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I have 1123 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2707805 times
and 631 of my stories have been cherry picked.
336 of my 5,093 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 344 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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Noah's Ark
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Give and Take
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Alaric's Treasure
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Cooler Than Yesterday
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Total Quality Management
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I like this original analogy
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2019
I like this original analogy comparing houses to envelopes. Although at first it doesn't look as if they have anything in common, the similarity between the two becomes clearer when we consider what happens within both. The occupants of buildings...
Read full commentPosted in change of address
Hello Di. Thanks for the kind
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2019
Hello Di. Thanks for the kind words,much appreciated, but basically what I have done is 'borrow' some great lines by great poets to create a new poem with which, in all modesty, I was quite pleased. The Notre Dame fire was the catalyst that made...
Read full commentPosted in London's Burning
A lovely descriptive poem, Di
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2019
A lovely descriptive poem, Di, with the first three lines as an introduction that grabs the readers' attention right away. The verses that follow reveal that something as mundane as a walk to the shops evoke feelings so deep that one can easily...
Read full commentPosted in herring gull gallantry
Good use of the language,
Posted on Wed, 27 Mar 2019
Good use of the language, Jane. I like 'orbicular shapes' and the crafty suggestion that Barry Gorringe might rhyme with orange as no other rhymes come readily to mind. I seem to have read that 'door hinge' would be suitable.
Read full commentI too was...
Posted in Orange
Eight-lines stanzas. I am
Posted on Wed, 13 Mar 2019
Eight-lines stanzas. I am impressed, Jane. I thought the poem very amusing, what with the lippety lippety rabbits and the strange fellow with the brillo fuzz, not forgetting the main protagonists, the whippets. Brilliant.
Best, Luigi...
Read full commentPosted in He said I was Whippety (Rimus Dissolutas)
You have stuck to the
Posted on Tue, 12 Mar 2019
You have stuck to the technical brief exceptionally well, Jane. The fact that you were able to cope with the unfortunate situation by composing a little poetic gem is admirable - although small consolation for losing your job.
Best wishes...
Read full commentPosted in Last Week I Lost My Job (Rimus Dissolutas)
Your description of the
Posted on Sun, 17 Feb 2019
Your description of the various feelings that looks can generate is spot on, Graham. They can mean love, passion, jealousy and even hostility. The latter attribute reminds me of the sixties when confrontational Teddy Boys used the expression "wot...
Read full commentPosted in Wot You Lookin' At?(The Eyes Have It)
Ed this is excellent. The
Posted on Thu, 14 Feb 2019
Ed this is excellent. The third stanza is my favourite but I enjoyed the whole poem.
In my opinion it should be Pick of the Day.
Best, Luigi
Read full commentPosted in Blowing Up the Street (IP)
Oddily enough, Di, this poem
Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2019
Oddly enough, Di, this poem brings to mind the principles of the economic law of diminishing returns: you can invest more and more resources but eventually a saturation point will be reached. It is a meataphor for life itself as your piece...
Read full commentPosted in driverless
I thoroughly agree that it
Posted on Fri, 08 Feb 2019
I thoroughly agree that it wouldn't be a wise move!
Luigi x
P.S...
Read full commentPosted in Dandelions
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