David Kirtley
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David Kirtley
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Jungleland (by Bruce Springsteen) : A (Belated) Review by Alfred Muggins
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26/11/21 To all my fans, of my novels, written, unwritten, and partly written, and short stories, poems and blogs, chronicles, and posts. It has been...
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The Big Questions of the early 21st Century (or 2023/24 to be more exact!) by Alfred N.Muggins, Reporter, Distant Observer, and Civilian Adjudicator!
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25/1/24 Do the Israelis still recognize the white flag of surrender, or truce? Does Donald Trump still believe in Democracy or would he be a Tyrant...
Dreams or Nightmares? (A Fictional Account Of Alternative Possibilities In Palestine)
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17/10/23 Drones fly over Settlement Walls, on the top of hills in modern day Samaria and Judea. Some are shot down by programmed protection, but many...
Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions
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c.20/10/23 – 27/10/23 (5/11/23) In my ‘Civilians In War’ article I have tried to hold back from being too emotional. Hamas have really done it now!...
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Hamas’ Own Masada! By rogue reporter Alfred N.Muggins
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19/10/23 (17/11/23) Where have the other Arab and muslim states been? Where have the European States been. Only a few years before they all chastised...
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Your version of Hot Cross Bun
Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023
Your version of Hot Cross Bun Blues has certainly made me Feel a Whole Lot Better! You Made Me Smile (Again!). If I had a Hot Cross Bun left in our fridge/or larder I would have gone and eaten it straightaway without remorse! Unfortunately we do...
Read full commentPosted in Hot Cross Bun Blues
The ballet dancing job sounds
Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023
The ballet dancing job sounds very interesting Turlough, but I don't think Alfred would be much good at that either, although he does like a bit of Tchaikovsky from time to time. He will promise to avoid the Leeds area, thanks for the warning! He...
Read full commentPosted in Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1
Thanks for your comment Di
Posted on Tue, 08 Aug 2023
Thanks for your comment Di Hard. Your partner seems to have had a particularly difficult job as he was being obliged to sell. At least my (Alfred's!) job was aiming to help or answer callers' questions etc, even if doing a satisfactory job might...
Read full commentPosted in There’s a new sick line, for calling in sick apparently! By Alfred Muggins, Call Centre Agent!
This is great science fiction
Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2023
This is great science fiction and certainly gets us thinking and trying to work out what is real and what is not etc. (What did you say your name was again? Philip K ??) It also reminds me of the 'Total Recall' film and others like that.
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Read full commentPosted in Second Life
A rich and strong image
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
A rich and strong image creating poem about this castle (and would describe other ruins and castles too!)! You take us back into history and conjecture. We missed this one when we went to Pembrokeshire a couple of times in recent years, although...
Read full commentPosted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)
That certainly was a good
Posted on Sat, 22 Jul 2023
That certainly was a good question to ask of the oppressor! That is quite a gripping insight into dictators, a good piece!
Read full commentPosted in The machinery of night
Our world might soon become a
Posted on Thu, 27 Apr 2023
Our world might soon become a kind of museum to the dead if we all invested into these kind of holograms! Would we ever be able to go forward with our real lives? Great ideas and imagining of a future technology!
Read full commentPosted in Hereafter: A Holodog Story (Part Three of Three)
You have packed rich imagery
Posted on Tue, 30 May 2023
You have packed rich imagery into this poem, which describes the place and animals very well. It did remind me of a safari I once went on in Kenya too!
Read full commentPosted in Ranthambore
I started doodling when I was
Posted on Sat, 13 May 2023
I started doodling when I was at school. From there I decided to build up the doodles into proper pieces on separate pieces of paper, which I did for many years, creating many works of my own art which I still enjoy looking at to this day, and...
Read full commentPosted in Doodle.
Some great descriptions there
Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023
Some great descriptions there: I particularly liked, and felt saddened by 'lost sunsets of Hiroshima'!
Also 'neon dreams of the Orient' , which somehow seems to sum up the present days perfectly!
Read full commentPosted in Geisha
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