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A Puzzling Story

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 04 Oct 2025

And a puzzled reader.

Surreal

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What's In A Name?

By luigi_pagano on Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Veronique.

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Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Tom Thumb

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 27 Sep 2025

From my archive (© Luigi Pagano 2015).

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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The Chippendale Chair

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 20 Sep 2025

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338 of my comments have received 348 Great Feedback votes

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Congratulations on the Pick

Posted on Fri, 04 Aug 2023

Congratulations on the Pick of the Day, Graham. Excellent work. I very much like the concepts expressed in the last stanza redolent of the saying 'eat, drink and be merry as tomorrow you may die.'.

Best, Luigi

Posted in A Slow Cooked Life

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Hi Turlough. this episode is

Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023

Hi Turlough. this episode is actually true. It was my first experience of buying groceries online and among the items I wanted to buy. was a piece of chicken that at first I couldn't find. I had explored pages 1 and 2 before I discovered it on...

Posted in Knowing One's Onions

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Being lyrical about Nature

Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2023

Being lyrical about Nature has become your trademark, Jenny. This poem is amongst your best. Well done.

Luigi xx

Posted in Under Late Spring Sky

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Very poignant. Brilliant

Posted on Wed, 28 Jun 2023

Very poignant. Brilliant poetry. Congratulations.

Posted in The Things Missed

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I prefer strawberries to

Posted on Tue, 27 Jun 2023

I prefer strawberries to blackberries when eating is concerned, Jenny, but I am a glutton for any fruit jam, especially homemade. When it comes to writing, we all like cherries and yours, here, are well deserved.

Luigi xx

Posted in Blackberry Moment

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Hello Di. No, a different

Posted on Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Hello Di. No, a different funicular altogether. The one popularised by the song was built for Mount Vesuvius in the 19th century but no longer exists. The one in Como was inaugurated roundabout at the same time; it has been refurbished several...

Posted in The Man in the Funicular

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Congratulations on the POD,

Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023

Congratulations on the POD, Rhiannon. No one is better than you at describing the fascination of nature. I very much liked the poetic way with which you presented the facts It was a pleasure to see how you used rhymes and rhythm throughout the...

Posted in On the 6500+ km journey, twice

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I like this a lot, Ed. Full

Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023

I like this a lot, Ed. Full of relevant information about the artist, it's a delight to read.

Best, Luigi

Posted in Somewhere Outside Cherbourg

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Excellent work, Paul. Editors

Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023

Excellent work, Paul. Editors make note: this stylish poem deserves a golden cherry.

Cheers, Luigi

Posted in Geisha

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Nice, witty and punchy poem.

Posted on Sun, 07 May 2023

Nice, witty and punchy poem. As a citizen of a country whose president is even older than your monarch, I concur with the saying Better the devil you know

Cheers, Luigi