Richard L. Provencher

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I have 2695 stories published in 30 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2659689 times and 241 of my stories have been cherry picked.
55 of my 3,769 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 55 votes

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Richard Laurent Provencher

Richard is from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. His enjoyment of the woods combined with contemporary issues form the basis of his writing. Richard is now concentrating on his Story-Poems, which he believes is like a global adventure in a land without borders. His background as a miner, welfare officer, supply teacher, newspaper reporter, and a further 22 years in social services provide him with ample article material.

Richard has work in print and online with literary magazines such as Inscribed, Hudson View, Short Story Library, Ottawa Arts Review, Paragon 111, Tower Poetry, Caduceus, The Danforth Review, Other Voices International, Rubicon Publishing, Writer's Block, The Foliate Oak, Parenting Express, The Penwood Review, and Blue Skies Poetry.

Note: Richard L. Provencher will be 80 on September 10, 2022, lives with his precious wife, Esther and he were married 48 years ago, as of March 27, 2023. Richard continues to joyfully write all types of poetry, and posts his work now, all of it on ABCtales.com. They have lived in lovely Pictou, Glenholme and Truro, Nova Scotia since April 1986. Richard & Esther have a very strong Christian faith. Bless each one of you who enjoy our writing, and we are pleased to share our work, via Online Posting. -Richard & Esther

My stories

The First Hurrah

I know a woman whose body was full of pain but her heart held much love in spite of such a claim. She raised three children in the midst of some...

Ice & Snow

Such noisy clatter upon my bedroom panes amid the growth of a swelling snow-storm comes to visit us & so I abide in the mystery of its ways as it...
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A Frustration of Events

When power’s electric-might fails there truly is a taste of mystery in the darkness as fiery eyes lurk a wily gray cat with lynx ancestry hunts...
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The Best of Times

Silent as ghostly silhouettes deer nibble at a terrain of plenteous grass- hurry-hurry Winter’s coming. This grass won’t last under a field of newly...
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A Fascination of Images

The sun warms leaves grappling with whispers of movement filtered through thin willows & I lay on the grass contemplating whether I should mulch...
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55 of my comments have received 55 Great Feedback votes

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VERY CREATIVE. An excellent

Posted on Sat, 01 Jan 2022

VERY CREATIVE. An excellent story. I really enjoyed reading it.

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Posted in Psychokinetic Imagination

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I thank you too, DH for your

Posted on Thu, 06 Jan 2022

I thank you too, DH for your own creaativity and insight in things of beauty. Every day I fight a war to preserve my memory and find much solace and strength in my outdoor adventures from the past. There is so much sadness in the world, yet love...

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Posted in A Better Part of Life

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Powerful and gutsy!  Sadly,

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

Powerful and gutsy!  Sadly, in my part of Canada, it is not uncommon for a rich person to buy a sixty thousand dollar wooden cottage and destroy it simply to get more space to build an extension to their palatial cottage by a lake. Many questions...

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Posted in Copse and Robbers

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Thank you DH- The

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

Thank you DH- The qualifications and reasons for these homeless souls staggers the imagination. Pray for them. Canada as a country of such wealth should be ashamed to allow so many to be in such a position as having to survive on the street.   

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Posted in Cold Night for a Homeless Man

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The inner soul of an oak -

Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021

The inner soul of an oak - well  developed Jenny. A very enjoyable read and I too 'danced in its forest from dawn til dusk'.

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Posted in Thoughts Of An Oak Tree's Spirit

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A wonderful poem, DI. Robins

Posted on Wed, 06 Oct 2021

A wonderful poem, DI. Robins are precious. I am an amateur bird watcher and observe their interactions with each other with a passion. About 20 years ago while eating in a restaurant in Port Elgin, New Brunswick I observed a large cluster of...

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Posted in October robin

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An awesome poem with layers

Posted on Tue, 06 Apr 2021

An awesome poem with layers of creative expressions. The first sentence begins this magnificent journey. Well done DH!

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Posted in to pick up time

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Very nice writing, I

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2019

Very nice writing, I especially like Canada geese and you depict them well,

 

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Posted in Geese

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Jane, this poem is very good.

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

Jane, this poem is very good. Quite enjoyable. The lines below are powerful.

"I watch your mouth move

but all I can hear, 

are the sounds of space"

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Posted in After the Blizzard

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Delightful layers of meaning,

Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

Delightful layers of meaning, and an inspiration for anyone to visit and inhale the excitement of such a sacred area. A wonderful poem.

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Posted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)

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