Ray Schaufeld

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I have 110 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 262929 times and 77 of my stories have been cherry picked.
186 of my 2,166 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 187 votes

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Cherry

A Tour of My Neighbourhood

Written some years ago when I lived in inner-city Edinburgh.
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Cherry

Visit to A la Ronde

‘Bet the servants weren’t too pleased, sweeping up all the feathers,’ says Friend, looking at Jane and Mary Parminters’ spiral frieze in the drawing...

Before I Post Them

You left behind your knickers and your vest Returning from the station, here I see Two memories of a loved one who has left. In pink lace florals was...
Cherry

The Screen Within - A Tale of the Unexpected

Woke up this morning, usual moves. Cleaning the cinema before the doors open, my one surprise is what I find. That pair of black ladies knickers on...

Lyric

An old labourer Entered by Dionysus, His sap rising, Plucked his strings And sang. His clothes were shabby and his hair unkempt His voice sometimes...

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186 of my comments have received 187 Great Feedback votes

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Very well timed Tina, there

Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014

Very well timed Tina, there was a care home inspector on the news the other day saying she saw a lot of''awful care'. Yes more staff and better pay would help. What is wrong with the world of work? So many people are under pressure to do the work...

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Posted in Room Nine's the One in Three of Us

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Real-seeming and I like your

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Real-seeming and I like your use of layout, Josh. It makes me feel that both characters are young and yet the woman could be well into her forties and the man could be even older. Uses the right number of words too.

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Posted in are you ready yet?

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Good opening line and stays

Posted on Sun, 03 Aug 2014

Good opening line and stays good, Lenchenelf. Sharp, rhythmic, gives us a biting taste of emotional starvation and does the rare thing that only poetry is open to of showing an expansive canvas and a vivid atmosphere with very sparse words.   ...

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Posted in Every Drop

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I think AM would have liked

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014

I think AM would have liked your update.   What texts would I Iike you to look at? My non fiction,when you have time, some of this is in my book reviews and interviews collection. Two of my non-fiction pieces have won me complimentary copies of...

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Posted in This life is a plastic wrap

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This has got some good

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014

This has got some good qualities,Alphadog and you are right about us often stuffing our lives with mind-numbing trash. The poem reminds me of Adrian Mitchell's poem 'To whom it May Concern'. AM was the first poet I saw live and he made a strong...

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Posted in This life is a plastic wrap

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This is wild! Disaster grunge

Posted on Sat, 05 Jul 2014

This is wild! Disaster grunge comedy, family mayhem, terrific dialogue. I love 'with practised caution.'      Elsie

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Posted in ex - I'm every woman

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Your honesty is astounding,

Posted on Sun, 06 Jul 2014

Your honesty is astounding, Taris. I would love you to follow this with something where you praise yourself for the things you do right....

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Posted in I Forgive Myself

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Perfect timing, Tina for this

Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2014

Perfect timing, Tina for this very entertaining poem, good historical detail with the Quant frock too. Murray has balls on him; now he's out I want Djkovich to win                    Elsie

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Posted in The Undergraduate

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A heartfelt, very biting poem

Posted on Tue, 01 Jul 2014

A heartfelt, very biting poem. Alphadog, do you do Open Mic? I'm having a crack at Exeter Phoenix Take the Mic Wednesday 16th. This month's fully now booked so August or September? If you wish to read for up to five minutes you use their online...

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Posted in The Gonts

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Keep going with this, Carl,it

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2014

Keep going with this, Carl,it's an individualistic tale of quest for meaning and identity. The mixed-media form mirrors the feelings, the images mix the tale of constant change.I love sequence writing. Music, how it mattered to us all, I know...

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Posted in The Boy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road

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