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9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 130857 times
and 154 of my stories have been cherry picked.
430 of my 3,096 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 448 votes
Assorted writers' groups, the odd anthology, occasional readings. Lots of looking out of the window. Hello, and thanks for dropping by.
My stories
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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Not Quite The Eve Of Destruction (2017 IP)
‘Can’t I have one? Just one little one? I’ve been so good all year…’ ‘No you bloody can’t, and put that Scythe down or I swear to Me I’ll confiscate it for good.'
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Albatross
So I went on this poetry course, and wrote a sonnet to my house. As you do.
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Bob Dylan (IP)
My first and definitely last poetic contribution to ABC Tales.
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Voices (London Competition)
London is inhabited again, in a different way.
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The whole farage-o keeps
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2020
The whole farage-o keeps reminding me of Leslie Phillips's lascivious 'Ding Dong'. I bet Mark Francois stands up to salute a buxom Brexit when it goes by.
Read full commentPosted in The Bongs of Ben
The Engineer sounds like he's
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
The Engineer sounds like he's a chum of the damn woman who keeps visiting me, standing there with her spectacles perched on her nose and her whip in her hand, demanding 'Yes, but what's it actually ABOUT?' or 'Really? You think anyone's going to...
Read full commentPosted in Shooting The Engineer
Read this several times and
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
Read this several times and enjoyed it more each time. Surreal in the best sense of the word.
Read full commentPosted in The first step
There will be so many things
Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020
There will be so many things vanishing soon. A lovely eulogy for those things that we have already lost.
Read full commentPosted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.
Wonderful use of language - I
Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Wonderful use of language - I have read this aloud several times now, enjoying it more each time. The dark humour and the little details that build up the picture, the rhythm like a piece of music itself. A tremendous read.
Read full commentPosted in The emergency bassoonist
This is exactly my Christmas
Posted on Thu, 26 Dec 2019
This is exactly my Christmas tree! Stuff handed down, and a lot of stuff my children made when they were little. The tree is a real presence at our family Christmas. Lovely poem, Penny.
Read full commentPosted in Threads of Christmas...past to present
So passionate and visceral,
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
So passionate and visceral, it makes you gasp. A brilliant evocation of pain, and the last two lines are magnificent.
Read full commentPosted in forgive
A truly lovely and moving
Posted on Sun, 22 Dec 2019
A truly lovely and moving piece. Well deserved Pick of the Day!
Read full commentPosted in God rest ye merry, gentlemen
This searing piece of poetry
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2019
This searing piece of poetry is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
Read full commentPosted in The Worst
This is our Poem of the Week!
Posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2019
This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Mars
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