Ray Schaufeld
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I have 110 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 483292 times
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178 of my 2,042 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 178 votes
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Charity Shop Girls
None of us born in this seaside town Laura and Moyra who work here Claire the manager who works when she's well Ann and I who rummage. We talk -...
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Va Va Voom
Written in first lockdown, approx 250 words
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Charles
This has been up here before - no idea why I removed it!
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Royal Clarence Hotel, Exeter
A devastating hotel fire, friendship, plans, people,numbers, then, now, my place in the story - it all connects
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Go Now
(You are allowed to cheat the driver)
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Birds, minerals, .tabbystone,
Posted on Fri, 09 Mar 2018
Birds, minerals, .tabbystone, buildings, branches, music, light, dark, the sound of children , you make something solid yet mobile and everchanging out of all the pieces, as you walk through it. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Walking home from shopping 8/3/18
I too like the dark riverbank
Posted on Fri, 02 Mar 2018
I too like the dark riverbank.
I'm functional about most things that matter but I forget books that I have read recently more than ones I read a long time ago. Also I'm a bit 'use it or lose it' with names of things. A couple of years ago...
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You feel hotels like I do
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2018
You feel hotels like I do Alan, the machinery, the atmo of anonymity, the lights in the opposite street. Hotels offer far more than a room and meals, they are an experience.
If you feel like playing with this again you could gut the...
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'It's an ongoing situation'
Posted on Fri, 29 Dec 2017
'It's an ongoing situation' to borrow a cliche. Back in the 70's Adrian Mitchell said 'most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.' Book reviewers for the broadsheets put me off for a while. These 'big experts' seemed...
Read full commentPosted in Have We Written Too Much?
Enigmatic, gives the mood of
Posted on Sat, 16 Dec 2017
Enigmatic, gives the mood of a hermit. 'the big black side' sits at the heart of the poem, when I hear the poem in my head this is where the central emphasis falls.
Read full commentPosted in What you see when you open the window
Real mixed with surreal works
Posted on Sun, 30 Jul 2017
Real mixed with surreal works well. Good poem.
Read full commentPosted in Hello all, a poem!
In some people luxury creates an induced feeling of necessity
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2017
In some people luxury creates an induced sense of necessity.'Always wanting more' is astute'
But does being poor always lead to goodness? I think that sometimes it leads to anger and self-pity.However I have more tolerance for miserable...
Read full commentPosted in Poor Rich Man/ Poor Man, Rich
The opening sets the scene
Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2017
The opening sets the scene effectively. and you get us into what has happened.The final paragraph is flawless, I see the man in front of me and can guess at the unmet needs on both sides.
Read full commentPosted in The Oil Refinery
I like your own angles on
Posted on Sat, 26 Aug 2017
I like your own angles on Eliot, Ewan. Did the man ever realise how funny he must have looked? Going to Margate on the bank holiday and walking into the pub where the cockney family were drinking and chatting. What did Eliot wear for his day down...
Read full commentPosted in Evening Walk in a Seaside Town
Great poem. I like the
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
Great poem. I like the internal sounds you made with the right amount of the words. it all hangs and flutters together. You create echoes, reverberations...
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