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I have 136 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 218541 times and 178 of my stories have been cherry picked.
615 of my 2,181 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 643 votes

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.

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615 of my comments have received 643 Great Feedback votes

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A rare commodity!

Posted on Sun, 24 Oct 2021

A rare commodity!

Too many well known men (and women) aren't easy going but those who are fully deserve to have a poem written about them.

I like to think I am easy going but I'm not really well known.

I enjoyed your poem....

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Posted in An Easy Going Well Known Man

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Anybody there?

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

I hope Alfred Muggins found some shops open for business when he got to the town centre. This terrible blight seems to be killing more than just people.

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Posted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town

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I've always struggled with

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

I've always struggled with autumn. I love spring when nature bursts into life and then the warmth and richness of summer, but autumn just gives me a feeling that everything is over and done with despite its beautiful colours that everyone keeps...

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Posted in Grounding Of Autumn

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A cry for help from someone

Posted on Sun, 17 Oct 2021

A cry for help from someone who has heard another's cry for help. I can feel the desperation in your words. An excellent poem.

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Posted in Make Me

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This is a sad story but a

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

This is a sad story but a poem is a good way to remember your father. A poem will always be with you.

I particularly liked the way you constructed the poem with the long lines spreading right across the page but still maintaining a rhyme...

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Posted in Dad's 74th Birthday

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They do have warm sunny days

Posted on Sat, 16 Oct 2021

They do have warm sunny days in Leeds too. I can remember having to unfasten the buttons on my coat at least half a dozen times while I lived there. But I think the opening clip with the winter weather set the scene of the video and the black and...

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Posted in We Are Seacroft!

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I'm not very clever (but I

Posted on Sat, 16 Oct 2021

I'm not very clever (but I can lift heavy things) so the only way I know to let you hear this is via a link to the whole Vimeo video.

My bit starts at 05:22 (immediately after John Betjemen's bit) and lasts about three minutes. I'm not...

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Posted in We Are Seacroft!

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I'm never comfortable if I'm

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

I'm never comfortable if I'm surrounded by millions of them but, generally speaking, I love insects. In each one of them, the way they find food, the way they behave, the mechanics of their bodies fascinates me. Yet we neglect them in such an...

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Posted in Out in the Fields

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