Epiphany

  Every morning after turning on my computer, I access The American Heritage Dictionary program and its word for the day. This day, the word that came up was: Zymurgy – The branch of chemistry that deals with the fermentation … Continue reading

Maidstone

  Paddy Mulan This is just to say It was not my fault. So many years apart, On a ship That never sailed. To see you And never hold you. Wire deliberately placed So tantalisingly close That our fingers Even … Continue reading

Abandoned

  By Paddy Mulan It was a special day. Rory’s twenty-first. Where was he? Why had he not come like a knight in shining armour and swept her away? They could set up home like a proper family. Sinead still … Continue reading