Poems of grit, fun and nonsense. #bookmarkquinn

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  • Hmmm, Travel

    What have you been putting off doing? Why? I don’t put anything off, if I want to do something I do it; I really have a good think, if it’s something I really want to do. I look into it and judge can I afford it, have I the time, then decide; I have many

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  • The Window of Notice

    By Mark Quinn I notice the damage in the world,I notice the boy and girl dying in the street,I notice the forest leaves beneath my feet,I look out my window at the seasons that pass,I notice the dew upon the grass,I notice the celebrities talking shite,I notice the old people suffering their plightand the politicians

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  • Peter Pan

    When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? I’m the true Peter Pan, I’ve never grown up and I don’t want to. Don’t get me wrong there are times when you have to do grown up things, like paying bills but my imagination and attitude is still be young

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  • Rock Star

    What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. If I could do something and not fail it would be, to become a rock star, the fame the money, not the drink and drugs…I don’t do that. All my concerts would be around lunchtime, so I could be finished and back at

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  • Stay Positive

    What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? The hardest personal goal I’ve set myself over the last few years is to stay positive. With so much negative and bad news about, wars here and death there. I have tried not listening to the news or flicking through the Internet, but I have

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  • Oasis

    Who are your favorite artists? My favourite artists for me are Oasis the pop group from Manchester. I think they are a inspiration to every working person to show that you can accomplish stardom in your life, if you work for it. They are from Burnage in Manchester and are just like me, they are

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  • Car Journeys

    What is your favorite hobby or pastime? When we are not working or I’ve got a poetry event to attend, I like to go out on car journeys in our trusted Ford Festa called ‘Yellper’, after her registration plate. We go to many places over the UK and visit places owned by National Trust. Haiku

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  • Memories

    What would you do if you lost all your possessions? If I was to loose everything and that was to include my home then that would be devastating! But let’s say, I keep the home but I loose everything in it, all my possessions then I could live with that. Because things that you gather

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  • I Never Have

    What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? I honestly can’t remember a topic or issue where I’ve changed my mind. I have always stuck by my decisions and I’m proud of that. Haiku I don’t change my mind. If I decide then that’s it. Stick with it, Marky.

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  • No Need

    Your life without a computer: what does it look like? My life without a computer, well I have lived some of my life without computers or the technology we have today. When I was growing up and even onto my early days starting a job or working for myself, I never had a computer or

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