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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
This is extremely good Di.
Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023
This is extremely powerful writing Di.
I was sorry to hear about your trees being brought down. Nature is powerful and in time new trees will grow, possibly stronger.
In the Middle East the perpetrators of the current atrocity...
Read full commentPosted in October 2023
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
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