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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.
My stories
We Are Seacroft!
With my folks, I lived on top Of the North East Gas Board showrooms shop In a row of flats called Parkway Mews From which we had outstanding views Of...
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The Condemnation of Darkness
Hello darkness my old friend You're here to drive me round the bend As sultry summers meet their end You pounce upon my fear and send Me screaming...
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Devil Gate Drive
Between our village, Malki Chiflik, and our capital, Sofia, the road cuts its way through the Balkan range of mountains, assisted by several lofty...
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Mother Bulgaria
As Lenin looks down from his sombre pedestal Concrete erupts from a bleak landscape like The broken teeth of windswept peasants Drinking homemade...
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Betty Lewis Eyes
A teapot on a tray she brings. Digestive in each saucer. Horrific tales of war to tell But only if she’s forced to. She’s angelic, prim and ninety...
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The Mad Monk
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
It would be terrible of me to take any credit for the words of the poem about the Mad Monk.
I offer my sincere apologies to Alfred and to any reader who feels they might have been misled.
Clicking on the link will reveal the...
Read full commentPosted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
Euro 28
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
I'm quietly confident that the final of the Euro 28 tournament will be Malta vs Bulgaria.
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Take Splat!
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
I'm already on it CM. Living in Bulgaria insects, arachnids, isopods and arthropods have become my speciality. I may have even caught crabs from time to time.
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Glaswegians Chapter 3 Verse 8
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Mmmmh, now that's a good point IPFN. I lived in Glasgow for a large chunk of 1978 and I don't remember seeing a wasp. There were, however, a great number of people turning wine into water.
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That's disappointment!
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
We (Bulgaria) didn't qualify but twelve of our East European neighbours did. That's an unprecedented 50% of the line up for the tournament's finals in Germany. I was convinced that at least one of them would do well. Golden old boy Luka Modrić in...
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Rasputin
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
Archaic verse from the East tells us this...
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago. He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow. Most people looked at him with terror and with fear but to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely...
Read full commentPosted in Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
From the depths of a coffee cup
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Scenes from the depths of a coffee cup. It's incredible how a world, or even a universe, can be encapsulated in such a still and silent space.
Your words have made me think back to times when I have looked at clouds, waves, trees, cobwebs...
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String
Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024
I'm really sorry to hear about your dental ordeal but pleased that you weren't so traumatised that you were unable to write your poem about it.
For future reference a bottle of rough whiskey, a piece of string and a door handle is a much...
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The Swingin' Seventies
Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024
Dear Jenny.
I hope you find happy and rewarding times in your seventies. Save a place for me. I'll be in them soon, possibly accompanied by some travelling gypsies.
And whenever it was, I hope you had a lovely time on your birthday...
Read full commentPosted in Holding Onto My Desires And Dreams
Pagan Orange
Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024
Thanks Paul. Yes I saw it. It brought outrage to the world and his pagan god. A very ill-mannered thing to do but it was only a bit of orange coloured cornflour and I'm sure the dear old henge has known far worse. The stunt gained a lot of...
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