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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
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Lady Danube
A photograph of a green wooden hut beside a river. But the river is none other than the River Danube (known locally as the Dunav / Дунав) taken on my phone a few days ago from near the town of Svishtov in Bulgaria, approximately 80 kms from where I live. I love watching rivers flow by but the might of the Danube (the second longest in Europe, after the Don) is extraordinary. Its beauty and the folklore and mythology that accompany it compelled me to write this poem.
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Poking James MacGuigan’s Pig
There have been many doors in my life, some real and some metaphorical, but on a quiet little farm in one of Ireland's beautiful Glens of Antrim, one in particular stood out and the memory of it will stay with me forever.
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I Fought the Law
Apart from having a wee behind a bin down a back alley in Middlesbrough when I was eight years old and a tiny bit of embezzlement around six years...
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A Hot Little Model from France
The kitchen took on the appearance of an overfilled Greetings from Murmansk snow globe as the door flew open and in gushed a torrent of winter’s...
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For Yer Women, the Women
All the year they scrub the homes From Skibbereen to Portglenone. They work their fingers to the bone, Afraid to pause to moan or groan. They milk...
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Plural
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
It was bike accidents Jenny. Definitely plural. Elbows, knees and ribs were the major victims. How could I have been so stupid so many times over so many years?
I'm pleased to hear you're on the mend, and I empathise and sympathise with...
Read full commentPosted in How Could I Be So Stupid
I'm hoping that every comment
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
I'm hoping that every comment about LB on ABC Tales will generate a commission payment from the Bulgarian Agriculture Ministry.
So many thanks for your contribution Jenny. Every stotinka helps.
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Oh Jenny, that sounds awful.
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
Oh Jenny, that sounds awful. I know from falling off my bike that the embarrassment can be almost as bad as the pain. I really hope you're fit and well and all patched up soon.
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Fields of rapeseed in flower
Posted on Sat, 20 Apr 2024
Fields of rapeseed in flower always look utterly beautiful.
My in-laws' house in Lincolnshire was often surrounded by acres of it and we decided that it didn't smell very nice and the small black insects that it attracted were also...
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This is a lovely, uplifting
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2024
This is a lovely, uplifting poem Jenny.
I read it to my cats. They're salivating like Pavlov dogs.
I told them not to be so rude.
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Biden
Posted on Mon, 15 Apr 2024
It helps a little that even Biden seems to be dragging his feet this time.
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Despair
Posted on Mon, 15 Apr 2024
If any nation should know better than to do this, it is Israel. Their actions in Gaza are beyond belief but it seems that a bit of local genocide isn't enough for them. They are dragging us all into the Book of Revelation.
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Horror and mistrust.
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
The causative inept police force, the horror of the event and a government intent on a cover up. It all stinks.
I've read a lot about this. In previous semi-finals at Hillsborough fans from Tottenham and Leeds had felt that they were going...
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Seeing things
Posted on Wed, 10 Apr 2024
Maybe if you'd spent the £20 on another bottle of the strong drink you'd have seen stars.
An enjoyable read. I'm glad it finished on a positive note.
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The length of a stork's life
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
The length of a stork's life depends upon what you feed it on. They seem to have a fondness for butter substitutes.
There's an absolutely ancient one here with a Geordie accent that mutters on constantly about pink/purple hair, painful...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
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