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Observations, feelings, ramblings and doubtless some crap. From the tired brain of an old 'Paddy'.

Stories in this set

Dancing Aphrodite (IP)

First published on July 13, 2009 - 21:07  | 562 reads

Dreams

First published on May 16, 2009 - 14:35  | 737 reads

Photo of an Old Refugee (reworked)

First published on February 3, 2009 - 22:05  | 665 reads

Spring In The Air

First published on March 2, 2009 - 19:08  | 716 reads

A Giant Among Men

First published on January 22, 2009 - 21:13  | 649 reads

A Long Time Gone!

First published on July 24, 2009 - 18:19  | 564 reads

A Mother's Loss

First published on December 10, 2009 - 22:00  | 474 reads

An old battered suitcase

First published on March 28, 2009 - 13:03  | 634 reads

Animal Farm

First published on January 20, 2012 - 11:41  | 265 reads

Another Life

First published on April 19, 2012 - 14:30  | 138 reads

Another Mourning

First published on March 5, 2010 - 13:11  | 399 reads

At the end of a Summer day

First published on July 2, 2010 - 12:34  | 341 reads

Autumn Invades

First published on September 24, 2009 - 12:35  | 530 reads

Autumn Leaves (Goodbye Mum)

First published on January 9, 2009 - 01:11  | 686 reads

Back Home Again

First published on January 17, 2009 - 10:16  | 645 reads

Back to School

First published on September 2, 2009 - 13:49  | 529 reads

Bag Lady

First published on January 30, 2009 - 12:37  | 672 reads

Bag Lady 2 (Tidied up)

First published on June 24, 2009 - 19:20  | 524 reads

Be Strong!

First published on January 3, 2011 - 17:55  | 263 reads

Behind Bars!

First published on December 12, 2010 - 20:00  | 320 reads

Bells

First published on January 6, 2011 - 02:57  | 454 reads

Birthday Magic

First published on October 9, 2009 - 20:59  | 519 reads

Books, Comics and Wooden Guns

First published on February 1, 2009 - 21:01  | 696 reads

Breakup

First published on January 18, 2009 - 20:06  | 672 reads

Chill Factor

First published on December 31, 2009 - 15:43  | 490 reads

Choices

First published on March 9, 2012 - 23:01  | 136 reads

Choices?

First published on September 26, 2009 - 10:31  | 733 reads

Christmas beatings

First published on January 22, 2011 - 00:45  | 244 reads

Christmas Cheer

First published on December 31, 2009 - 21:05  | 526 reads

Clerical Abuse

First published on January 9, 2010 - 03:22  | 424 reads

Co-operation I.P.

First published on May 16, 2009 - 11:14  | 610 reads

Costa Dreams

First published on July 25, 2009 - 19:12  | 521 reads

Death of a smile

First published on September 25, 2009 - 13:10  | 487 reads

Death's door

First published on October 26, 2009 - 15:01  | 548 reads

Destiny

First published on February 25, 2011 - 20:55  | 310 reads

Do you remember?

First published on May 31, 2009 - 09:42  | 588 reads

Don't let your sad regrets be your reward

First published on July 20, 2011 - 13:29  | 194 reads

Easter (I.P.)

First published on April 12, 2009 - 09:20  | 615 reads

Echoes in mind

First published on April 21, 2010 - 14:20  | 415 reads

Empty

First published on July 15, 2009 - 22:26  | 588 reads

Famine

First published on January 10, 2009 - 13:20  | 694 reads

Fantasy

First published on February 25, 2011 - 21:04  | 277 reads

Fear, Fate and Love

First published on November 20, 2010 - 00:35  | 282 reads

First Day 1959

First published on January 21, 2009 - 19:40  | 739 reads

Firstborn

First published on February 19, 2009 - 23:53  | 628 reads

Flickering

First published on October 15, 2010 - 14:00  | 320 reads

Forgotten fruit

First published on August 13, 2009 - 00:49  | 582 reads

French Kisses (I.P.)

First published on July 14, 2009 - 12:52  | 597 reads

Friday 13th March 2009 - Spring

First published on March 2, 2009 - 03:37  | 611 reads

Full of Empty

First published on February 27, 2011 - 14:20  | 260 reads

Future history!

First published on January 9, 2010 - 12:43  | 404 reads

Goodbye Note

First published on June 26, 2009 - 11:35  | 627 reads

Goodbye Note! I.P.

First published on December 6, 2009 - 17:35  | 526 reads

Gossip

First published on June 6, 2010 - 21:02  | 388 reads

Hindsight

First published on June 10, 2009 - 20:05  | 544 reads

Homeless

First published on December 31, 2010 - 21:39  | 257 reads

Hopelessness

First published on September 7, 2009 - 21:08  | 518 reads

How?

First published on April 9, 2009 - 09:26  | 646 reads

I am a Sixties Child

First published on January 9, 2010 - 22:03  | 417 reads

I am no more

First published on January 7, 2009 - 21:11  | 708 reads

I remember

First published on October 9, 2009 - 00:18  | 503 reads

If

First published on January 25, 2009 - 22:32  | 701 reads

Incoming

First published on May 26, 2012 - 11:03  | 117 reads

Insidious Disease

First published on January 18, 2009 - 20:15  | 703 reads

Insomnia

First published on July 10, 2011 - 19:51  | 176 reads

Ireland

First published on February 9, 2009 - 23:53  | 665 reads

Is it Fate?

First published on May 16, 2010 - 12:45  | 362 reads

Isn’t it the truth!

First published on January 21, 2009 - 00:48  | 651 reads

Jade; R.I.P.

First published on March 24, 2009 - 19:45  | 708 reads

January Escape

First published on January 12, 2009 - 14:18  | 621 reads

Jobless

First published on January 11, 2009 - 12:19  | 673 reads

Johnny Rich

First published on April 8, 2012 - 11:29  | 266 reads

Just a quick call..

First published on March 8, 2010 - 15:39  | 363 reads

Just Feeling Down

First published on August 15, 2009 - 01:27  | 642 reads

Leather Frames and Memories

First published on August 5, 2009 - 03:00  | 534 reads

Life’s a Stage

First published on May 23, 2009 - 21:00  | 656 reads

London 1960

First published on January 8, 2009 - 01:18  | 815 reads

London 1966

First published on January 11, 2009 - 21:52  | 651 reads

London Monday Morning 1967

First published on June 13, 2009 - 09:40  | 604 reads

Lonely

First published on January 16, 2009 - 22:27  | 641 reads

Lost Youth I.P.

First published on June 8, 2010 - 00:28  | 362 reads

Lucy

First published on September 29, 2009 - 00:50  | 692 reads

Lyrical I.P.

First published on December 13, 2009 - 18:38  | 499 reads

Mars Bar

First published on January 13, 2009 - 06:25  | 689 reads

Me and Old Blue Eyes

First published on August 2, 2009 - 13:15  | 566 reads

Mea Culpa

First published on February 23, 2012 - 21:25  | 414 reads

Mirror of Life

First published on January 29, 2013 - 15:22  | 81 reads

Morning

First published on January 9, 2009 - 01:17  | 668 reads

Mr. Black and White (Pre Mandela)

First published on January 11, 2009 - 12:03  | 674 reads

My Beautiful Little Boy (Haiku)

First published on January 12, 2009 - 14:39  | 676 reads

My Pen

First published on February 3, 2011 - 13:48  | 282 reads

My Pen

First published on December 18, 2009 - 00:52  | 413 reads

My Santa Suit

First published on December 28, 2009 - 02:03  | 690 reads

No Surprise

First published on May 12, 2011 - 19:11  | 383 reads

No Surrender

First published on December 21, 2010 - 12:48  | 365 reads

Oh heavy heart

First published on January 17, 2009 - 10:50  | 661 reads

Old Friends

First published on August 21, 2009 - 23:37  | 561 reads

On Nights Like This I.P.

First published on December 6, 2009 - 02:33  | 626 reads

One More Summer

First published on February 5, 2013 - 16:56  | 81 reads

Orphan

First published on June 25, 2009 - 20:24  | 509 reads

Over!

First published on September 23, 2010 - 19:18  | 364 reads

Paradoxically Speaking...

First published on September 13, 2009 - 20:58  | 506 reads

Paranoia?

First published on January 11, 2009 - 00:05  | 680 reads

Peace removed!

First published on July 10, 2009 - 18:29  | 666 reads

Peak of Peace

First published on July 14, 2009 - 17:16  | 629 reads

Perfect Symbol (March 17th)

First published on March 17, 2009 - 15:21  | 585 reads

Photo of an Old Refugee

First published on January 7, 2009 - 21:01  | 768 reads

Photographs and Memories

First published on June 11, 2009 - 11:19  | 673 reads

Pic Line Pervert

First published on August 12, 2009 - 02:34  | 520 reads

Play it again Sam!

First published on August 3, 2009 - 12:09  | 487 reads

Poor You!

First published on March 15, 2012 - 17:51  | 265 reads

Pop the Pill (Depression)

First published on May 29, 2009 - 21:11  | 601 reads

Red Dress and the Spiders' Web. (I.P.)

First published on January 24, 2009 - 02:57  | 748 reads

Remembered

First published on August 20, 2009 - 21:10  | 550 reads

Revisited

First published on April 15, 2011 - 18:57  | 240 reads

Saviour?

First published on February 12, 2010 - 10:02  | 459 reads

Scared

First published on January 8, 2011 - 03:48  | 328 reads

Seasoned Promises

First published on March 30, 2010 - 11:25  | 375 reads

Secondary School (Part 1)

First published on August 9, 2009 - 16:32  | 794 reads

See the funny side. I.P.

First published on January 19, 2010 - 14:23  | 489 reads

Separate Aisles

First published on February 4, 2011 - 13:04  | 280 reads

Sexy Spatula I P

First published on July 29, 2009 - 12:04  | 652 reads

Shadows in the Darkness

First published on October 25, 2011 - 22:27  | 200 reads

Shut out!

First published on June 1, 2011 - 13:06  | 222 reads

Smothered Love

First published on July 9, 2009 - 14:37  | 602 reads

Spring is sprung! I.P.

First published on March 23, 2009 - 15:16  | 590 reads

Springtime! I.P.

First published on March 24, 2009 - 03:18  | 609 reads

Suck and Swallow

First published on May 25, 2009 - 00:20  | 1161 reads

Summer

First published on April 30, 2010 - 12:56  | 344 reads

Summer Kings

First published on April 1, 2010 - 15:02  | 448 reads

Summer's Mourn

First published on August 1, 2009 - 10:43  | 502 reads

Summer's Mourn

First published on January 7, 2009 - 21:25  | 666 reads

Sundown

First published on February 25, 2009 - 19:09  | 613 reads

Sunsets (Goodbye Kathleen)

First published on February 28, 2010 - 22:23  | 426 reads

Take Me Home (for Kathleen)

First published on February 8, 2010 - 18:59  | 582 reads

Teacher Man

First published on July 20, 2009 - 08:38  | 570 reads

Terms!

First published on January 13, 2010 - 21:30  | 412 reads

The Blind I.P.

First published on September 2, 2009 - 13:06  | 577 reads

The Blue Dress

First published on September 19, 2010 - 13:02  | 697 reads

The Brown Leather Atlas I.P.

First published on August 10, 2009 - 13:23  | 586 reads

The Brown Leather Frame (original version)

First published on July 27, 2009 - 13:13  | 505 reads

The Chair

First published on February 9, 2009 - 19:42  | 637 reads

The Cherry Blossom (I.P.)

First published on July 4, 2009 - 03:30  | 1009 reads

The Clown

First published on April 4, 2011 - 17:46  | 230 reads

The Clown

First published on January 16, 2011 - 11:14  | 236 reads

The Cottage (Poem)

First published on January 8, 2009 - 02:09  | 1506 reads

The Cottage (Story - Part 1)

First published on January 8, 2009 - 02:17  | 1412 reads

The Dying Breed

First published on September 20, 2009 - 20:56  | 515 reads

The Final Act

First published on March 11, 2012 - 11:04  | 108 reads

The Final Oasis

First published on September 13, 2009 - 19:25  | 489 reads

The Fire

First published on March 23, 2010 - 14:24  | 469 reads

The Fissure

First published on January 18, 2011 - 18:21  | 233 reads

The Hammock

First published on July 7, 2009 - 11:25  | 514 reads

The Old House

First published on August 19, 2011 - 09:30  | 344 reads

The Prognosis Train

First published on January 13, 2009 - 01:13  | 645 reads

The Shifting Sand

First published on March 9, 2010 - 13:28  | 387 reads

The Sixties

First published on June 23, 2009 - 13:50  | 645 reads

The Tooth Fairy

First published on March 7, 2009 - 20:54  | 716 reads

The wind doth blow for Magdalene

First published on February 19, 2013 - 21:22  | 155 reads

The Young Poet

First published on March 27, 2011 - 12:00  | 300 reads

They bring me their ghosts

First published on April 1, 2011 - 11:31  | 218 reads

They Offer Tears

First published on August 22, 2009 - 22:09  | 533 reads

Time Moves On

First published on May 22, 2011 - 16:56  | 228 reads

Tomorrows

First published on February 19, 2012 - 19:34  | 238 reads

Tough of the Track

First published on September 22, 2009 - 13:24  | 485 reads

Turf Man

First published on August 30, 2011 - 13:34  | 289 reads

Un-Prodigal Daughter

First published on February 4, 2009 - 01:02  | 666 reads

Unemployed

First published on January 11, 2009 - 12:30  | 627 reads

Unemployed (A year on ABC tales)

First published on December 17, 2009 - 14:59  | 383 reads

Until Your Wings Have Fully Grown (For Kathleen)

First published on February 11, 2010 - 01:41  | 426 reads

Virtually

First published on March 20, 2011 - 14:45  | 423 reads

Vitriolic Sticky Wicket

First published on July 21, 2009 - 14:01  | 587 reads

Waning

First published on January 5, 2011 - 20:50  | 246 reads

Well Suited

First published on March 11, 2010 - 14:09  | 488 reads

What Summer

First published on August 29, 2010 - 20:53  | 417 reads

When (For Haiti)

First published on January 25, 2010 - 14:13  | 396 reads

When Love Dies

First published on September 25, 2010 - 15:52  | 327 reads

Who?

First published on February 10, 2009 - 22:12  | 634 reads

Widowed!

First published on June 19, 2009 - 20:18  | 551 reads

Winter Beach

First published on January 9, 2009 - 02:06  | 662 reads

Winter Visitor

First published on January 20, 2010 - 13:15  | 453 reads

Wipe Out

First published on June 23, 2009 - 10:51  | 522 reads

Worn Down (Despair)

First published on July 1, 2011 - 10:26  | 300 reads

Young Summer Memories

First published on October 1, 2009 - 13:30  | 578 reads

Comments

threeleafshamrock | January 7, 2009 - 20:41

Never been published! Found a magazine that actually made sense and gave hope to a frustrated (possibly not very good writer). Discovered a link to this site and am enjoying some of the fantastic work herein. I hope I can contribute something.