Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of January, very kindly chosen by RJNewlyn:

Pick of the month January 2024

I suspect most of us find January a hard month for inspiration, so well done to everyone who’s bucked the trend. 

For prose, strong commendations to hudsonmoon (https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/phone-booth-incident-neds-tavern-tale),

josiedog (https://www.abctales.com/story/josiedog/cernunnos)

and Terrence Oblong (https://www.abctales.com/story/terrence-oblong/austere-planet).

And one of the things the world particularly needs at the moment is an affectionate Iranian travelogue, so do have a look at Turlough’s posts (e.g., https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/only-here-poets).

But what I personally find I want from January is a laugh-out-loud, surreal, slice of life, so Pick of the Month goes to celticman for Uncle John’s Popemobile(https://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/uncle-johns-popemobile) – all entirely true, so we’re told (if only).

For poetry, there were some particularly excellent contributions from D G Moody (https://www.abctales.com/story/d-g-moody/muse),

onemorething (https://www.abctales.com/story/onemorething/pie),

Rhiannonw (https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/autobiography-not-mine),

and samhennig (https://www.abctales.com/story/samhennig/rain)

but I was particularly blown away by ralph’s Act! A poem for Basildon (https://www.abctales.com/story/ralph/act-poem-basildon) which gets Pick of the Month. Gahan and Gore should indeed take note …