Frances Macaulay Forde
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I have 123 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 181845 times
and 29 of my stories have been cherry picked.
43 of my 496 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 43 votes
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Although retired, I live on the Sunset Coast of Western Australia and occasionally write poetry & stories.
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IMDB: A short film made from my script on You Tube - 2006.
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My stories
Vacuuming
Vacuuming With every pull toward your body you expect obedience. Expect each tiny micron of dirt to be sucked up and away – captured. Tied neatly in...
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- 206 reads
Three Cinquains
You Glow You glow with love for me. Accepting all I give, never questioning if I love. I don’t. T ears F all Tears fall like rivers of pain...
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- 200 reads
Did you know?
This one's from my 1968 Notebook - actually written in 1970. I was 20 and into Astrology. Did you know? Did you know that Cancer was compatible with...
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Doors Closing
An old one - from Uni days (1999), before my Irish lover sent flowers and changed my life, forever. DOORS CLOSING How often has the door closed on...
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Joey's Mountain
Joey's Mountain Oh, to be a Koala, cuddled for the first 12 months of your life. Snug and warm above, in a gum tree divide, safe in mum’s cozy fur...
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- 189 reads
Congratulations!
Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022
Congratulations on the cherries!
Read full commentPosted in To Dream Of Swallows Is An Ill Omen
Full of 'feels'
Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022
Thank you Jennifer, this is a wonderfully expressed experience, shared with us all. Even the sense of freedom from the last line. My kind of poetry: many-layered, eliciting an instant but also measured response. Congratulations on the cherries...
Read full commentPosted in Up On The Ridgeway
Salient
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
A salient piece, Marandina. Congratulations on the cherries. Wishing all safe passage to peace.
Read full commentPosted in Het Bonhe
The Easy Option...
Posted on Sun, 06 Mar 2022
...is not always 'easy'. Your clever words made me smile, Luigi. Thank you and congratulations.
Read full commentPosted in The Easy Option
Thought provoking.
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
Inspiring, depressing, thoughtful and worrying. Thank you for such an inciteful and interesting view of the world, Jane. I often feel alien. Congratuations on the golden cherries!
Read full commentPosted in This Cannot Be Our Home
Her Troubles
Posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2022
A very well-drawn character, dragging herself from one day to the next, through the thumping rythum of her life. Clever. Sympathetic. Lots of Irish references made this piece very green. Thank you. Stay well.
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502 Kilometers
Posted on Fri, 11 Mar 2022
Such a difficult subject, so well expressed, Turlough. I haven't found words of my own to share such horror - the feelings. But you have, perfectly, so I don't need to anymore. I can share yours, thank you. Cherries well deserved too. Stay...
Read full commentPosted in 502 Kilometres
A Day Trip
Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2022
Gave me a giggle, Luigi - thank you. Sounds like your trip was in fact, perfect!
Read full commentPosted in A Day Trip
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
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)
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