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I have 1085 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2021861 times
and 598 of my stories have been cherry picked.
325 of my 4,938 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 333 votes

I have been a member of ABCtales since 2003.
I have published five collections of poems: ‘Idle Thoughts’; ‘Reflections’; 'Cherry Ripe''; 'Poetry on Tap' and 'Cherry on Top' plus 'Guns and Dolls' – a short book containing three short stories – and three novelettes 'Jessica World', 'An Enquiring Mind' and 'A Life's Journey'
Digital versions of these can be found at Smashwords. and other distributors like Kobo and Barnes and Noble.
I was a member of Writers Group and indie publishers I*D Books based in Shotton, Flintshire until they ceased activity.
My work has been featured in various magazines and anthologies.
A regular contributor to ABCtales.com I also contributed to the websites Poetry24 and UKAuthors.co.uk. I was ‘Writer of the Month’ on the latter in December 2005.
Dear Jenny, I concur with all
Posted on Mon, 23 May 2022
Dear Jenny, I concur with all the comments. It is indeed a beautiful poem and I'm sure you'll forgive me if I am so pedantic as to point out two very tiny things: I would add the article 'the' in front of moon in the first line and an apostrophe...
Read full commentPosted in Luna Moth
A spiritual panoramic vista
Posted on Mon, 16 May 2022
A spiritual panoramic vista to gladden one's eye. Well done, Jenny, on this fluent poem.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Open Windows Of My Soul
As I have said previously,
Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2022
As I have said previously, your love of Nature, sparkles through your poetry, as this little nugget demonstrates.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Blossom
Quite right, Phil. I believe
Posted on Tue, 12 Apr 2022
Quite right, Phil. I believe that rather than a spoonful of sugar', humour is what makes the medicine go down.
Read full commentThe pomposity of Joshua and Archibald's naivety are hilarious and their debates a tonic in these troubled times. Carry on...
Posted in For Fear of Little Men
Hello Rhiannon, you are
Posted on Mon, 04 Apr 2022
Hello Rhiannon, you are absolutely right; even if we got rid of all weapons of mass destruction, people would still fight, even though combats could be contained.
Read full commentWhy can't we find a more sensible solution? Why can't conflicts be settled...
Posted in War Confined?
Wonderful penmanship as ever,
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
Wonderful penmanship as ever, Rachel.
Best, Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in The Wanderer or The Exile’s Lament
Thanks for bringing to my
Posted on Wed, 23 Mar 2022
Thanks for bringing to my attention the name of Bruce Dawe who was unfamiliar to me. I shall endeavour to delve into his work. The only Australian I knew of and whose poetry appealed to me was Clive James.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Lace of our lives...
A poem full of the joy of
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
A poem full of the joy of spring. Well done on the P.O.D.
Luigi x
Read full commentPosted in Warm welcome
I must confess that I am not
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
I must confess that I am not at all familiar with the expression 'milk-money door'.but I guess that in this context it refers to the dole office where money for essential food, like. milk, can be claimed.
Read full commentThe only other definition I found...
Posted in Milk-Money Door
In my younger days my
Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022
In my younger days my handwriting was good, even if I say so myself, but with the advent of technology I came to rely on word processing for my writing and emails for correspondence. All my fountain pens, including the Rotring that I used to draw...
Read full commentPosted in Communication
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