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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.
My stories
Time (Clock of The Heart)
‘That one’s five hundred quid mate, but I could probably let you have it for four eighty,’ said the very gaunt looking man pointing to the clock that...
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They Think I’ve Gone Berserk (with music video)
This is a poem I wrote about forty years ago. I was working as a waiter in a cocktail bar at the time. My dear friend Anthony Healey found the faded...
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The Merry Moth of December
I think that in a previous life I may have been a moth. Although I’ve never eaten a woolly jumper or bashed my brains out on a car windscreen, I can’...
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Christmas With Monsieur Bublé
A portfolio of lively tunes A carousel and gay balloons To start, the handsome Gaul festoons Season’s greetings most profound To all of those who’ve...
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Fantasies of Enya (with music video)
I'd like to be the owner of a butcher's shop in Newry. I'd like to shake my hips about and sing like Billy Fury. I'd like to be a cosmonaut like...
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Hello Jenny.
Posted on Wed, 02 Feb 2022
Hello Jenny.
I love visiting other countries and meeting their people. Speaking a different language just makes the conversations more of a challenge. Trying to make myself understood always generates a bit of laughter. I can appreciate,...
Read full commentPosted in Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls
I like the way you've
Posted on Thu, 03 Feb 2022
I like the way you've structured your poem Rhiannon. And I like a poem that asks questions and / or makes me think, as this does.
I suspect I may be a little of all of those things.
Read full commentPosted in Character Masks
Poor Laird!
Posted on Mon, 31 Jan 2022
Poor Laird!
I remember having job interviews. They were always awful, even when I was successful. Your story brought back a lot of memories of feeling terrified, embarrassed, drained, unemployable and grudge bearing ... but in a loving way...
Read full commentPosted in The Candidate
I love a bit of mythology and
Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022
I love a bit of mythology and you have used your words to tell this story so well. I could see Narcissus' reflection in the pool as I read.
I'll add a little background information too if I may ...
The Devil's Throat Cave in the...
Read full commentPosted in Poet's Narcissus
Ah, the magic of the pebble.
Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022
Ah, the magic of the pebble. I have one from a river in Ireland where I used to play when I was a kid. I used to carry it with me everywhere in my pocket but I stopped when I moved to Bulgaria to live. Probably because I feel at home again....
Read full commentPosted in The Locksmith (Part 2)
I really like this bit ...
Posted on Fri, 28 Jan 2022
I really like this bit ...
colour that can cheer inspire
when the daytime views are dark
The time that the sun is sinking seems to be significantly later than it was a month ago. Great news! I love this time of year...
Read full commentPosted in Some January colour
I've never heard of this bird
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022
I've never heard of this bird either.
Your words give an excellent description of it's habitat so I will know to look out for one if ever I am in the right place.
This is an enjoyable and interesting read.
Read full commentPosted in Verdin, desert and thorn.
I always enjoy your walks
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022
I always enjoy your walks Rhiannon. Your carefully chosen descriptive words bring back such memories of when I lived in England and my weekend walks in Wiltshire and Somerset. Especially the muddy boots!
Read full commentPosted in Roam with me to the footbridge by the ford
This is great stuff Paul.
Posted on Mon, 24 Jan 2022
This is great stuff Paul.
Your words really conjure up the mysticism of Glastonbury.
I particularly liked ...
witnesses to age-old, primeval sorcery,
eyes closed, litany to neoteric stoics,
...
Read full commentPosted in The Wishing Tree (of Glastonbury Tor)
I'm sorry Harry, but I couldn
Posted on Sat, 15 Jan 2022
I'm sorry Harry, but I couldn't read all of this because the facts are so sickening. I used to get angry about this sort of thing but I've given up because no matter what I say or do, it will have no effect on the problem. I don't know how these...
Read full commentPosted in Money - some context
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