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I have 1122 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1714970 times and 1127 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1379 of my 14,687 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1413 votes

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Ash Wednesday

By celticman on Thu, 08 Nov 2018

That kind of man I bought into Thought I was Though anew Grief stricken and desolation Too late, too late, too late Time does not wait Sifts you like...

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chord in red

By celticman on Thu, 01 Nov 2018

Stay faithful to the word You knew all along You knew all along Stay faithful to the word And what you knew to be And what you knew to be Will reveal...

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panjandrums

By celticman on Mon, 29 Oct 2018

I’d wrapped up for a winter walk with woolly hat and gloves even though it was just the beginning of May. Clydebank meteorological charts being...

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cold meats

By celticman on Thu, 25 Oct 2018

Jack-knifed on a ring-road Empty eyes and womb done Like a shut butcher’s shop But without recall – a shrine Memories of it all Streets and schools...

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#Child of Mine

By celticman on Tue, 23 Oct 2018

A pearl of irregular shade At the heart of grief There’s a thief Who stole your breath – away And yet To commiserate, to celebrate Fragments of...

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I've no knowledge of music

Posted on Wed, 07 Apr 2021

I've no knowledge of music but have heard the name Stravnsky and I might even have heard riot of spring. As your poem shows, listening to music is classless. We all appreciate beauty, but in different ways.

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Posted in The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)

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thanks insert, you don't miss

Posted on Sat, 03 Apr 2021

thanks insert, you don't miss much, apart from writing...get to it.

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I'm not sure James II thought

Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021

I'm not sure James II thought it silly to embrace Cathlicism. He was Catholic. I guess we can thing it silly now, but with tens of thousands of life lost, well it gave us William of Orange and changed history.

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Posted in Thank God It's Good Friday! (and April Fools) By Alfred N.Muggins

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you're always a breath of

Posted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021

you're always a breath of fresh air, Jenny.

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I'm not a dog or cat person,

Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021

I'm not a dog or cat person, but my partner is. Our current cat, which we've had for a few years, is sick. It was a stray that found its way to our back door a few years ago. She did the usual stuff of putting out milk and food for it. Then you...

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Posted in "The Canines of My Life"

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