mickleinapickle

Primary tabs

I have 46 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 47893 times and 22 of my stories have been cherry picked.
20 of my 217 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 20 votes

mickleinapickle's picture
Michael James Treacy

 

My stories

Agnes (haibun)

By mickleinapickle on Sun, 24 Jul 2022

Agnes is a diminutive lady in her early 80s, still able of limb and sharp of mind. She moved to Birmingham from rural Ireland in the late 1950s to...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U
1 likes

This Modern World (Tanka Sequence)

By mickleinapickle on Fri, 15 Jul 2022

the Victorian tearoom transforms into the Happy Wok Takeaway... an English Rose orders chicken chow mein before reading her crystal ball... the...
Unclassified
Humour
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

One Day in April

By mickleinapickle on Fri, 27 May 2022

A quartet of grandchildren: Jack, Jacob, James and Sophie came for a play day. April sunshine was on offer, so we spent much of the time outdoors. An...
Humour
Autobiography
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Merlin

By mickleinapickle on Fri, 20 May 2022

A carved wooden statue of Merlin stands in Carmarthen town centre. He's a mythical Celtic shaman who constantly popped up in Britiish folklore...
Unclassified
Miscellaneous
Non-fiction
Certificate U

How To Explain?

By mickleinapickle on Sat, 09 Apr 2022

They say they'll be there at heaven's gate: the one's who pray and congregate. If we do the same we'll be at the feast, but how to explain a...
Rant
Opinion
Poem
Certificate PG
1 likes

Pages

20 of my comments have received 20 Great Feedback votes

1 Vote

Fantastic poetry! Gotta watch

Posted on Sun, 22 May 2022

Fantastic poetry! Gotta watch those herons though... eating all the baby ducklings.

Read full comment

Posted in Night Heron

1 Vote

Beautiful poem. Spring just

Posted on Mon, 07 Feb 2022

Beautiful poem. Spring just around the corner.

Read full comment

Posted in The Quiet of An Owl’s Wing, February

1 Vote

I think I caught Narcissus on

Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022

I think I caught Narcissus on TV tonight. He was waffling from the House of Commons. Enjoyed your poem. Evocative as ever.

Read full comment

Posted in Poet's Narcissus

1 Vote

Deep one. Fascinating read.

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2020

Deep one. Fascinating read.

Read full comment

Posted in Evening Star

1 Vote

Wolves gotta eat too, of

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2020

Wolves gotta eat too, of course. Good poem. Powerful ending.

Read full comment

Posted in The Last Footprint

1 Vote

Hi onemorething! Crazing

Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2020

Hi onemorething! Crazy reasons for striking included a bad smell one day due to a blocked drain and too cold another day when the heating system was fluctuating. 'Fives and Threes' is a domino game. Best way of cheating is to play against someone...

Read full comment

Posted in Days of Poetry and Thunder

1 Vote

Very good... as ever.

Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020

Very good... as ever.

Read full comment

Posted in To the belly of an osprey

1 Vote

Good one, Luigi. I like your

Posted on Sat, 17 Aug 2019

Good one, Luigi. I like your mix of old-man nous and young-man anarchy.

Read full comment

Posted in Mark My Words

1 Vote

Funny old life. I planted a

Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019

Funny old life. I planted a small cherry tree in the garden last year. Normally takes a couple of years to get any fruit, but this year, we had one cherry on it. The missus and I watched it grow and ripen and were just about to share it, when our...

Read full comment

Posted in Perhaps

1 Vote

There's always an after-taste

Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019

There's always an after-taste. Great poem! Enjoyed the read.

Read full comment

Posted in Salt

Pages