Born in East London of Irish parents. Now living on the West Coast of Ireland; an Irish national with a cockney soul! Joined ABCtales in January '09 and love it! ;) I find writing to be great therapy. I don't expect writing to make me rich and famous but if it happened, I'd shoulder the burden manfully ;)
My Stories
Well Suited Submitted on March 11, 2010 - 13:09 | 110 reads
The Shifting Sand Submitted on March 9, 2010 - 12:28 | 57 reads
Just a quick call.. Submitted on March 8, 2010 - 14:39 | 52 reads
Another Mourning Submitted on March 5, 2010 - 12:11 | 78 reads
Sunsets (Goodbye Kathleen) Submitted on February 28, 2010 - 21:23 | 95 reads
Saviour? Submitted on February 12, 2010 - 09:02 | 100 reads
Until Your Wings Have Fully Grown (For Kathleen) Submitted on February 11, 2010 - 00:41 | 121 reads
Take Me Home (for Kathleen) Submitted on February 8, 2010 - 17:59 | 212 reads
When (For Haiti) Submitted on January 25, 2010 - 13:13 | 93 reads
Winter Visitor Submitted on January 20, 2010 - 12:15 | 104 reads
See the funny side. I.P. Submitted on January 19, 2010 - 13:23 | 179 reads
When I was young Submitted on January 14, 2010 - 01:16 | 120 reads
Terms! Submitted on January 13, 2010 - 20:30 | 91 reads
I am a Sixties Child Submitted on January 9, 2010 - 21:03 | 100 reads
Future history! Submitted on January 9, 2010 - 11:43 | 73 reads
I wish Submitted on January 9, 2010 - 03:02 | 92 reads
Clerical Abuse Submitted on January 9, 2010 - 02:22 | 86 reads
Christmas Cheer Submitted on December 31, 2009 - 20:05 | 131 reads
Chill Factor Submitted on December 31, 2009 - 14:43 | 74 reads
My Santa Suit Submitted on December 28, 2009 - 01:03 | 86 reads
Santa the Fat Lad Submitted on December 27, 2009 - 13:14 | 75 reads
The Nativity - Sort of... Submitted on December 27, 2009 - 12:53 | 84 reads
Stay Away Santa Submitted on December 19, 2009 - 01:46 | 104 reads
My Pen Submitted on December 17, 2009 - 23:52 | 96 reads
Unemployed (A year on ABC tales) Submitted on December 17, 2009 - 13:59 | 79 reads
Christmas Flasher Submitted on December 17, 2009 - 04:06 | 150 reads
Whose War Submitted on December 16, 2009 - 16:08 | 130 reads
Sleep Now Submitted on December 13, 2009 - 23:00 | 115 reads
Lyrical I.P. Submitted on December 13, 2009 - 17:38 | 114 reads
Screwed Submitted on December 12, 2009 - 14:13 | 97 reads
Musn't Grumble! Submitted on December 11, 2009 - 01:36 | 145 reads
A Mother's Loss Submitted on December 10, 2009 - 21:00 | 129 reads
The Bronze Soldier Submitted on December 8, 2009 - 01:35 | 125 reads
What's Love Anyway? Submitted on December 6, 2009 - 23:15 | 158 reads
Goodbye Note! I.P. Submitted on December 6, 2009 - 16:35 | 152 reads
On Nights Like This I.P. Submitted on December 6, 2009 - 01:33 | 221 reads
Cursery Rhyme I.P. Submitted on December 1, 2009 - 14:29 | 153 reads
Antony and Cleopatra I.P. Submitted on November 26, 2009 - 03:33 | 167 reads
Waterfall Submitted on November 19, 2009 - 14:41 | 167 reads
Death's door Submitted on October 26, 2009 - 14:01 | 174 reads
Birthday Magic Submitted on October 9, 2009 - 19:59 | 154 reads
I remember Submitted on October 8, 2009 - 23:18 | 165 reads
Cast off the Shroud (Flanders) Submitted on October 7, 2009 - 11:51 | 163 reads
Batty and Betty Submitted on October 6, 2009 - 13:33 | 222 reads
Young Summer Memories Submitted on October 1, 2009 - 12:30 | 156 reads
Happy Anniversary… Submitted on September 30, 2009 - 18:44 | 183 reads
How to ‘Top’ yourself (without using the ‘S’ word). Submitted on September 29, 2009 - 13:12 | 379 reads
Lucy Submitted on September 28, 2009 - 23:50 | 273 reads
Choices? Submitted on September 26, 2009 - 09:31 | 352 reads
Death of a smile Submitted on September 25, 2009 - 12:10 | 160 reads
Wibbly Wobbly Wonder Submitted on September 24, 2009 - 19:43 | 183 reads
Autumn Invades Submitted on September 24, 2009 - 11:35 | 182 reads
Thoughts of Old Lovers Submitted on September 22, 2009 - 13:23 | 178 reads
Tough of the Track Submitted on September 22, 2009 - 12:24 | 149 reads
King Henry the (Chopper) VIII Submitted on September 21, 2009 - 07:14 | 155 reads
The Dying Breed Submitted on September 20, 2009 - 19:56 | 151 reads
Nicknames! Submitted on September 19, 2009 - 11:26 | 177 reads
I Am No More Submitted on September 17, 2009 - 11:25 | 202 reads
Then and Now Submitted on September 14, 2009 - 10:21 | 158 reads
Bee Keeper Submitted on September 13, 2009 - 21:50 | 182 reads
Paradoxically Speaking... Submitted on September 13, 2009 - 19:58 | 148 reads
The Final Oasis Submitted on September 13, 2009 - 18:25 | 176 reads
My Partner the Nympho Vampire Chapter 1 Submitted on September 8, 2009 - 10:24 | 215 reads
Hopelessness Submitted on September 7, 2009 - 20:08 | 175 reads
Dear Santa... Submitted on September 6, 2009 - 10:16 | 175 reads
Miss Cleavage I.P. Submitted on September 2, 2009 - 18:37 | 228 reads
Back to School Submitted on September 2, 2009 - 12:49 | 196 reads
The Blind I.P. Submitted on September 2, 2009 - 12:06 | 218 reads
The Razor Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 22:52 | 185 reads
Courtship Lake I.P. Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 18:49 | 236 reads
Hetty Williams Submitted on August 23, 2009 - 22:49 | 192 reads
They Offer Tears Submitted on August 22, 2009 - 21:09 | 245 reads
The Wild Geese I.P. Submitted on August 22, 2009 - 13:34 | 286 reads
Old Friends Submitted on August 21, 2009 - 22:37 | 225 reads
Remembered Submitted on August 20, 2009 - 20:10 | 232 reads
Scriptures and Bouncers Submitted on August 19, 2009 - 09:28 | 192 reads
Bring my heart with you to England 1914-18 Submitted on August 17, 2009 - 19:18 | 212 reads
Phobia I.P. Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 22:23 | 258 reads
Algernon’s Prudence 1 Submitted on August 15, 2009 - 13:26 | 192 reads
Just Feeling Down Submitted on August 15, 2009 - 00:27 | 290 reads
Forgotten fruit Submitted on August 12, 2009 - 23:49 | 217 reads
Pic Line Pervert Submitted on August 12, 2009 - 01:34 | 229 reads
Cheap Beer and No Sex Submitted on August 11, 2009 - 09:49 | 194 reads
Small Penis Submitted on August 10, 2009 - 19:15 | 265 reads
The Brown Leather Atlas I.P. Submitted on August 10, 2009 - 12:23 | 215 reads
Secondary School (Part 1) Submitted on August 9, 2009 - 15:32 | 240 reads
Love’s Grief Submitted on August 7, 2009 - 23:36 | 232 reads
Leather Frames and Memories Submitted on August 5, 2009 - 02:00 | 297 reads
Diamonds and Coloured Glass Submitted on August 3, 2009 - 16:57 | 198 reads
Play it again Sam! Submitted on August 3, 2009 - 11:09 | 157 reads
Me and Old Blue Eyes Submitted on August 2, 2009 - 12:15 | 241 reads
Was it you? Submitted on August 2, 2009 - 08:58 | 185 reads
Summer's Mourn Submitted on August 1, 2009 - 09:43 | 177 reads
My name is Tutankhamen Submitted on July 31, 2009 - 09:10 | 219 reads
Sexy Spatula I P Submitted on July 29, 2009 - 11:04 | 266 reads
The Winds of Evil Submitted on July 28, 2009 - 16:39 | 186 reads
Twelve Inches (but I don’t use it as a rule) Submitted on July 28, 2009 - 11:08 | 227 reads
Adulterers’ Hymn (Second Chances) Submitted on July 28, 2009 - 10:15 | 183 reads
Skunks are bloody smelly! Submitted on July 27, 2009 - 19:34 | 245 reads
Love Shall Have Its Way Submitted on July 27, 2009 - 17:31 | 256 reads
The Brown Leather Frame (original version) Submitted on July 27, 2009 - 12:13 | 216 reads
My Spatula Submitted on July 26, 2009 - 18:06 | 233 reads
Costa Dreams Submitted on July 25, 2009 - 18:12 | 193 reads
A Long Time Gone! Submitted on July 24, 2009 - 17:19 | 255 reads
Vitriolic Sticky Wicket Submitted on July 21, 2009 - 13:01 | 269 reads
4 Fibs Submitted on July 20, 2009 - 14:34 | 229 reads
Teacher Man Submitted on July 20, 2009 - 07:38 | 207 reads
Empty Sphere Submitted on July 19, 2009 - 15:35 | 331 reads
Race for a Penis! Submitted on July 18, 2009 - 11:54 | 290 reads
A Song for Pinda Submitted on July 16, 2009 - 22:51 | 202 reads
Empty Submitted on July 15, 2009 - 21:26 | 254 reads
Peak of Peace Submitted on July 14, 2009 - 16:16 | 197 reads
French Kisses (I.P.) Submitted on July 14, 2009 - 11:52 | 202 reads
Dancing Aphrodite (IP) Submitted on July 13, 2009 - 20:07 | 211 reads
Peace removed! Submitted on July 10, 2009 - 17:29 | 331 reads
Smothered Love Submitted on July 9, 2009 - 13:37 | 266 reads
The Great Trust (1914-1918 Sonnet) Submitted on July 9, 2009 - 12:35 | 269 reads
The Hammock Submitted on July 7, 2009 - 10:25 | 188 reads
Spanish Holiday Submitted on July 5, 2009 - 20:06 | 244 reads
Willie – Part 1 Submitted on July 5, 2009 - 16:36 | 229 reads
A Recipe for Love Submitted on July 5, 2009 - 12:45 | 216 reads
My Sisters Cherry (I.P.) Submitted on July 4, 2009 - 18:01 | 391 reads
The Cherry Blossom (I.P.) Submitted on July 4, 2009 - 02:30 | 313 reads
Stolen Cherry (I.P.) Submitted on July 4, 2009 - 01:48 | 231 reads
Russell Submitted on July 3, 2009 - 22:50 | 190 reads
Neighbours 2 Submitted on July 2, 2009 - 14:05 | 221 reads
Desire Submitted on June 30, 2009 - 11:21 | 301 reads
Neighbours Submitted on June 28, 2009 - 12:18 | 236 reads
Goodbye Note Submitted on June 26, 2009 - 10:35 | 308 reads
Orphan Submitted on June 25, 2009 - 19:24 | 206 reads
The Sauna Submitted on June 25, 2009 - 18:27 | 209 reads
Bag Lady 2 (Tidied up) Submitted on June 24, 2009 - 18:20 | 207 reads
Canvassing! Submitted on June 24, 2009 - 16:53 | 166 reads
The Sixties Submitted on June 23, 2009 - 12:50 | 248 reads
Wipe Out Submitted on June 23, 2009 - 09:51 | 219 reads
She had a lovely Bush! Submitted on June 22, 2009 - 15:59 | 287 reads
Widowed! Submitted on June 19, 2009 - 19:18 | 245 reads
Sex-Life Submitted on June 17, 2009 - 12:49 | 273 reads
Blackbird Rapper – On Trial Submitted on June 16, 2009 - 20:59 | 294 reads
Blackbird Rapper – Goes courting Submitted on June 15, 2009 - 02:42 | 284 reads
Blackbird Rapper Submitted on June 14, 2009 - 10:02 | 356 reads
London Monday Morning 1967 Submitted on June 13, 2009 - 08:40 | 292 reads
Photographs and Memories Submitted on June 11, 2009 - 10:19 | 311 reads
The Thong Of Fire Submitted on June 11, 2009 - 08:10 | 376 reads
Hindsight Submitted on June 10, 2009 - 19:05 | 216 reads
Cindy Submitted on June 7, 2009 - 10:56 | 227 reads
The Fight Submitted on June 6, 2009 - 13:24 | 254 reads
That Summer! Submitted on June 2, 2009 - 10:58 | 290 reads
He is…. Submitted on June 2, 2009 - 10:07 | 257 reads
Forced Ejaculation! (1 syllable challenge) Submitted on June 2, 2009 - 08:38 | 462 reads
A Rose? Submitted on June 1, 2009 - 12:41 | 236 reads
Do you remember? Submitted on May 31, 2009 - 08:42 | 287 reads
Pop the Pill (Depression) Submitted on May 29, 2009 - 20:11 | 279 reads
Suck and Swallow Submitted on May 24, 2009 - 23:20 | 376 reads
Iraq Submitted on May 24, 2009 - 15:45 | 286 reads
Life’s a Stage Submitted on May 23, 2009 - 20:00 | 306 reads
Young Love Submitted on May 22, 2009 - 10:12 | 390 reads
A Red Dress and A Park Bench Submitted on May 20, 2009 - 19:52 | 494 reads
Dreams Submitted on May 16, 2009 - 13:35 | 305 reads
Co-operation I.P. Submitted on May 16, 2009 - 10:14 | 277 reads
Three Monkeys (WW2) Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 10:53 | 387 reads
Angels in the Trenches Submitted on April 21, 2009 - 19:31 | 383 reads
WAR CRIMES Submitted on April 18, 2009 - 07:58 | 368 reads
The Soldiers of 1914 Submitted on April 15, 2009 - 16:48 | 332 reads
Easter (I.P.) Submitted on April 12, 2009 - 08:20 | 292 reads
How? Submitted on April 9, 2009 - 08:26 | 314 reads
And Love Lives On Submitted on April 2, 2009 - 18:58 | 305 reads
Loves’ Descent Submitted on April 2, 2009 - 11:32 | 290 reads
First Impressions I.P. Submitted on March 31, 2009 - 16:53 | 293 reads
Can I do anything right? Submitted on March 31, 2009 - 16:07 | 276 reads
An old battered suitcase Submitted on March 28, 2009 - 12:03 | 309 reads
Punctuation Moron Submitted on March 27, 2009 - 19:01 | 360 reads
The Crush Submitted on March 26, 2009 - 13:50 | 285 reads
Jade; R.I.P. Submitted on March 24, 2009 - 18:45 | 391 reads
Springtime! I.P. Submitted on March 24, 2009 - 02:18 | 289 reads
Spring is sprung! I.P. Submitted on March 23, 2009 - 14:16 | 297 reads
Basic Training Submitted on March 21, 2009 - 13:02 | 375 reads
The Old Days Submitted on March 17, 2009 - 18:57 | 369 reads
Perfect Symbol (March 17th) Submitted on March 17, 2009 - 14:21 | 293 reads
Love, Dies Not! Submitted on March 15, 2009 - 18:23 | 324 reads
If I knew then what I know now; I.P. Submitted on March 9, 2009 - 23:43 | 373 reads
The River Submitted on March 8, 2009 - 18:50 | 337 reads
The Tooth Fairy Submitted on March 7, 2009 - 19:54 | 365 reads
Wedding Snap! Submitted on March 5, 2009 - 21:59 | 425 reads
Spring In The Air Submitted on March 2, 2009 - 18:08 | 330 reads
Friday 13th March 2009 - Spring Submitted on March 2, 2009 - 02:37 | 325 reads
Three Postings! Submitted on March 1, 2009 - 20:38 | 367 reads
Scattered Seeds Submitted on February 25, 2009 - 20:47 | 428 reads
Sundown Submitted on February 25, 2009 - 18:09 | 303 reads
Heroin Submitted on February 25, 2009 - 00:12 | 385 reads
How much is ‘at Pit Bull inna winda? Submitted on February 24, 2009 - 00:23 | 439 reads
Choctaw and Tallahatchie I.P. Submitted on February 23, 2009 - 21:09 | 354 reads
Love, Dreams and Paris I.P. Submitted on February 20, 2009 - 10:34 | 372 reads
Firstborn Submitted on February 19, 2009 - 22:53 | 302 reads
The Day I Stared Deff in the Hood! Submitted on February 17, 2009 - 21:06 | 505 reads
Who? Submitted on February 10, 2009 - 21:12 | 317 reads
Ireland Submitted on February 9, 2009 - 22:53 | 340 reads
The Chair Submitted on February 9, 2009 - 18:42 | 332 reads
Birthing Ward Submitted on February 8, 2009 - 20:07 | 324 reads
Adulterers’ Hymn Submitted on February 8, 2009 - 18:01 | 328 reads
Un-Prodigal Daughter Submitted on February 4, 2009 - 00:02 | 362 reads
Photo of an Old Refugee (reworked) Submitted on February 3, 2009 - 21:05 | 328 reads
Graduation? Submitted on February 2, 2009 - 21:31 | 339 reads
Perversely Grammatical Submitted on February 2, 2009 - 00:27 | 434 reads
Books, Comics and Wooden Guns Submitted on February 1, 2009 - 20:01 | 395 reads
Little Jackie Submitted on January 30, 2009 - 14:17 | 408 reads
Bag Lady Submitted on January 30, 2009 - 11:37 | 369 reads
The Driving Lesson (PART 1) Submitted on January 29, 2009 - 18:11 | 458 reads
Pub Banter! (East End Style) Submitted on January 27, 2009 - 22:08 | 478 reads
Your Country Needs You Submitted on January 26, 2009 - 00:49 | 492 reads
If Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 21:32 | 372 reads
Morpheus (Roman god of sleep and dreams ) Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 20:28 | 1523 reads
Red Dress and the Spiders' Web. (I.P.) Submitted on January 24, 2009 - 01:57 | 405 reads
A Time of Great Poetry (A Limerick) Submitted on January 22, 2009 - 20:51 | 370 reads
A Giant Among Men Submitted on January 22, 2009 - 20:13 | 334 reads
Stupid Aspirations (A Limerick) Submitted on January 22, 2009 - 19:36 | 372 reads
Christmas Cock-Up Submitted on January 21, 2009 - 23:10 | 464 reads
The Bus Submitted on January 21, 2009 - 20:39 | 345 reads
First Day 1959 Submitted on January 21, 2009 - 18:40 | 307 reads
Isn’t it the truth! Submitted on January 20, 2009 - 23:48 | 342 reads
I Will Love You Forever Submitted on January 20, 2009 - 23:07 | 362 reads
Dying Embers Submitted on January 20, 2009 - 22:24 | 349 reads
Big Joe Submitted on January 20, 2009 - 02:52 | 370 reads
Regrets Submitted on January 18, 2009 - 19:21 | 332 reads
Insidious Disease Submitted on January 18, 2009 - 19:15 | 354 reads
Breakup Submitted on January 18, 2009 - 19:06 | 329 reads
Oh heavy heart Submitted on January 17, 2009 - 09:50 | 358 reads
Back Home Again Submitted on January 17, 2009 - 09:16 | 334 reads
Palestine Submitted on January 17, 2009 - 00:20 | 376 reads
First Love Submitted on January 16, 2009 - 22:34 | 442 reads
Lonely Submitted on January 16, 2009 - 21:27 | 319 reads
Mars Bar Submitted on January 13, 2009 - 05:25 | 336 reads
Mark's Party London 1970 Submitted on January 13, 2009 - 05:13 | 345 reads
The Prognosis Train Submitted on January 13, 2009 - 00:13 | 328 reads
My Beautiful Little Boy (Haiku) Submitted on January 12, 2009 - 13:39 | 359 reads
January Escape Submitted on January 12, 2009 - 13:18 | 316 reads
London 1966 Submitted on January 11, 2009 - 20:52 | 362 reads
Unemployed Submitted on January 11, 2009 - 11:30 | 316 reads
Jobless Submitted on January 11, 2009 - 11:19 | 341 reads
Mr. Black and White (Pre Mandela) Submitted on January 11, 2009 - 11:03 | 372 reads
Paranoia? Submitted on January 10, 2009 - 23:05 | 354 reads
King Henry the VIII Submitted on January 10, 2009 - 13:14 | 420 reads
Famine Submitted on January 10, 2009 - 12:20 | 348 reads
Winter Beach Submitted on January 9, 2009 - 01:06 | 348 reads
Morning Submitted on January 9, 2009 - 00:17 | 328 reads
Autumn Leaves (Goodbye Mum) Submitted on January 9, 2009 - 00:11 | 360 reads
The Cottage (Story - Part 1) Submitted on January 8, 2009 - 01:17 | 394 reads
The Cottage (Poem) Submitted on January 8, 2009 - 01:09 | 546 reads
London 1960 Submitted on January 8, 2009 - 00:18 | 491 reads
Summer's Mourn Submitted on January 7, 2009 - 20:25 | 351 reads
I am no more Submitted on January 7, 2009 - 20:11 | 381 reads
Photo of an Old Refugee Submitted on January 7, 2009 - 20:01 | 396 reads
