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Continue reading →: I can’t believe it’s bog butter
Jack and his dog, Barney were out turf cutting in Fermanagh when they came across a huge ball. Taking it home in a wheelbarrow it was received with little enthusiasm by Jack’s wife, Bridget. Having probed it with a knitting needle, Bridget realised that it might have some importance after…
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Continue reading →: Racism and Sectarianism
Racism and attacks on foreigners is mingled with sectarian overtones in this part of the world. Our Eastern European immigrants might find themselves attacked for being different, but that perceived difference may include the presumption of Roman Catholicism. Skin colour may spark race…
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Continue reading →: Jimmy Simmons (to his numerous friends) not so unobtainable
Online is obviously the best place to embarrass yourself. Far from being difficult to obtain the writings of Mr James Simmons, I seem to be tripping over his work wherever I turn. Belfast Central library, which is an architecturally impressive building bathed in light and grandeur, had two copies of…
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Continue reading →: The Belfast Group
Although this blog never really stuck to poetry as the theme for the majority of posts, I still retain the ambition to learn more about poetry and poets and share some gobbets with my readers . Those poets who formed the Belfast Group in the 1970s were an interesting bunch.…
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Continue reading →: James Simmons – Honest Ulsterman
James Simmons (1933-2001) established The Honest Ulsterman literary journal and took part in the Belfast Group of poets in the ’60s. Hard to get hold of his work, I have located a copy of Ballad of a Marriage…more later. To hear James Simmons singing the ballad below – see the next…
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Continue reading →: Eagle Huntress
The view from the mountain peak was awesome in the true meaning of the word. A thin layer of clouds below and mountains all around. Asher and her golden eagle surveyed the skies and mountainside for prey. The couple worked well together after years getting to know each other, the…
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Continue reading →: Justice – seen to be done or media spectacle?
The current trial of Oscar Pistorius has drawn some praise and criticism for the televising of proceedings. Strangely, the accused is never shown, so we are not allowed to see his reactions to the prosecution questioning. A world-renowned athlete who shot and killed his girlfriend was always going to be…
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Continue reading →: Curiosity
I know the last blog may have been a bit confusing, apologies. It was a rather amateurish attempt to widen my reach. WordPress supply stats that show where on a world map your blogs have been viewed. The most glaring hole in my readership is China. I do not suspect…
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Continue reading →: 早安中國 – good morning China
我發現我的博客還沒有被讀任何人在中國。也許翻譯從英語到中國會有所幫助。 這將是美好的，有從作為不同的讀者群作為可能的反饋。我希望，通過翻譯我的想法到中國可能會促使一些利益 我使用谷歌翻譯，所以我也相信我的話是不是太可笑了，當他們在新的形式出現，以創建這些字符。 我會從那些誰是毫不客氣地稱為“散砂”聽到特別感興趣 – a quick google translate back into English: I found that my blog has not been read anyone in China. Perhaps translated from English to Chinese will be helpful. It would be wonderful, there are from a different group of…
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