Today on my front doorstep a bundle,
tied in coloured string, wrapped in cellophane,
5 New Yorkers, a Paris Review and
two School Magazines with my poems in,
the Covid backlog I thought would never come.
It felt like all my Xmases had come at once,
enough binge reading to last me till the Big Day.
John Malone 
bravo!!!! happy reading!!
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thanks, Worms; sometimes, out of the blue …
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That is such a great surprise!
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it was . Beth; I was getting a little despondent about ever receiving my New Yorkers and that leads me to my next post which I’m composing now 🙂
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What a brilliant bundle; sweet surprises are the best.
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they certainly are; I am writing the comic prequel to this post now 🙂
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Sweet. Looking forward to it.
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Beautiful poem and inspiring photo 🙏🌷😍
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thank you 🙂 the comic prequel is going up tomorrow 🙂
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So welcome and Best Wishes 🌹👍🙏🏼
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Well done. You can’t beat snuggling down to a good binge read. What a lovely surprise. 🙂
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it was indeed, Hobbo: be interesting to see what readers make of the prequel I’ll be posting tomorrow: it’s comic so you should like it 🙂
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👍 Looking forward to it. 🙂
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Congratulations for your pieces in School magazines…do we get to see them on this blog?
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Should do, Shaily, in the next week or two, probably on the bigbluemouth blog 🙂
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Super!
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Oh wonderful! Congratulations and Merry Christmas! 🙂
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