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I have 240 stories published in
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Mark Pithie
Poet and Prose Writer
I have self- published two poetry pamphlets namely 'Back Wynd of the Mind' in 2011, and 'All Those Years Ago' in 2023.
Maybe the time is right for a new publication, maybe this year, time will tell!
My stories
The Willing
1976 Once off the bus, the feeling of excited anticipation that had been welling up inside John for days dissipated, to be replaced by a creeping...
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Personal
Occasional poet seeks kind words to rhyme and metre regularly- good sense of rhythm required to set motion into poetry.
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It Seems
It seems like only yesterday I acted up in our school play. The audience applause was wild, I wish that I was still a child. Things were simpler for...
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Old Men ( In Darkened Rooms)
We are old men in darkened rooms Of the mind The shutters down The light shut out The life shut out Silent as a tomb An empty barren womb Lonely old...
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Saturday Job (1980)
Saturday Job (1980) School work had improved for Gary since the 0’ Grade results. He had chosen to take 3 Highers -in French, English and Art. These...
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