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Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 11 Aug 2017 It's been a wonderful week on the site for life writing and I struggled to choose the Picks for this week. Among others, Jolono's beautiful 'Dad was Old School' ( https://www.abctales.com/story/jolono/dad-was-old-school ) and Elsie Katz's uncompromising 'Memories of Working In A Hostel...' ( https://www.abctales.com/story/elsie-katz/2002-05-my-memories-working-ho... ) will stay in my mind for a long time...

Picks for the month of July very kindly chosen by Helen Richardson/Philip Sidney: July warmed us up for summer with an influx of sizzling writing, so to choose two outstanding pieces has taken considerable deliberation. In the end I've gone with gut feeling and chosen two pieces that took me somewhere new and showed me a different way of living. Story of the month is, Point Blank Range, by TJW. TJW creates a distinct voice that takes us into the...

Story of the Week goes to ashb for 'Tane'. It's a multi-parter but it's only just started and the parts are all short, so just the right time to get reading - it's fascinating so far! Our Poem of the Week, according to Fatboy74, came about because his telly stopped working, and it's so good I think he should keep it off from now on, and concentrate on writing more. Congratulations to both: https://www.abctales.com/story/ashb/pool-restart-4 https...

Poetry Monthly – August Hello all and thanks to people who contributed to the Poetry Monthly theme for July – Where I Write. As usual, quality and range was impressive. Here are some poems to go back to: https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/random-access-memory https://www.abctales.com/story/linda-wigzell-cress/writing-move https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/written-where-0 Now, on to August. Picture this - I’m sitting in a swing seat in a...

Posted by Philip Sidney on Sun, 30 Jul 2017 well-wisher is putting YouTube to good poetic use - you might want to do something similar! Here's what he's said and how to find it: 'Using a free movie making app and free speech synthesiser app and some public domain pictures I have put some of my poems on YouTube': https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9nJHmXzixYhPHXZEk9y6sw

Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 28 Jul 2017 Our weather's been a bit up and down but the writing on ABCtales has been consistently good. A touch of romance - or unrequited love - in our picks for this week: story of the week is a lovely piece of nostalgia from KiriKit: https://www.abctales.com/story/kirikit/perfect-day And from snow to the heat of the night, our poem of the week is 'Wonder' from Sam Hennig https://www.abctales.com/story/...

Poetry Monthly, July Hello all and thanks for your contributions this time to Poetry Monthly! Two interesting poems to go back to: catherine poarch’s Biss or Bissn’t - https://www.abctales.com/story/catherine-poarch/biss-or-bissnt Jennifer Skinner’s Brief Moment to Dream https://www.abctales.com/story/skinnerjennifer/brief-moment-dream The focus for this coming month is – Where I Write. Take this literally – do you write in a garden shed, a...

We are positively heaving with good stuff on here this week - particularly prose, so it's been very hard to pick the best - in fact I'm going to cheat a bit and do some honourable mentions too... Anyway, our Story of the Week goes to Weatherwax's two-parter 'A Meeting with Kindness' - a departure from his usual genre (fan fiction), and I hope to see more like this from him. A big honourable mention to Celticman for his hilarious 'The Best Days...

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 14 Jul 2017 A plethora of riches to choose from this week! Our Poem of the Week is Rosa Cruz's 'Seals in the Currents', a wonderful combination of intricate detail and poetic vision: https://www.abctales.com/story/rosa-cruz/seals-currents Story of the Week goes to Cooper King's 'What Happens Near Rome'. I laughed, my toes curled in painful recognition - and from the reactions, I wasn't the only one: https://www...

I'm going to take you to two very different places for this week's picks. Story of the Week goes to TJW's Point Blank Period which charts his trip fleeing a hurricane in Florida, and our Poem of the Week is Tail-end, where you can join Parson Thru in a summer evening's thunderstorm in Madrid. Both great pieces which I hope you will enjoy as much as I did! https://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/point-blank-period https://www.abctales.com/story/parson...