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and 91 of my stories have been cherry picked.
76 of my 2,249 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 79 votes
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




A little beauty of a poem.
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
A little beauty of a poem.
Read full commentPosted in Our Soil
Ah, thanks so much for the congrats insert
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
I came close to deleting this but glad I didn't. Might just rest on my cherries - I mean laurels - for a bit. This took a few weeks and several drafts, but it's good to be creative again...
Read full commentPosted in Killing the killers
Thank you marandina. The idea
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Thank you marandina. The idea originally came from my other daughter (a psychologist) - a technique she used during her own grief. I forgot about it until another wave hit me hard - so with the encouragement of a good friend (who knew my...
Read full commentPosted in Killing the killers
This particular sort of thing...
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
...is very much my sort of thing Terry.
Read full commentI knew you wouldn't stay away from Abc for long.
I remember a time (probably about 10 years ago) when I was totally addicted.
So much has happened in the intervening years (mostly not good...
Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
Ah a quick cherry for the
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Ah a quick cherry for the insomniac! No surprises there. I'm resorting to counting my home moves, up to 30 soon as you know. Trouble is I get distracted worrying about the circumstances surrounding each move, how when and where, so it doesn't...
Read full commentPosted in Three O’Clock Sheep Club
Oh dear, should I see myself
Posted on Wed, 28 Jun 2023
Oh dear, should I see myself amongst your foot clients here?
No, I definitely don't. And I hope you have appropriate (and genuine) letters after your name. I also hope you didn't give anyone cause to be prescribed antibiotics through...
Read full commentPosted in The Jammy Tax Dodger
That's a lovely thing to say
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
That's a lovely thing to say Terry, and means so much x
Read full commentPosted in You Never Said
Lovely poem - can't believe
Posted on Wed, 27 Sep 2023
Lovely poem - can't believe you wrote that so soon after your return. How do you do it? I paint quickly but writing is a chore, draft after draft...
I'm still surprised you didn't bump into my ancestor- statues in Cork,Tipperary and...
Read full commentPosted in Beneath Cnoc Daod
I hoped this would win poem
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
I hoped this would win poem of the week, Terry. So full of emotion. I can't stop reading it xx
Read full commentPosted in You Never Said
Turlough - I have been
Posted on Sat, 05 Aug 2023
Turlough - I have been alerted to this piece by Claudine (insertponceyfrenchname...) and I am indeed seashore (Coral Jane) the mother of your siren.
This is a beautiful piece of writing (and not just because I'm biased).
Thank you...
Read full commentPosted in Song to My Siren
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