Read one of the 134,897 stories from our 20,080 authors

  • Sign in / Sign up
  • Find ABCtales on Facebook
  • Follow ABCtales on Twitter
Home
  • Home
  • Read
  • Write
  • Forums
  • Blogs

Comparisons

By Richard L. Provencher

Mon, 24 Oct 2011
  • 731 reads
 

The dory boat is more like
a cutting tool, its
prow a sharp tongue
of personality

traveling salty waters in
search of supper,
four youngsters and

a fair lady, hair like
sunrise, waiting landside

for husband and two
brothers, hurrying
home before low tide.

© 2011 Richard L. Provencher

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
Miscellaneous
Facebook Twitter 
  • Log in to post comments

Search form

Type of tale

Type of tale

Biography
Non-fiction
Other
Poem
Poetry Monthly
Story

Genre

Autobiography
Biography
Children's
Crime
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Journal
Love
Miscellaneous
Nature
Noir
Opinion
Other Fiction
Other Non-fiction
Philosophy
Quotations
Rant
Reviews
Romance
Science fiction
Spiritual
Surreal
Talecatching
Travel
Unclassified
Western
Young Writers

Read

  • New
  • Cherrypicked
  • News and Features
  • Inspiration point (IP)
  • Competitions
  • Great feedback
  • Picks of the Month
  • Authors you follow
  • My bookmarked stories

New forum topics

  • Cold Turkey Writer!
  • Anyone else having formatting issues?
  • Retirement: a prelude!
  • collections
  • All Asimov and no Fresh Air
More

New blog posts

  • INFO+TIPS
  • Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
  • Reflections
  • Story and Poem of the Month
  • Saint Omer (2022), BBC iPlayer, written by Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie NDiaye and directed by Alice Diop.
More

About us

  • About Us
  • FAQ
  • Meet the team
  • Contact us

legal

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies

Help keep this site free! Please click the button to donate to ABCtales.com

© Copyright 2000-2007 Burgeon Creative Ideas Ltd, and the members of ABCtales.com. All rights reserved.