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Pick of the day

at dusk today

Posted by Di_Hard on Tue, 28 Nov 2023

light mourning

lavender sheets

sky and sea

far pink coast

recalls sunset

white triangle sail

heading out

gulls fly, wings bright

as full moon's disc

night's shining host

Once A Husband Almost

Posted by sean mcnulty on Sat, 18 Nov 2023

It was my half shift, thank Christ, so if I could slip out the door quick, I’d be spared any further hassle this day. The protestors would probably leave me be if they thought I was just running across for a sandwich. I would indicate to them that I’d be back in a minute and they could harangue me all they wanted when I returned, and this would be all the more gratifying for them since they would be disrupting my lunch break, even though, unRead more

Poem of the week

winter trees

Posted by hoalarg1 on Thu, 23 Nov 2023

Winter trees, I finally found you (a short seasonal poem)

Black Bough Winter and Christmas Poetry Anthology

And even more good news for ABCTalers!

Two of our poets, marandina and onemorething have had their work included in the Black Bough Winter and Christmas Poetry Anthology

Pushcart Prize Nominations

Some lovely news to share with you!

Story of the Week, Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point 24 November 2023

As usual our members made this the most difficult task of the week.

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem of the Month for October have very kindly been chosen by Turlough. Here's what he says:

ABC Tales Story and Poem of the Month for October

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Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!

Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.

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