Frances Macaulay Forde
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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 92082 times
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20 of my 316 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 20 votes
Sue Coughlan
lives on the Sunset Coast of Australia and writes for page, stage and screen.
My stories
Umbrella Sea
I look down umbrella sea snaking between shiny metal towers separate still me a strong wind searches for red among the grey pushing risk frisking...
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- 570 reads
Lace of our lives...
Silver slivers wind their way memory-wire threaded through life’s everyday by words loved-ones said. Images beaded round and whole capture a moment...
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Valentine's Day Massacre
I got married on Valentine’s Day. That massacred the commercial celebration for me forever! But I’m not bitter. Perhaps I should explain… It’s...
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- 240 reads
Inspiration
Why do I now prefer writing in my bedroom when I have a perfectly good study - a space cleared for thought? I feel inspired to dream while I’m awake...
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- 328 reads
ReUnion
stepping softly you trod the path to my front door never rang the bell played favourite songs over and over until senses on overload surrounded by...
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The Easy Option...
Posted on Sun, 06 Mar 2022
...is not always 'easy'. Your clever words made me smile, Luigi. Thank you and congratulations.
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Thought provoking.
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
Inspiring, depressing, thoughtful and worrying. Thank you for such an inciteful and interesting view of the world, Jane. I often feel alien. Congratuations on the golden cherries!
Read full commentPosted in This Cannot Be Our Home
Her Troubles
Posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2022
A very well-drawn character, dragging herself from one day to the next, through the thumping rythum of her life. Clever. Sympathetic. Lots of Irish references made this piece very green. Thank you. Stay well.
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502 Kilometers
Posted on Fri, 11 Mar 2022
Such a difficult subject, so well expressed, Turlough. I haven't found words of my own to share such horror - the feelings. But you have, perfectly, so I don't need to anymore. I can share yours, thank you. Cherries well deserved too. Stay...
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A Day Trip
Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2022
Gave me a giggle, Luigi - thank you. Sounds like your trip was in fact, perfect!
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Very amusing - excellent
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
Very amusing - excellent characters too. Is this a book or the concept of a TV Series script? Made me think of the Irish Series, Father Ted, so I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Read full commentPosted in An Ill Wind
Circle of story...
Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2020
Your handling of moments in time; past, present and future, is admirable. It's lovely to read your writing again PT.
I particularly enjoyed your completion of the circles - your storytelling is masterful. You have complete control of...
Read full commentPosted in Buses
Loved it!
Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2015
Such an achingly heart-full poem, full of warmth and memory utilising all the senses at once. Love the journey, the lyrical approach and the final lines closing the circle of storytelling with a truth. Love, love, loved it, Tina! Thank you...
Read full commentPosted in 'The Borrowers' (Poetry Monthly)
Wow!
Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2014
Wow! Such a beautifully wrought poem - the best I've read today and I have read quite a few in the last couple of hours... This is such a wonderful fascility to showcase talented but hitherto unknown (to me) writers.
Telling the story of...
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