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Terence Mullan

During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.

Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.

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694 of my comments have received 727 Great Feedback votes

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Ah now there's a thing of

Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021

Ah now there's a thing of magic ... voices at Christmas, especially kids singing carols or those really haunting voices. When I listen to Enya singing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel it sends a shiver up my spine every time.

And the...

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Posted in V is for Voices

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I don't believe that the

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021

I don't believe that the world will ever come to an end but the day when man ceases to live here is approaching, slowly but surely. Beyond that, the world will continue to revolve on its axis around the sun and it will regenerate, as it has done...

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Posted in Rising Waters and Fear of a Great Flood

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Cat chaos!

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

Oh, don’t worry. I immediately understood the difference in what you were saying in the two separate two line bits. I certainly think you should leave it as it is. Also, I think we write these things largely for our own amusement and satisfaction...

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Posted in U is for Under the Tree

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Under the Tree is clever. I

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

Under the Tree is clever. I wouldn’t have thought of that though, from some of the festive season revellers I have known, I might have gone for Under the Table.

And your line …

gives small creatures cover...

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Posted in U is for Under the Tree

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Bravo Rhiannon, you've done

Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021

Bravo Rhiannon, you've done it! And I enjoyed every line.

But with

I've got the key of the door, never been twenty-one before

just lurking round the corner, aren't you tempted to go one more day?

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Posted in 20

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Hello Jenny.

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021

Hello Jenny.

This is a lovely poem which brings to mind the chaos that I'm sure we would experience if we really could turn back time.

I liked your line

unaware those last goodbyes

which, for me would be the...

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Posted in If I Could Turn Back Time

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Your words …

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

Your words …

plastic sawn off arms

really made me laugh.

Sawn off arms of any kind shouldn’t make us laugh but I know exactly what you mean.

Good on your lady in the post office for giving you the tinsel. It’s...

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Posted in T is for Tinsel and Twigs

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A tricky subject. I can see

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

A tricky subject. I can see both sides of the argument.

But also ...

The Red lion, The Crown, Royal Oak, White Oak, White Hart, The Swan, The Plough, The Bell, Rose & Crown, The Star, Cross Keys, Travellers Rest, The George...

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Posted in The Black Bitch.

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