bed and sip it. He began coughing and...
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Cancer ward
‘I’ll be back for lunch,’ I sat on the side of his bed and squeezed his hand—‘someone’s got to make sure you eat something.’ The two policemen...
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I'm not sure I'd be a tree,
Posted on Thu, 08 Dec 2022
I'm not sure I'd be a tree, Jenny. I'd be too hollow.
Read full commentPosted in Would I Be A Tree
snow is here (well frost
Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2022
snow is here (well frost mainly in my bit) and we rise up to meet it, as you do in your poetry, but then we start hating it, but that's another story.
Read full commentPosted in Walk In December Snow
you've caught that moment of
Posted on Sun, 11 Dec 2022
you've caught that moment of a lifetime.
Read full commentPosted in May you live all the days of your life
the un-guest makes it's
Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2022
the un-guest makes it's presence known and shown. well done.
Read full commentPosted in Barley Ghosts
stating the obvious, there's
Posted on Fri, 02 Dec 2022
stating the obvious, there's no good age to be having chemo. But older folk you'd think would be the main grouping. It saddens me that there are so many younger people. There for the grace of god and all that. I'll wait and see. I'm glad you...
Read full commentPosted in chemo 16
sad in many ways.
Posted on Thu, 01 Dec 2022
sad in many ways.
Read full commentPosted in Laughing My Socks Off.
the search for immortality
Posted on Wed, 30 Nov 2022
the search for immortality goes on, even during holiday season
Read full commentPosted in Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 1
not my favourite season, but
Posted on Mon, 28 Nov 2022
not my favourite season, but you've caught it well, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Holly King
a disenchanted forest of
Posted on Mon, 21 Nov 2022
a disenchanted forest of feelings, indeed
Read full commentPosted in The Woman on the Other Side of the Screen
much to be glad of here.
Posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2022
much to be glad of here. thanks for reminding us.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 15
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