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Terence Mullan
In the movies, the people who are writers only ever drink coffee and write. I could do that. They never have to work in their garden or take their cat to the vet or go shopping in Kaufland.
My stories
Mother Bulgaria
As Lenin looks down from his sombre pedestal Concrete erupts from a bleak landscape like The broken teeth of windswept peasants Drinking homemade...
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Betty Lewis Eyes
A teapot on a tray she brings. Digestive in each saucer. Horrific tales of war to tell But only if she’s forced to. She’s angelic, prim and ninety...
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Crucial Moves of Fantasy
Sit back and watch the sea above Where images of waves and whales and fish and ships Collide and slide and get mixed up Until it is a sea no more But...
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A Hot Afternoon in Malki Chiflik
Nothing moves. There is no breeze. No birds fly by in the cloudless sky. No creature has the will to disturb the cruel tranquillity. Not even bees...
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Frosty the Snowman
I was going to go out to the garden and build a snowman but then I remembered that I needed to put some fat on the cat’s abscess. I haven’t been...
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And because every day that I
Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
And because every day that I spend with the someone I love is differently new and wonderful it made writing this poem a bit tricky. It was like shooting at a moving target. There were so many bits that I wrote and chopped out I could have used...
Read full commentPosted in Yantra Mantra
There is a constant darkness
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
There is a constant darkness in my mind at the moment.
Occupation, oppression, apartheid, genocide, inhumanity and, as you said, shame are the words I think of. But a shame deeper than any that has gone before as we sit back and allow this...
Read full commentPosted in open your eyes!
The way names are given and
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
The way names are given and and messed about with fascinates me. It's usually the case that a lot of thought has gone into them but also sometimes very little thought at a all e.g. my friend's sister Teresa Green.
I'd love to know the...
Read full commentPosted in Middle Name.
Good words Ed. Very moving.
Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
Good words Ed. Very moving.
It's such a shame but not a surprise that posting it again seemed appropriate. But don't put it away just yet as I'm sure there'll be more occasions in the future.
Read full commentPosted in All That Glitters
David's just a guy who can't
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
David's just a guy who can't say no!
Will there be a Chapter 3? Will he get round the Brian problem? Will his mammy need to buy a hat?
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 1 part 2)
Good stuff Naimh!
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Good stuff Naimh!
This bit...
The room began to spin. He felt like a dirty T-shirt in a washing machine,
Sums up the early morning situation perfectly,
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 1 part 1)
Ordinary Palestinians and
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Ordinary Palestinians and Israelis can get on perfectly well together, as can ordinary Russians and Ukraines and people on either side of many other conflicts. It's the people in power who are the problem. The politicians, the banks, the arms...
Read full commentPosted in Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)
I think I envy Spencer a
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
I think I envy Spencer a little bit. Round about four o'clock most afternoons I could do with a cable to the mains to recharge myself. Is he going to be immune to the ageing process?
Nice one Jane. I'm looking forward to the next episode...
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you...' Part 4
A man with a low, gravelly
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
A man with a low, gravelly voice with an Eastern European accent...
I was sitting next to him on the bus into town yesterday.
And there was the smell of weed... or was it just wee?
I'll have a word with him.
...
Read full commentPosted in Diner
We, with a roof over our head
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
We, with a roof over our head, not rubble ... words that really hit the spot!
We need to consider that each day a smaller and smaller proportion of the world's population can enjoy this privilege. And we should remember this as...
Read full commentPosted in Identity
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