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Terence Mullan

Down the years I have lived in many places and I have done many jobs. Now I live in Bulgaria and the only work I do is tending to my lovely garden when the sun is shining and scribbling away in my big book of writing stuff when it is not.

I may have left it too late in life to become a famous writer or celebrated gardener but I will persevere anyway. These are the things that occupy me in a seemingly effortless and satisfying way.

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Black Grape Cat Disorder

Osem our cat is black and white He’ll eat whatever comes in sight He eats all day and he eats all night No bounds exist to his appetite He eats...
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Our Man in Golubac

As sweat ran down my temples the man at the other end of the telephone line told me that he spoke Bulgarian, which came as a massive relief to me...
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Back in the M.A.F.F. - Part Two of Two

My dear colleague, Colin the Contortionist, really was called Colin but he was employed by the M.A.F.F. more as a Scientific Officer than as a...
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Back in the M.A.F.F. - Part One of Two

It was the first time I’d ever been asked the question ‘Are you allergic to silage?’ at a job interview. I couldn’t give a definitive answer because...
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Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four

Kev sat down on my settee with a beer from my fridge to watch the racing results on my television. Jim in Glasgow had paid for all of these things,...

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496 of my comments have received 515 Great Feedback votes

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Your words sum up the

Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2023

Your words sum up the grimness of this time of year. especially the monochrome landscape line. 

A nicely written poem that I enjoyed in a grim sort of way.

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Oh to be a cat. They always

Posted on Sat, 25 Nov 2023

Oh to be a cat. They always have a multitude of favourite places in which to languish in sleepy comfort and regularly in places where they're not supposed to be.

We can't make plans for cats. Your poem captures this well.

 

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But Israel's neighbours plus

Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023

But Israel's neighbours plus the USA plus the European Union plus Britain have too much money tied up in Israel to go upsetting them. None of them are worried about investments they have made in Palestine because their aren't any, or if there are...

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National leaders and

Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023

National leaders and governments throughout the world and throughout history can all be graded by their different levels of madness and greed for money and territory. Thoughts of human suffering come second place when rich men strive to become...

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A good read Mono.

Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023

A good read Mono.

I've got the Dubliners' song The Zoological Gardens stuck in my head now.

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Posted in May 4th (chapter 5 part 2)

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Sun protection in Dublin?

Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023

Sun protection in Dublin? That's more of a fantasy than anything you'd find in a Harry Potter book.

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Posted in May 4th (chapter 5 part 1)

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No matter what we think of

Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023

No matter what we think of ourselves it's often good to make the occasional adjustment.

With the words of your poem you've really hit the nail on the head, if you'll pardon the pun.

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Posted in Song of Myself

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The dictionary definition of

Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023

The dictionary definition of armistice is something along the lines of an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting.

I'm writing this for the Armistice Day people, lest they forget.

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Oh Paul, as usual your

Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023

Oh Paul, as usual your wonderfully descriptive use of words brings the scene to life but there's so much sadness in there. I really feel for you.

This must have been very difficult to write and I admire you for sharing it. Your positive...

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Posted in Those We Leave Behind

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It's wonderful how you have

Posted on Mon, 20 Nov 2023

It's wonderful how you have written so many interesting facts about the fruit fly and its brain into a poem.

From now on, whenever I look at a fruit fly I'm sure I'll feel inadequate.

It's educational and enjoyable Rhiannon.

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