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I am Irish by birth( Dublin) , a citizen of the world by choice ( Italy would be a second home!), married to a New Zealander, and currently living in bristol where I serve as a priest in the Church of England. A 25 year career in education, most recently

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Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Survival: 4 of 39

Quite Blown Away 'Well? Are you coming? Jozef?' A grimy hand shook him awake. Blinking in the smoky dimness of a waterlogged trench, Jozef shook his head and rubbed red-rimmed eyes. 'To where?' 'Popperinge. Talbot house.' The younger man sat heavily on the rickety bunk and raised his half rotten boots out of the ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Eyes: 58 of 170

Crying Eyes A teardrop explodes From the soul's leaking well Wanders crookedly around the nose The mouth And from a quivering chin drops Unheeded Hits cloth Splits Into a myriad glittering pieces And dries to salt.
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Destiny: 9 of 22

Her sister's destiny Samyulka ran her blistered fingers along the neat edges. Deliberately pressed too hard so that the sacred walls of the Temple of the Sun were marred by the foul contents of a particularly nasty wound.So what! This was no way for her sister to spend her 14th Birthday. Chirimnyia had been hailed as the fam...