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Pick of the day

Money for the Circus

Posted by Ewan on Mon, 22 Apr 2019

Probably will be something longer, but whether it'll end up on here who knows... image is royalty free from pxhere.com

Frailty

Posted by TJW on Sun, 14 Apr 2019

From what he told me, and he never told me much, the lieutenant became a lieutenant lest he become dead in his daddy's eyes.Read more

Poem of the week

change of address

Posted by Di_Hard on Tue, 16 Apr 2019

houses are envelopes

posted through time

recipients changing

letters put in, taken

out. From the War

son, brother, father, lost

mother upstairs, her bed

long gone, as she

these cornered edges knew

someone put up a shelf

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

It's the most beautiful day where I live - the first really warm one of the year, so it's been a great pleasure to sit here by the open door into the garden catching up on some of the wonderful writing that's been posted this week.

STORY AND POEM OF THE MONTH

Our Story and Poem for March, very kindly selected by Philip Sidney:

'Waiting For Another Velvet Morning' by Julia Macpherson. Reviews!

This one is personal for a few of us on ABCTales. Julia (Overthetop1) was one of our much loved users as is her mother Coral (seashore).

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