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I have 1146 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3008894 times
and 653 of my stories have been cherry picked.
354 of my 5,136 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 372 votes
I have been a member of ABCtales since 2003.
I have published five collections of poems: ‘Idle Thoughts’; ‘Reflections’; 'Cherry Ripe''; 'Poetry on Tap' and 'Cherry on Top' plus 'Guns and Dolls' – a short book containing three short stories – and three novelettes 'Jessica World', 'An Enquiring Mind' and 'A Life's Journey'
Digital versions of these can be found at Smashwords. and other distributors like Kobo and Barnes and Noble.
I was a member of Writers Group and indie publishers I*D Books based in Shotton, Flintshire until they ceased activity.
My work has been featured in various magazines and anthologies.
A regular contributor to ABCtales.com I also contributed to the websites Poetry24 and UKAuthors.co.uk. I was ‘Writer of the Month’ on the latter in December 2005.
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I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
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Mayhem
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A Floral Abundance
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My First Poem on ABCtales
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Musings Among Flowering Bushes
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I am slowly getting an
Posted on Sat, 13 Jun 2020
I am slowly getting an education by reading your poems Rachel. They are so fascinating that I feel duty bound to find more information about the subject. Today I have come across the noun 'cicada' twice first here and then from a prose poem by...
Read full commentPosted in The Loneliness of a Cicada
Prose poems are not easy to
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
Prose poems are not easy to do but this is top notch, Nicky.
Cheers, Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in This year's walk...(08)
I have the solution that
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020
I have the solution that works for me, Rachel. I have locked that drawer and thrown away the key.
Peace man. As we used to say in my younger days.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Anger
When depressed or under the
Posted on Sat, 23 May 2020
When depressed or under the weather it is easy to emphasise the negative side of life. We feel that there is no way out. Yet it's no use bottling things up, better to let it out, as you have done. I am very laid back and take everything in my...
Read full commentPosted in How To Be Authentic
A subtle and refined poem
Posted on Thu, 21 May 2020
A subtle and refined poem rich with elegant phraseology recalling and yearning for the realisation of an old promise (perhaps forgotten) "in renewed anticipation, suspended in the aspic of recollection."
Altogether enjoyable.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in The Promise of Sunlight
A seed growing in a congenial
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2020
A seed growing in a congenial environment will germinate and multiply if care is taken not to let it be smothered by weeds. Similarly, good words and good deeds will flourish and spread if not strangled by selfishness. A sound, uplifting message...
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Hi Rachel, catching up with
Posted on Mon, 11 May 2020
Hi Rachel, catching up with reading after vainly trying to come up with something worthwhile to post and failing. Even Jessica seems to have lost her appeal.
Read full commentInteresting how people's interpretations of your poetry differ. I have stopped...
Posted in In My Pocket
Yet another poem that shows
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
Yet another poem that shows your knowledge and love of words, Rachel. The topic reminded me of the melodious cavatina in the film The Deer Hunter.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in The Exhaustion of the Hunt
I have to come clean, Rachel,
Posted on Tue, 05 May 2020
I have to come clean, Rachel, and reveal that it was something you said in one of your comments that gave me the idea for this circumlocutory piece . I am not only like a squirrel but also as a thieving magpie: I tend to borrow or steal from...
Read full commentPosted in A Literary Squirrel
A very poignant viewpoint
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2020
A very poignant viewpoint expressed with your usual verve. Mathematics of loneliness is just perfect.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Distance
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