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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
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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It Being December
Dulled A mind follows a rainbow Seven shades of jet In hope to find A faerie shoemaker In wee black jacket and cap Tap-tapping at the soles Of...
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Hotel Mediterraneo
Sultry and still the sweet night air. Latin music. Crickets chirping. Like a favela in Rio or anywhere But for the sound of Geordies burping. For el...
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Lazing On a Thursday Afternoon
Caught in a lull between two storms, I’m stuck in an uneasy stay-in-the-house kind of frame of mind, reluctant to open the back door even though the...
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Brillo
Posted on Mon, 02 Dec 2024
I've heard the pink comes from the soap in Seashore's Brillo pad.
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Revision
Posted on Sun, 01 Dec 2024
Oh, Dougie. Whenever I try to read any of my old bits of writing I end up just poking holes in them and telling myself that these days I could do a much better job. I've looked at some of the writing that I did before I joined ABC with the idea...
Read full commentPosted in Strange Advent
Fog horn fever
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Thanks very much Di. I'll be grand. Worse things have happened at sea... which is what I used to say when I was at sea... which is probably why I wasn't at sea very long.
There's nothing more mournful than a fog horn. I lived in Barry in...
Read full commentPosted in The Tale of the Housemaid’s Knee
The Cartographer's Tale
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Maps are like rainbows. They never truly end, even though we think they do. Wander off the edge of the map and you never know what adventure you'll find... maybe even a crock of gold.
Lovely words Paul. They make me want to go to a distant...
Read full commentPosted in Where Maps End
Well done dear Jenny!
Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024
That's quite a story! And I can understand your anxiety. I'm not all that fond of hospitals so if and when the time comes I think I'd prefer to do my own hip operation at home in the kitchen.
You were very brave to go through with it,...
Read full commentPosted in Hip Op The Second
Cheering
Posted on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
That's great news Ewan. You've certainly cheered me up. Thanks very much.
Read full commentPosted in Seven Roofers Roofing
The Children of Gaza
Posted on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
My heart bleeds for the upset members of the editorial board.
I love your clever and unique approach to describing these horrors that the world chooses to ignore.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in Letter of Rejection
Goats
Posted on Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Having lived in the Balkans as long as I have, it's hard to resist a story with goats in it. The rats are a bit of a side order too.
I loved your dancing silhouettes. You create a great atmosphere with your words, sending shivers. I felt...
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Lady Grinning Soul
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
This waiting game, when
hearing melodies that bring
back those carefree impressions,
The first line of your poem brought back to me the first line of David Bowie's Lady Grinning Soul...
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Caught in a trap
Posted on Wed, 09 Oct 2024
I get your drift Luigi. I feel like a sixty-five-year-old trapped in the body of a sixty-six-year-old.
Keep up the good work!
Read full commentPosted in Old Age
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