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7 collections on the site.
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1376 of my 14,676 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1410 votes
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Hamish Murdoch 1964-2007
‘Hi-yah Hamish,’ the kids at the back lane used to shout at me as I wandered down off the canal path to buy a paper from the shop on Dumbarton Road...
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Davie McCallum 1971-
When Davie McCallum, aged 31, went missing on 28 th March 2003 his son David (junior) was aged five and about to start school. Now he’ll be twenty-...
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Benny Hagen
Press reports are structured like a triangle, the weight of information balanced on the first line. Nobody much called Benny Hagen, Bernard, until he...
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Jim Welsh (Largactil) 13/3/1964—6/10/2012.
I didn’t go to Jim Welsh’s funeral. I didn’t hear about it until later, and I think it was Sharpie that told me. I wasn’t upset, just sad about the...
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Tam McSwiggan
Tam McSwiggan 1961-2001 R.I.P. When Tam was born Rangers’s supporters in the enclosure rioted and tore down the green, red, and white flag at Ibrox...
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more complex with new life.
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
more complex with new life.
Read full commentPosted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter Eight.
we all paint poems, I guess
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
we all paint poems, I guess words come that way too.
Read full commentPosted in Painted Poem. By MarciaMarcia
we're good at building
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
we're good at building oursleves up and knocking ourselves down. The ethical worry of non-NHS NHS is a worry. But you've got enough to worry about.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 6
Good question. I dnn't know
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
Good question. I dnn't know if it rains in heaven. What lies beyond the last breath? I'm not sure either. Factor in faith and the kindess of strangers? I'm not sure about that either. Many questions. Many answer. Multifaceted poem.
Read full commentPosted in Does it Rain in Heaven?
I changed it, insert. Change
Posted on Sat, 20 Aug 2022
I changed it, insert. Change anything you like. I will if I edit.
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 73
makes sense of stigma.
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022
makes sense of stigma.
Read full commentPosted in Stop the stigma
I thhoght all cigarettes were
Posted on Sun, 21 Aug 2022
I thhoght all cigarettes were emergency ones. The Solomon touch is weird enogh to be true.
Read full commentPosted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter Six.
I guess marriage was part of
Posted on Sun, 21 Aug 2022
I guess marriage was part of the plan.
Read full commentPosted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter Five.
blessed indeed.
Posted on Sun, 21 Aug 2022
blessed indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter Four.
I was one of a family of five
Posted on Sun, 21 Aug 2022
I was one of a family of five. My mum lost two (perhaps three kids) I was too young to count. God, how did she do it, I ask now. You provide some answers.
Read full commentPosted in Any room for a small one?
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