Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point

Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point

chosen by Di_Hard

What a privilege to read the brilliant work this week, from all you greatly talented writers who contribute to ABCTales. Thank You.

The choice for Picks of the Week is always so hard! Here are some reasons why - if you have not read any of these, I highly recommend you do -

Jenny's poems always bring feelings of joy and comfort, and this is the case for this wonderful and brave piece of writing :    https://www.abctales.com/story/skinnerjennifer/suspended-between-two-worlds

Rhiannon displays her great gift for clarity in this very beautiful poem : https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/begonia-%E2%80%A6

Kheldar writes  of the compulsive grinding down of mental illness in : https://www.abctales.com/story/kheldar/break-down-breakdown

And once again, Turlough brings delight, this time with a childhood memory, so vividly described  in  :  https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/tang-hall-beck

Yutka's poem aboout AI made me think of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it is haunting, powerful and fragile all at once and is Poem of the week : https://www.abctales.com/story/yutka/silence-my-circuits

Jane Hyphen has just had Covid yet even this has not dimmed her glorious gift for humour, and she has posted TWO  new installments of her fabulous story, here is the latest, incase you missed it  :  https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/parcel-you-part-31

Starfishgirl has started a children's story which I hope very much will be continued : https://www.abctales.com/story/starfish-girl/toms-secret

while Penny4athought is well into her highly imaginative camping adventure with a magical dog : https://www.abctales.com/story/penny4athought/unwanted-magic-7

Moor Land's contrasting description of  a child outdoors is wonderful too : https://www.abctales.com/story/moor-land/escape

And Mark Burrow has taken a break from polishing his story about Jay, to write a hard hitting attack on capitalism. This is Story of the Week : https://www.abctales.com/story/mark-burrow/ball-gags-and-capitalists

I hope you all have a lovely, sunny week

Here is the Inspiration Point for this week : https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip