Poems of grit, fun and nonsense. #bookmarkquinn

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  • Small, Bald and Beard

    How would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you? I would describe myself to someone who hasn’t seen me before as small, bald with a beard, that’s it, ho I forgot the glasses, I wear glasses. HAIKU Small, Bald, beard, glasses. A good attitude thrown in. This is me, Mark Quinn.

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  • Sunday Dinner

    What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? Throughout my childhood years and even my Mother and Father used to make the best Sunday dinner; at that time I wasn’t vegan, but I only had chicken slices. We would all sit around the table and eat, as my brothers got older they stopped

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  • Not Today

    Was today typical? Today was not a typical day myself and Jeni drove upto the North East of England to see the Angel of the North. It is a beautiful landmark in Gateshead and I’ve only ever seen her in a book, and it was a pleasure to seethis magnificent angel. Then we drove to

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  • Caring

    How would you describe yourself to someone? I would describe myself as a caring type of person, I like to help others and especially animals. If people need advice or a helping hand km always available, I like and take an interest on how people’s developments are going and push them in the right direction.

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  • Pterodactyl

    If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be? I would bring back the pterodactyl although it is not a dinosaur; it was a flying reptile with wings. It did live amoung the dinosaurs in the jurassic period, in horror films or fantasy films it is usually know as Terordactyl to make

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  • Edwin The Bear

    Edwin’s new book is now available on Amazon and Kindle, take a look, I just know you’ll love it.‘Edwin and the Cyberbully’ Our favourite positive bear as a new book out available on Amazon and Kindle. Edwin’s books and stories are a must for children aged 1 – 99, his stories are fun, positive and

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  • OLLIE ONION

    What’s the story behind your nickname? Well in my younger years I had a nickname of Ollie Onion, I don’t have it anymore. The story behind it was because I was mostly drunk with all my friends, we used to be wild. So it started as Little Ollie after the drunken actor Oliver Reed, and

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  • British Isles

    What are your future travel plans? For the next few years myself and Jeni are planing on visiting more historic locations within the beautiful British Isles, England, Wales and Scotland. We love visiting these places, loads of history; we will stay away for a few days but mostly day trips. HAIKU The British Isles. Full

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  • Baked Beans

    What’s your go-to comfort food? My go to comfort food is Baked Beans and toasted Crumpets. I just love to close the curtains block out life, watch a great film and eat a full plate of delicious Baked Beans, adding in a bit of butter and brown sauce; then lashings of butter on my toasted

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  • Escape from Colditz

    What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? My favourite board game is ‘Escape from Colditz’, I had this board game when I was a lad, and when I was a young boy playing with Action Man’ and everything to do with World War Two the game amazed me. It was the layout of

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