Ray Schaufeld
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My stories have been read 480763 times
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Old Pumpkins
A Halloween Love Poem
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Saffron
Furry hussy! You nudge and nuzzle my breasts. You pick and slobber bitemarks on my cheese. Get out! Scramble walls, slither roofs, pad ledges. Repel...
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Holiday letter to Jess
I bought a camera for myself after our holiday. Because it's the images that stand out. You holding Fifty Shades on the shuttle from plane to airport...
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Western -This machine kills fascists
' go to sleep you weary hobo' but the boxcar's full of folks cussing, bragging, smoking, fighting speaking memories, swapping jokes. Big white house...
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Exeter St Thomas
A sportswear lad lounges in the white concrete shelter As I shuttle through the drowsy branchline Its entrance unmanned. Inner town generous C19...
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Very sharply written and
Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2014
Very sharply written and heartfelt. Modern labels, yes you are right, these can be equally toxic. Years ago I had a nice boyfriend in Edinburgh who was 'a diagnosed schizophenic.' It was not any strangeness of Gerry's behaviour which ended our...
Read full commentPosted in It was mental growing up
Sweet poem. I'm a short tree,
Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2014
Sweet poem. I'm a short tree, only 5ft3 and yes we all need hugs
Read full commentPosted in Tall Tree Tanka
'I blame the Tories' yeh and
Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2014
'I blame the Tories' yeh and the snake has a lot to answer for too!
The more...
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Lena knock back that G & T
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2014
Lena knock back that G & T fast you may need to have a few, or to 'keep it in the day' and keep your head straight! Looking forward to more Elsie
Read full commentPosted in WHITHER THOU GOEST 11 - LENA'S STORY
Good poem. it is one thing
Posted on Thu, 27 Feb 2014
Good poem. it is one thing watching the news and another reading your truth Elsie
Read full commentPosted in Flood
This is non-stop good CM.
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2014
This is non-stop good CM. Crowded memories of a many-peopled life.
To me your writings often feel like the Scottish weather, dark overcast clouds with light-streaked layers and jagged shards of warmth, brightness and wit shining through...
Read full commentPosted in notes for tomorrow.
'finals are never final' - I
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2014
'finals are never final' - I like that. The education system wastes so much time on Sats to test the children and Ofsteds to test the teachers. In the words of an hippie from Glasgow
'When will they ever learn' - Donovan 'where have all...
Read full commentPosted in Why I love school but hate education.
On re-reading the poem, I
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2014
On re-reading the poem, I feel that where it bites hardest is in the closing lines.
where I come from
nice girls don't.
The young wife and mother is maybe part of a family and a neighbourhood where if she...
Read full commentPosted in For Better for Worse...
CM I get the impression you
Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2014
CM I get the impression you went to a typical Scottish school for your era! In England it was less harsh although the standards were obviously set by the school head . Ours once took me into her office and showed me her 3 books.
1) The...
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A lively and endearing poetic
Posted on Sun, 16 Feb 2014
A lively and endearing poetic tale with unobtrusive depth. I like it. Who was Samuel Laycock? Elsie
Read full commentPosted in The Football
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