Elsie's Selection Box

By Ray Schaufeld

  1. I plan to create a 31 piece Set, 1 item from each Abc genre.
  • 1888 reads

Humour - Wasting me foddle dee doddle dee time (nonsense rhyme for Poetry Monthly)

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 05 Dec 2016

O me Facebook is fun – it is second to none With me flick-a-dee, click-a-dee dido. I post all me pictures of Saffron me puss And me pal Jenny’s...
Humour
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Love - Jess' bag, morning after

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 26 May 2014

Half litre vodka, half drunk Clear plastic wallet, hefty shuffle of college notes Provisional license, untested Big pink purse, small change Bronze...
Biography
Love
Poem
Certificate PG
1 likes
Cherry

Opinion - Five Reasons for Rhyme

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 28 Nov 2016

The feet of free verse can be flat But rhyme can scarper like a cat. Beauty, spirit, elegance, Form mirrors feeling - come let's dance. Poetry to...
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Other Fiction - Treasure Island

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 13 Jan 2014

My brothers thought I was mental to go to school each day but I fancied Miss. Miss Clarke was the first love of my life. She was young and beautiful...
Love
Story
Certificate 15
Cherry

Other Non Fiction - We Did It Ourselves! (Women's Story from the Dawn of Time to Today)

By Ray Schaufeld on Sun, 27 Nov 2016

When bold Lilith * near Adam lay He tried to force her down that way And she put up resistance.. Her backlash came of rage and fear And she's the...
Other Non-fiction
Poem
Certificate 12

Surreal - Anapaest Soup

By Ray Schaufeld on Sun, 13 Oct 2013

Elsie I love my three-foot anapaest She is my hairy mate She's not a pest, she is the best Anapaest I shall dance, I shall prance Take a chance, go...
Humour
Poem
Certificate U

Talecatching - Francis Hallam, Talecatcher and Teller of Mental Health Reality.

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 07 Apr 2014

I met Francis last July. He worked as a Peer Reporter, story collecting for Recovery Devon. His secondary job. The tales can be found on the mental...
Talecatching
Biography
Non-fiction
Certificate PG

Unclassified - Bulgy Smoking Mum + Spin Cycles I - IV + endpiece

By Ray Schaufeld on Thu, 05 Jun 2014

When I knew I was expecting My body told me to stop Smoking now sickened me. But we're not all made the same. She's young Fleshy tattooed arms...
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate 12
Cherry

Western -This machine kills fascists

By Ray Schaufeld on Tue, 29 Jul 2014

' go to sleep you weary hobo' but the boxcar's full of folks cussing, bragging, smoking, fighting speaking memories, swapping jokes. Big white house...
Western
Biography
Non-fiction
Certificate PG
Cherry

Mum, when?

By Ray Schaufeld on Thu, 30 Mar 2017

A twisted tale of love and politics
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 12

Inspiration point - scribbled couplet

By Ray Schaufeld on Thu, 07 Apr 2022

I could handle life without... and I would like to try doing this the ancient way
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate U
1 likes
Cherry

Dodgy Betting

By Ray Schaufeld on Tue, 31 May 2022

Country Parable
Nature
Poem
Certificate 12

Gladys Aylward - Wembley's own Saint

By Ray Schaufeld on Fri, 14 Oct 2022

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Many of you have seen the movie - the Inn of the 6th happiness. It features the true story of Gladys Aylward, Wembley's very own saint and missionary...
Biography
Non-fiction
Certificate PG

Gladys Aylward 2 - How Gladys helped her entire family

By Ray Schaufeld on Mon, 17 Oct 2022

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When not hard at work in her many positions of ecclesiastical service, Gladys thought of her family. Some of them were stuck at home in Harrow,...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate 12