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Pick of the day

For Miranda

Posted by Coolhermit on Tue, 11 Aug 2020

For Miranda

picture me as Whistler’s Mother,

arranged in black and grey

watching a magic-lantern shadow-show

‘recherche du temps perdu’

Artur and Guillaume (part 1)

Posted by drew_gummerson on Wed, 05 Aug 2020

Artur lands heavily on his skinny Gallic arse as he is thrown unceremoniously from the door of Les Jolies Filles brothel, Rue Guy de Maupassant, in the now largely forgotten French town of N____.
“And don't come back until you have more than a few sou in your pockets!"
The large black man who acts as a both hawker and protector of the girls shouts down at Artur before he slams shut the door. Read more

Poem of the week

To my imaginary child

Posted by onemorething on Sat, 01 Aug 2020

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

I'm taking a short break from melting in the heat to bring you this week's picks:

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of July, very kindly chosen by Ewan:

VIRTUAL READING NIGHT

Very excited to announce ABCTales' very first virtual reading night!

It will be taking place via Zoom on August 27th at 7pm BST and we would love to see as many of you as possible, either as readers or members of the audience.

'33.9 Million Miles From Lyme Regis' by Laurie Avadis

Cerasus Poetry's latest publication is now available to buy on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=cerasus+poetry&ref=nb_sb_noss

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