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I have 231 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
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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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986 of my comments have received 1059 Great Feedback votes

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This is full of your usual

Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023

This is full of your usual wonderful rhyme and rhythm but the final verse took me by surprise, much like when you're watching something amusing and nice on television and you change channels to suddenly discover the awful news of the day.

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Posted in One Good Turn

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These are lovely words Jenny.

Posted on Mon, 30 Oct 2023

These are lovely words Jenny.

A perfect memorial to your much loved parents. It's clear to see that they had the same passion for the nature around them that you have.

Beautiful!

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Posted in Remembering

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Jessica doesn't sound like

Posted on Mon, 30 Oct 2023

Jessica doesn't sound like any of the teachers that I had at school. You haven't mentioned brutality or the possibility that she might be a nun.

So I'm looking forward to the next bit.

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Posted in May 4th (chapter 2)

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This is extremely good Di.

Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023

This is extremely powerful writing Di.

I was sorry to hear about your trees being brought down. Nature is powerful and in time new trees will grow, possibly stronger.

In the Middle East the perpetrators of the current atrocity...

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Posted in October 2023

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And because every day that I

Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023

And because every day that I spend with the someone I love is differently new and wonderful it made writing this poem a bit tricky. It was like shooting at a moving target. There were so many bits that I wrote and chopped out I could have used...

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Posted in Yantra Mantra

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There is a constant darkness

Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023

There is a constant darkness in my mind at the moment.

Occupation, oppression, apartheid, genocide, inhumanity and, as you said, shame are the words I think of. But a shame deeper than any that has gone before as we sit back and allow this...

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Posted in open your eyes!

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The way names are given and

Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023

The way names are given and and messed about with fascinates me. It's usually the case that a lot of thought has gone into them but also sometimes very little thought at a all e.g. my friend's sister Teresa Green.

I'd love to know the...

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Posted in Middle Name.

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Good words Ed. Very moving.

Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023

Good words Ed. Very moving.

It's such a shame but not a surprise that posting it again seemed appropriate. But don't put it away just yet as I'm sure there'll be more occasions in the future.

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Posted in All That Glitters

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