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Terence Mullan

 

The toothless old widow who sits beneath the pomegranate tree in the square confided in me, ‘Snow and ice in April will hurt the tender shoots of our hostas but they’ll return even stronger under the Balkan sunshine’s healing rays.’ The old man sitting beside her with a cigarette lodged neatly in one of the gaps in his front teeth casually added, ‘Hosta la vista, baby!’

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Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man

What I did during the second half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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For the Love of Irma Ogden

What I did during the first half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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No Country for Cold Men

Made in the shade of our covered terrace late in the afternoon on one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.
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Benches & Hedges

If you turn off your mind, relax and float downstream you might just find there’s a lot more than botany to discover in a garden, especially in Leeds.
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Crado Come Home

Me and the world around me during the second half of July 2024, in 100 words per day.
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735 of my comments have received 771 Great Feedback votes

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Walking free

Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025

It's nice to think that humans could walk as free as the untamed creatures. It takes a lot of bottle for us to turn our backs on the superficial trappings that deter us from it while for many there is no choice.

Strong words to describe a...

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Kirschkuchen

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2025

A few years back I was at the Olympiastadion where Hertha play. It's a fascinating place to visit even for those weirdos who don't like football as it oozes history and style. At first glance it looks like one of those modern all-concrete...

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Light Showers

Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2025

Hello Jenny.

Since the destruction caused here by last summer's giant hailstones I'm all for the words of your poem, particularly the let light showers descend more slowly bit.

I'm sorry I didn't read this sooner. I've been...

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Mud

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2025

I'm sorry to hear that Di. In such situations the feeling of a loss if dignity is sometimes as hard to take as the pain. But well done the kind man and I'm glad you're feeling better now. And if it was only mud on his posh coat then surely it...

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Good health and life

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2025

Zdraveh ee zhivot (здраве и живот, meaning good health and life) is a phrase that Bulgarians use every day Jenny, in a sort of 'all the best' way. So I can see that you're into their way of thinking.

Priyatelka's back is fine now. I've...

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Things you see on a wall

Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025

Or leaving the piss, perhaps.

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Ta very much Di.

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Bob

Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025

Hello Jenny.

The Bob Dylan film is excellent but I think it might be best appreciated by people who are already fans. Priyatelkata wasn't as thrilled with it as I was. However, a fan will spot a few inaccuracies (aka artistic licence) but...

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Car boot commodities

Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025

It is indeed a car boot sale commodity Rhiannon, apparently changing hands at three or four times the price of what it would cost in Asda. The immigrant Marmite runners understandably have to make it worth their while. 

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Flimsy legs

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

If pond skaters took to drinking whey protein shakes they could become our planet's dominant species. I think it's worth a try.

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And without skates.

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

And without skates too, which is just as well because they'd struggle to fasten them up.

This is a great poem. And I like your choice of song too.

Nice one Jenny!

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