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Mother and Daughter.
I joined Abctales in 2010 and my daughter Julia a year later (2011). Unfortunately due to ill health, despite having been a prolific writer since childhood, she only managed to post a small number of pieces whilst active on the site. Following her unexpected and preventable death in 2016, I posted more of her poems on my own account under her username, which seemed a logical step at the time.
In 2019 her entire body of work was published by Cerasuspoetry.com in a book entitled WAITING FOR ANOTHER VELVET MORNING, which is still available on Amazon (proceeds to charity}. Her original work still remains on her account Overthetop.
I don't write as much now, though the occasional piece pops up once in a while.
Coral Jane Macpherson (seashore)
Julia Jane Macpherson (Overthetop1) deceased in 2016
My stories
The Silent Witness
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Yellow for my daughter
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THE ONE IN THE NEST
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Leaving
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The sadness of tulips
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I'm still trying to work out
Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024
I'm still trying to work out the link between riding a bike everywhere and being a vegetarian. I'd put in an emoji here but Samsung tablet won't let me.
Worrying that's why my podiatrist isn't doing too well with my ingrown toenails...do...
Read full commentPosted in The Spice of Life
Brilliant! So much I can
Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024
Brilliant! So much I can relate to in this, especially the food (I don't remember being fed anything other than offal and porridge by my mother - there's a short piece about that on Abc somewhere). The other thing was the English Lit O-level...
Read full commentPosted in Bill or Bob?
Thank you for alerting me to
Posted on Sun, 19 May 2024
Thank you for alerting me to this Terry. Now I know you better, reading snippets from your childhood fascinate me. The very mention of nuns sends shivers down my spine as in my early 20s I was sent to a convalescent home run by these terrifying...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage
Beautiful words. One of
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Beautiful words. One of those poems I wish I had written.
Read full commentPosted in Doubt
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah
Posted on Thu, 02 May 2024
Reminds me of Julia or Sarah - maybe both. Julia had the vinyl copy for sure. Bowie and wife 1 lived a street away from where Sarah lives now.
Those were the days pre the advanced technology we struggle with in the 21st century.
Read full commentPosted in Turn and Face the Strange
Well done Golden Boy. Much
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
Well done Golden Boy. Much enjoyed.
Read full commentI wonder how long storks survive and what happened to the one who delivered me to my unwilling mother?
Its ghostly presence haunts me still.
Posted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
A little beauty of a poem.
Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024
A little beauty of a poem.
Read full commentPosted in Our Soil
Ah, thanks so much for the congrats insert
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
I came close to deleting this but glad I didn't. Might just rest on my cherries - I mean laurels - for a bit. This took a few weeks and several drafts, but it's good to be creative again...
Read full commentPosted in Killing the killers
Thank you marandina. The idea
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Thank you marandina. The idea originally came from my other daughter (a psychologist) - a technique she used during her own grief. I forgot about it until another wave hit me hard - so with the encouragement of a good friend (who knew my...
Read full commentPosted in Killing the killers
This particular sort of thing...
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
...is very much my sort of thing Terry.
Read full commentI knew you wouldn't stay away from Abc for long.
I remember a time (probably about 10 years ago) when I was totally addicted.
So much has happened in the intervening years (mostly not good...
Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
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