Frances Macaulay Forde
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I have 53 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 53761 times
and 16 of my stories have been cherry picked.
5 of my 231 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 5 votes
Frances Macaulay Forde
lives on the Sunset Coast of Australia and writes for page, stage and screen.
My collections
My stories
Elephant
ARTWORK: 2 of 4 from the ‘Play’ series, sketch in progress for ‘All The Pretty Ones Are’ Exhibition at State Theatre Centre, Perth, 2011. #...
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Freo Doctor
Freo Doctor Fluffy birds paused full-fronting the sea breeze. Two wanderers grip fine wire, then gone. Frances Macaulay Forde © 2014
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Sixty
Sixty Just like the car rusted up half-way down a hill in the middle of a pasture, I turn. Frances Macaulay Forde © 2010
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Recycled
Recycled Sociable weaver birds gather Kalahari sticks, grass, cotton, to construct home trees for hundreds. Out-dated rest points built to carry...
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Mwambeshi Memories
Days gone by when safety wasn’t an issue, I remember a little stream that beckoned a group of friends in Garneton. How many times did we saunter -...
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Very amusing - excellent
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
Very amusing - excellent characters too. Is this a book or the concept of a TV Series script? Made me think of the Irish Series, Father Ted, so I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Read full commentPosted in An Ill Wind
Circle of story...
Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2020
Your handling of moments in time; past, present and future, is admirable. It's lovely to read your writing again PT.
I particularly enjoyed your completion of the circles - your storytelling is masterful. You have complete control of...
Read full commentPosted in Buses
Loved it!
Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2015
Such an achingly heart-full poem, full of warmth and memory utilising all the senses at once. Love the journey, the lyrical approach and the final lines closing the circle of storytelling with a truth. Love, love, loved it, Tina! Thank you...
Read full commentPosted in 'The Borrowers' (Poetry Monthly)
Wow!
Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2014
Wow! Such a beautifully wrought poem - the best I've read today and I have read quite a few in the last couple of hours... This is such a wonderful fascility to showcase talented but hitherto unknown (to me) writers.
Telling the story of...
Read full commentPosted in As Autumn Leaves