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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.
This is great Paul.
Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021
This is great Paul.
Very well chosen words to conjure up the atmosphere of the wintry forest and an ending to keep us wondering.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in A Company of Wolves
I was born in the wagon of a travelling show ...
Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021
Right then Jenny, that's my earworm selected for today!
Poppa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done ... tra la la la laaa ...
Read full commentPosted in If I Could Turn Back Time
Ah now there's a thing of
Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021
Ah now there's a thing of magic ... voices at Christmas, especially kids singing carols or those really haunting voices. When I listen to Enya singing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel it sends a shiver up my spine every time.
And the...
Read full commentPosted in V is for Voices
I don't believe that the
Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021
I don't believe that the world will ever come to an end but the day when man ceases to live here is approaching, slowly but surely. Beyond that, the world will continue to revolve on its axis around the sun and it will regenerate, as it has done...
Read full commentPosted in Rising Waters and Fear of a Great Flood
Cat chaos!
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Oh, don’t worry. I immediately understood the difference in what you were saying in the two separate two line bits. I certainly think you should leave it as it is. Also, I think we write these things largely for our own amusement and satisfaction...
Read full commentPosted in U is for Under the Tree
Under the Tree is clever. I
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Under the Tree is clever. I wouldn’t have thought of that though, from some of the festive season revellers I have known, I might have gone for Under the Table.
And your line …
gives small creatures cover...
Read full commentPosted in U is for Under the Tree
Bravo Rhiannon, you've done
Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021
Bravo Rhiannon, you've done it! And I enjoyed every line.
But with
I've got the key of the door, never been twenty-one before
just lurking round the corner, aren't you tempted to go one more day?
Read full commentPosted in 20
Hello Jenny.
Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021
Hello Jenny.
This is a lovely poem which brings to mind the chaos that I'm sure we would experience if we really could turn back time.
I liked your line
unaware those last goodbyes
which, for me would be the...
Read full commentPosted in If I Could Turn Back Time
Your words …
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Your words …
plastic sawn off arms
really made me laugh.
Sawn off arms of any kind shouldn’t make us laugh but I know exactly what you mean.
Good on your lady in the post office for giving you the tinsel. It’s...
Read full commentPosted in T is for Tinsel and Twigs
A tricky subject. I can see
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
A tricky subject. I can see both sides of the argument.
But also ...
The Red lion, The Crown, Royal Oak, White Oak, White Hart, The Swan, The Plough, The Bell, Rose & Crown, The Star, Cross Keys, Travellers Rest, The George...
Read full commentPosted in The Black Bitch.
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