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502 Kilometres
502 Kilometres Just up the road from my wife and me A fire’s burning constantly Folks just like us are in the street No food to eat Nowhere to sleep...
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Her Troubles
Her Troubles Tuesday’s fish supper grease still lingers On grubby stubby stiff little fingers Cracked by cold and each one bleeds From overuse of...
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Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls
Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls Alone, I walked along the dusty path that led away from the termite-ravaged back gate of the small French colonial-...
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Maglic Moments
A piece of writing I did a good while back for the travel company, Exodus Travels. Neither the trip nor I were very glossy but they were very happy to include it in their glossy promotional literature. The Green Visions Travel Agency in Sarajevo used it too. And no, there isn’t a typo in the title.
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Lady Danube
A photograph of a green wooden hut beside a river. But the river is none other than the River Danube (known locally as the Dunav / Дунав) taken on my phone a few days ago from near the town of Svishtov in Bulgaria, approximately 80 kms from where I live. I love watching rivers flow by but the might of the Danube (the second longest in Europe, after the Don) is extraordinary. Its beauty and the folklore and mythology that accompany it compelled me to write this poem.
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I love this bit...
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024
I love this bit...
Heavy cloud in fashionable grey spread from horizon to horizon leaching the colour out of greens of any remaining foliage and reds of brickwork.
It contributes a lot to creating the scene.
And...
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It was the Farsi word for
Posted on Sun, 14 Jan 2024
It was the Farsi word for farcical that had me beaten.
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A terrible story, a sharp
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2024
A terrible story, a sharp reminder and a well written poem.
Nice one Luigi!
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Optimism
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
There's a lot of hope in your well thought out words Paul.
I hope the hope comes true.
Good on you!
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Having lived in the West Country
Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024
Having lived in the West Country for twenty years, none of this surprises me Paul.
A well written and gripping tale.
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I really like this. I like
Posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2024
I really like this. I like the way you've highlighted how water is used over and over again in nature; many times in the past and many times in the future, as well as here and now.
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Hoover
Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024
Thanks to you too Di.
Send your Hoover over here with a nice crisp tenner and we'll have it fixed for you before you can say Dimitar's your uncle.
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - December 2023 - Side B
There's a lot of thinking
Posted on Tue, 02 Jan 2024
There's a lot of thinking going on here, and wondering. Involuntary thinking, perhaps. I like the way the raindrops dictate the rhythm of your morning.
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Very best wishes to you.
Posted on Tue, 02 Jan 2024
Ah, 6th January... Women's Christmas in Ireland. I hope all goes well for you and Siobhán and you both have a great time then and long after.
It's good and brave of you to share your story, problems and personal thoughts with us here....
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If ever I form a punk band,
Posted on Sat, 30 Dec 2023
If ever I form a punk band, with your approval, I'll call it A Box Full of Kale.
I'm glad I was on the right track.
Flogging Molly are a great band, by the way. Here I'm still mourning the recent departure of Shane MacGowan.
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