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Terence Mullan

 

During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.

Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.

 

696 of my comments have received 729 Great Feedback votes

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I really enjoyed reading this

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

I really enjoyed reading this. I like the way that your words seem to slide and ripple as smoothly as the grass snake and the surface of the canal water. As I read I could clearly see in my mind the scene and the movements and sense the...

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Posted in Swimming Snake

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This is a very well written

Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2021

This is a very well written poem, Jenny, which I read twice to ensure that it had sunk in.

Your explanation helped me appreciate it. I can fully understand what you mean by 'Feelings from the past have an impact on who we are now' as my...

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Posted in Curious Ambiance

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As I see it / her, although

Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2021

As I see it / her, although Alexa sounds like a lovely young lady, she is merely Wikipedia personified. If you ask the Wikipedia website itself if it is a reliable source of information it will give you an honest 'no' as an answer. Perhaps one...

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Posted in Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 3 by Mr A.N.Muggins

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