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Dangerous – book launch
A couple of years ago I began occasionally contributing to ABC Tales. I was even privileged to be asked to come and read at an event in London...
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The Snail and the Milipede
The Snail and the Milipede had a date. The Snail said to Milly, "You'll have to wait because us Snails move much slower than you". The Milipede said...
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statement (abstract)
Society has the power to crush any individual, right or wrong. Privacy? I've had no illusion of privacy or control for years. I"ve lived a life of...
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Trump Talk
he will win, I just know it...
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Knapweed
I see the knapweed and I know that death will not dispel my glow but distil it in purple fire pointing to heaven in desire.
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Angels We Can See
Angels We Can See By Paul mccann . Messengers after the fall . Protectors of those who call . Their love is unconditional. They are supernatural and...
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Watching, not touching!
I do like bugs*, and snails and slugs, but slugs are slimey to hold in your hand, and bugs are tickley, and may defend themselves, by a nip or sting...
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Daddy and the Wolf
Daddy lifted the blinds, the better to talk, and as he did, he peered outside. He was always on the watch for ‘talent’. He thought what he’d just...
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Ardmore Shore
‘Where did I put my binoculars?’ moaned Stanley as he looked around them. ‘Hist!’ said Anna, looking through the viewpoint in the hide. ‘But what is...
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Rubha nan Gall (Stranger's Point) Lighthouse
The storm became a calm. The seaweed on the rocks hid a family of otters, playing. Nicholson locked the door of his keeper’s cottage with some...
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Dare
The bridge appears before me, I stand not knowing where It goes, or should I cross it, I ask myself, then dare
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Night
Day follows night, Follows fear, Follows fright, Follows you, Follows right, Fear the day, Dread the night.
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Armageddon Boom
Armageddon Boom By Paul McCann Something is coming like a slow train running and it's unexpected like a thief in the night , like a prize collected...
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The Young Rebels
When they had no god to believe in they found SPEED.... When they had nothing left to fight for they found 100 WAYS TO BE WILD.... HELLCATS ON WHEELS...
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Little Bird
Oh little bird! Oh spread your wings! Oh, spread your wings and ride the wind! Oh ride the wind that winds up high and then; and then, in heaven,...
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Merging
Two souls fly like birds in a solitary sky merging together in patterns created by love's passion. Following one another's movements into a sonata of...
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Cloud Chasing
Cloud Chasing “GET READY TO JUMP!” The thick metal door is flung open. The light beams in, burning my eyes. Why did I think this was a good idea?! I’...
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All My Troubles
All my troubles, From the book of the angel on my shoulder, Those were sins, My mother couldn’t forgive me forever… Dry your eyes! I’m about to tell...
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Old Man
I saw the drunken shrunken old man slumped at the bar Do you wanna a drink? He asked me with a whisky soaked stammer I said a beer, noticed then his...
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Trolleyed
After twenty years of separation, the only things they still had in common were the memories. So when they agreed to meet, they lubricated worn out...
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