David Kirtley
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‘D Day’ : Leap Into The Unknown! (Community Care!? Actually) by Alfred N. Muggins (current affairs observer, and undercover reporter!)
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15/6/24 ‘No work today!’ Alfred felt guilty. It was the ‘Ides of June’, so to speak. (He was certainly not going to the forum today!) It was Saturday...
Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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7/10/23 / 21/2/24 ,/ 3/3/24 “You are now on the tour of the Hell you created,” said his guide. The strong presence of Rasputin seemed to have...
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An Easter Message Of Confusion from Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 France is still fighting for its quality of life, while Britain has given up on it’s a long time ago! America is already down the pan, after...
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An Easter Message Of Confusion from Alfred N.Muggins Part 2 : France!
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Part 2 : France! Meanwhile the French voters and workers are on the streets (again!) as Government ignores their wishes for an easy life, and a...
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An Easter Message Of Confusion from Alfred N.Muggins
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Easter Saturday 8/4/23 Is this the time of year when we the people take back control from the bureaucrats, sharks, and business machines who have...
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I do also think this is a
Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023
I do also think this is a great piece, very melancholic, and also very real. A very natural style, with humour and sadness!
Read full commentPosted in Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?
Nice poem! It certainly
Posted on Tue, 24 Jan 2023
Nice poem! It certainly paints the scene. This come from a scene in a romantic film with Tom Hanks in it does it not? It rings a bell, but it is a while since I saw it. I like the idea of repainting a scene from a good film!
Read full commentPosted in A View of the Hudson
You make a very imortant
Posted on Fri, 13 Jan 2023
You make a very imortant point here Luigi, that the good guys do not always win, even now in the Post 1945 world. It is important that we all realise that!
Read full commentPosted in 1945
I did enjoy this 'miniature'
Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
I did enjoy this 'miniature' satire of Brexit, but then it occurs to me that the Christmas economy may well dwarf the so called national economy in size. I once used to believe that the elves probably had it right, but nowadays we find that they...
Read full commentPosted in In-between Days
I enjoyed this realistic
Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2022
I enjoyed this realistic story. In this all too real Christmas Tale it seems too much damage has been done to the relationship, and Mick's late reversal of attitude seems to come too late to save his marriage! Not all Christmas tales can end well...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)
Good so far! An alternative
Posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2022
Good so far! An alternative Christmas tale, infused with reality!
Read full commentPosted in The Last Christmas (Part One of Two)
A lovely story! It did bring
Posted on Fri, 09 Dec 2022
A lovely story! It did bring a tear to my eyes at the recognition and acceptance of his place in the new family at the end!
We have a little dog who has occasionally escaped from the garden to chase the foxes, which gets me worried...
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I enjoyed this poem, as I do
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2022
I enjoyed this poem, as I do feel the issues you describe. I could never be described as a go getter so it seems to relate to me. It is not that I would wish to stop go getters from doing or being what they are or want to be. Perhaps I do feel...
Read full commentPosted in Life is for the Go Getters
I enjoyed this moral tale,
Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022
I enjoyed this moral tale, and thought it was very effective. It did remind me of the scrooge story too, and another one which my wife and I read a few years ago, about a fairground repair man killed in an accident on a ride in New Jersey, in...
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That was a great tribute to
Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022
That was a great tribute to Hawkwind and to Nik Turner! Hawkwind was the first 'big' rock concert I ever went to in November 1979 at Sheffield City Hall. Very powerful, but my ears were ringing for a week afterwards! I vowed to put cotton wool in...
Read full commentPosted in Edge Of Time That Influenced Mine - Nik Turner Tribute
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