David Kirtley
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David Kirtley
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Alfred N.Muggins has a Bad Dream : Brinkmanship (Inside the Mind of Vladimir Plutin : Victory For Russia!)
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14/5/22 Ukraine needed rebuilding! His toyships had blasted the coastal cities and the Donbas, as well as taking quite a number of potshots at Lvov...
A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 Time was dragging as well. Alfred felt the loss of free time more keenly at the moment as he was in work which was very much full time at the...
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A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
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Part 2 Monday 16/1/23 (section written 21/2/23) Having found his wife in the non food part of the large shop he desperately tried to encourage her...
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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.4 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Part 2
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The ‘real’ Henry VIII has come to modern Britain to get healed and ‘fixed’ by the NHS, while intrepid Alfred Muggins takes his place as a ‘caretaker’ King in the 16 th Century. The ‘real’ Henry is learning a lot about the state of society and politics in modern Great Britain, and Europe!
The Coronation Of Charles III, the ‘Green’ King by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 Charles was now fully King, with his lovely Queen Camilla, in beautiful white dress! He was a full King at last, with the whole weight of the...
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I enjoyed your poem. Every
Posted on Tue, 19 Oct 2021
I enjoyed your poem. Every time I read it it puts me in the mood for Halloween! It is interesting to read about the Celtic background to Halloween, which I had not appreciated before.
Read full commentPosted in Samhain and Beyond
I also enjoyed this poem. You
Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021
I also enjoyed this poem. You described the feeling/situation of strangers passing in the street very effectively, and in a moody way!
Read full commentPosted in Strangers on a Street
Good story, a bit sad, but
Posted on Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Good story, a bit sad, but very heartening in the end! Life goes on and our animals do need us!
Read full commentPosted in With or Without You
A fitting memory of it.
Posted on Fri, 10 Sep 2021
A fitting memory of it. Watching a documentary about it again has reminded me of the extreme horror and extreme spectacle of it!
Read full commentPosted in Twin Towers
Great poem, showing the
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
Great poem, showing the desperation, disappointment, and tragedy of those queueing or jostling outside the airport at Kabul. These are scenes that should not be happening, one way or another, a modern horror story. What went wrong? What could...
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I did enjoy this! You have
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021
I did enjoy this! You have written it well. It shows the feelings of leaving home, moving on, very well!
Read full commentPosted in Leaving Home
The shaggy blonde Etonian
Posted on Wed, 28 Jul 2021
The shaggy blonde Etonian does have some interesting friends, and he keeps meeting them, but can he trust any of them? I enjoyed the satire and the pantomime Marandina. You have shown the spirit of the times very accurately!
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This did make me laugh. I
Posted on Mon, 02 Aug 2021
This did make me laugh. I enjoyed it. We all have difficulty controlling ourselves and following best laid plans!
Read full commentPosted in How Roger Came to Spend Lockdown on the Sofa in His Underpants
Another poem about another
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Another poem about another great piece of classical music, (and Russian again!)! Thanks for reminding me about what it was all about. I think you have done a good job of describing it!
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A very fitting poem for the
Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2021
A very fitting poem for the precarious olympic events, and the situation of the pandemic and its risk to Japan and other nations. I personally think they are right to go ahead in this restrained and hopefully safe way, but I like the way you...
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