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Temps Perdu
Gains and losses.
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Opposable Thumbs
General rant. State of world. State of nation. Digits.
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The List
My mother died as she lived. In Marks and Spencer's Food Hall.
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My Mother And I Agree On Something
I lost my Mum last month. She was a funny and wise woman, and I wrote this last year after a conversation during which, for once, we really did agree on something.
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The Restructure Roundel
Met up with a former colleague the other day. This is for all those who are now, or ever have been, working in public services.
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More than one journey is
Posted on Sun, 04 Dec 2016
More than one journey is explored in this wonderful exploration of pain and hope. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
Picture credit: http://tinyurl.com/hrmu2lg
Read full commentPosted in Journey to Minneapolis
Some very striking imagery -
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2015
Some very striking imagery - the one that stood out for me was the passage comparing Joanie's voice to a shotgun, 'her words repeating until the cartridge emptied, until her words were simple, hollow clicks.' I wasn't too sure about some of the...
Read full commentPosted in Buried Secrets
You've got it all in there
Posted on Sat, 02 May 2015
You've got it all in there really - the self justification and the detachment, and the powerful images of what that leads to. This is chilling and heartbreaking.
Read full commentPosted in Culpable
Hi, good to see you back on
Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2017
Hi, good to see you back on the site! I have lots of sympathy with this. I have not yet reached the level of resisting all upgrades, but I do tend only to replace if it breaks. Perhaps indeed it is an age and experience thing - the only thing...
Read full commentPosted in I’m not upgrading
Hello! Welcome to ABC Tales
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2017
Hello! Welcome to ABC Tales - lovely to have you here.
I like reworkings of fairy tales. They always lend themselves to reinterpretation and I enjoyed your poem. I'm no poetry critic either, so I can only offer a personal point of view...
Read full commentPosted in The Brave Little Tailor
Fascinating, Jean. I was
Posted on Tue, 18 Jul 2017
Fascinating, Jean. I was watching the Proms the other night, Daniel Barenboim conducting a programme of English music, and they played both 'Nimrod' (always reduces me to tears) and 'Pomp and Circumstance'. The detail in this is wonderful -...
Read full commentPosted in Beth Tree and the Elgars 7
What a lovely story! Glad
Posted on Sun, 16 Jul 2017
What a lovely story! Glad that it all worked out in the end. I love the idea of having that chant as a ring tone. Currently I have The Beatles' 'Don't Bother Me', which has always seemed appropriate, but you've given me something to think...
Read full commentPosted in The Kindness of Kevin
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales.
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2017
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales. I enjoyed reading this. The way you follow the year through is very effective, and I very much liked the last three lines. I agree with Ewan that the word Ivy sits a little oddly at the end. Although I'd have got...
Read full commentPosted in a sort of green
And it's also our Story of
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
And it's also our Story of the Week - Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
Brilliantly funny, painfully
Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
Brilliantly funny, painfully realistic - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
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Read full commentPosted in What happens near Rome
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