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  • Pints to Poems

    Pints to Poems is filled with overone-hundred gritty, funnyand often sad poems. Rhymes, Haiku and a unique formof Mancunian poetry seal theflavour of this book being createdin the industrial North, with itsdrink, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Manchester is not just a city,it’s a lifestyle! I am so pleased to announce that my best ever

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  • Surgeon

    What profession do you admire most and why? I think the profession I admire most would be that of a surgeon, they have the ability to save lives. I always said they should be paid top dollar for the job they do, I myself have never been under the knife, and I have no plans

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  • Wish Shop

    If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? If I was going to open a shop and sell something it would be ‘Wishes in a Bottle’, that’s what I’d sell. You could come in to my shop and be greeted by myself, happy and all smiles and buy your wish.

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  • Not my Phone

    What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? The most important thing these days you can carry with you at all times is a; ‘Good Attitude’. It is not my phone, although the bugger is with me most times and then keys to get into the house and my debit

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  • Words

    What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? The world is a massive place and sometimes a very negative place, I would love to just get my poems, stories and words out there, and take people’s minds and imagination to another world, and release their brain from the

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  • Expensive

    What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? Going out these days to eat is expensive, especially in the UK and I’m talking vegan here. Only a few weeks ago we went out to a place in the city centre and we had burger and patato tots and two

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  • Drivers Warned

    Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. Well the promt was to scour the news for an uninteresting story; and I think I’ve found one, these days most news is boring anyway, but this is very uninteresting; ‘ Drivers urged to watch their age

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  • Habits are to be Broken

    Describe one habit that brings you joy. You know I never thought that having an habit brings you joy. I always thought habit are things you need to break; like, I have a habit of picking the hard skin on my thumbs, (gross I know), I have to really concentrate to stop, I also have

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  • The Universe

    What are you curious about? I love thinking about the universe I think it is so amazing, just the thought that it never ends. All those stars and you’re not telling me, that humans are the only intelligent walking, talking, poetry speaking things alive and with so many sun’s and planets? I’m so curious about

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  • Ten Pound Note

    Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone. Now, for this little story to be told you must understand, that back Openshaw in the nineties was a rough place to live. My random act of kindness to a stranger was this; I was walking to the pub with my brother dave, and

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