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Mother and Daughter.
I joined Abctales in 2010 and my daughter Julia a year later (2011). Unfortunately due to ill health, despite having been a prolific writer since childhood, she only managed to post a small number of pieces whilst active on the site. Following her unexpected and preventable death in 2016, I posted more of her poems on my own account under her username, which seemed a logical step at the time.
In 2019 her entire body of work was published by Cerasuspoetry.com in a book entitled WAITING FOR ANOTHER VELVET MORNING, which is still available on Amazon (proceeds to charity}. Her original work still remains on her account Overthetop.
I don't write as much now, though the occasional piece pops up once in a while.
Coral Jane Macpherson (seashore)
Julia Jane Macpherson (Overthetop1) deceased in 2016
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The Silent Witness
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Yellow for my daughter
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THE ONE IN THE NEST
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Leaving
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The sadness of tulips
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I absolutely love this.
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024
I absolutely love this.
Read full commentSo relatable to me anyway.
I see it, I feel it.
Posted in Rain at the Forest Cafe
Not kind, true x
Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Not kind, true x
Read full commentPosted in Eric’s War
I have many favourite bits
Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024
I have many favourite bits from this piece Terry...Crado in the wash basin (as above) being one, but possibly my favourite is Hi Risk Anus. No need to guess where my vote is NOT going.
I love that despite the recent climate induced...
Read full commentPosted in Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Finally got round to reading
Posted on Sun, 09 Jun 2024
Finally got round to reading this Terry. You are sickeningly good with words but managed to upturn my permanent frown into something resembling a smile.
Strange that Frank Ifield's demise didn't reach the news here. Too much politics....
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - May 2024 - Three Dart Finish
I'm still trying to work out
Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024
I'm still trying to work out the link between riding a bike everywhere and being a vegetarian. I'd put in an emoji here but Samsung tablet won't let me.
Worrying that's why my podiatrist isn't doing too well with my ingrown toenails...do...
Read full commentPosted in The Spice of Life
Brilliant! So much I can
Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024
Brilliant! So much I can relate to in this, especially the food (I don't remember being fed anything other than offal and porridge by my mother - there's a short piece about that on Abc somewhere). The other thing was the English Lit O-level...
Read full commentPosted in Bill or Bob?
Thank you for alerting me to
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2024
Thank you for alerting me to this Terry. Now I know you better, reading snippets from your childhood fascinate me. The very mention of nuns sends shivers down my spine as in my early 20s I was sent to a convalescent home run by these terrifying...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage
Beautiful words. One of
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Beautiful words. One of those poems I wish I had written.
Read full commentPosted in Doubt
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah
Posted on Thu, 02 May 2024
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah - maybe both. Julia had the vinyl copy for sure. Bowie and wife 1 lived a street away from where Sarah lives now.
Those were the days pre the advanced technology we struggle with in the 21st century.
Read full commentPosted in Turn and Face the Strange
Well done Golden Boy. Much
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Well done Golden Boy. Much enjoyed.
Read full commentI wonder how long storks survive and what happened to the one who delivered me to my unwilling mother?
Its ghostly presence haunts me still.
Posted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
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