#PoetryAlert
#HolocaustDay2026
No apologies for reposting this yet again, today of all days.'After Oświęcim' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
#HolocaustDay2026
No apologies for reposting this yet again, today of all days.'After Oświęcim' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
January 27, 2026 at 7:10 AM
#PoetryAlert
#HolocaustDay2026
No apologies for reposting this yet again, today of all days.'After Oświęcim' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
#HolocaustDay2026
No apologies for reposting this yet again, today of all days.'After Oświęcim' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
#poetryalert You have been warned.
This is one of my favourites of those I've written over the past 20 years or so ...
American Fairground
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This is one of my favourites of those I've written over the past 20 years or so ...
American Fairground
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
March 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
#poetryalert You have been warned.
This is one of my favourites of those I've written over the past 20 years or so ...
American Fairground
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
This is one of my favourites of those I've written over the past 20 years or so ...
American Fairground
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...
April 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#poetryalert !ocm sound of klaxon and panic.
It's about ... Oh, I'm sure you'll work it out
'Boys' Own Up' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
It's about ... Oh, I'm sure you'll work it out
'Boys' Own Up' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
#poetryalert !ocm sound of klaxon and panic.
It's about ... Oh, I'm sure you'll work it out
'Boys' Own Up' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
It's about ... Oh, I'm sure you'll work it out
'Boys' Own Up' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
#poetryalert
Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title. A Handful of Tyrants
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Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title. A Handful of Tyrants
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/h...
April 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
#poetryalert
Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title. A Handful of Tyrants
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/h...
Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title. A Handful of Tyrants
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/h...
#PoetryAlert
Bet you'll be humming it by the end of the first line ...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/e...
Bet you'll be humming it by the end of the first line ...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/e...
February 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
#PoetryAlert
Bet you'll be humming it by the end of the first line ...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/e...
Bet you'll be humming it by the end of the first line ...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/e...
#poetryalert 'Slow Down'
Stand well clear, if not that way inclined.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/s...
Stand well clear, if not that way inclined.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/s...
April 25, 2026 at 6:33 AM
#poetryalert 'Slow Down'
Stand well clear, if not that way inclined.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/s...
Stand well clear, if not that way inclined.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/s...
#PoetryAlert you have been warned.
'I Have Other Books'
PS there are a couple missing from this picture, I should do another one, really.
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'I Have Other Books'
PS there are a couple missing from this picture, I should do another one, really.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
August 25, 2026 at 6:29 AM
#PoetryAlert you have been warned.
'I Have Other Books'
PS there are a couple missing from this picture, I should do another one, really.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
'I Have Other Books'
PS there are a couple missing from this picture, I should do another one, really.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
I think - but don't know - that it must be a bit like this :
#poetryalert Approach with caution
'Voices'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
#poetryalert Approach with caution
'Voices'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
July 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM
I think - but don't know - that it must be a bit like this :
#poetryalert Approach with caution
'Voices'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
#poetryalert Approach with caution
'Voices'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
#poetryalert 'I Go My Own Way.'
Well, I do, but you knew that anyway.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
(Image is Broadway Boogie Woogie, by Piet Mondrian 1942 and it is in the Public Domain)
Well, I do, but you knew that anyway.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
(Image is Broadway Boogie Woogie, by Piet Mondrian 1942 and it is in the Public Domain)
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
#poetryalert 'I Go My Own Way.'
Well, I do, but you knew that anyway.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
(Image is Broadway Boogie Woogie, by Piet Mondrian 1942 and it is in the Public Domain)
Well, I do, but you knew that anyway.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...
(Image is Broadway Boogie Woogie, by Piet Mondrian 1942 and it is in the Public Domain)
#PoetryAlert Marked for silliness and occasional rhyme, enter at own risk
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/n...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/n...
February 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#PoetryAlert Marked for silliness and occasional rhyme, enter at own risk
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/n...
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/n...
#poetryalert Probably not for everyone/anyone.
'Posted and Packing'
Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...
'Posted and Packing'
Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...
June 22, 2026 at 8:03 AM
#poetryalert Probably not for everyone/anyone.
'Posted and Packing'
Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...
'Posted and Packing'
Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...
#PoetryAlert. Steer well clear, if you don't like doggerel.
The Last Human
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
The Last Human
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
June 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
#PoetryAlert. Steer well clear, if you don't like doggerel.
The Last Human
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
The Last Human
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
#Poetryalert 'The Paper Over The Cracks'. Not for the prosaically-minded.
Get yours here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSCXQH4F
Get yours here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSCXQH4F
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
#Poetryalert 'The Paper Over The Cracks'. Not for the prosaically-minded.
Get yours here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSCXQH4F
Get yours here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSCXQH4F
#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. #No_robots or #AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
April 28, 2026 at 6:20 AM
#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. #No_robots or #AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
#poetryalert
Nothing special. It's in a collection called Days Like These, which might never see the light of day.
Image copyright Thomas Nugent licence CC-BY-SA 2.0
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Nothing special. It's in a collection called Days Like These, which might never see the light of day.
Image copyright Thomas Nugent licence CC-BY-SA 2.0
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#poetryalert
Nothing special. It's in a collection called Days Like These, which might never see the light of day.
Image copyright Thomas Nugent licence CC-BY-SA 2.0
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
Nothing special. It's in a collection called Days Like These, which might never see the light of day.
Image copyright Thomas Nugent licence CC-BY-SA 2.0
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/b...
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 AM
#PoetryAlert Avoid if of a prosaic disposition.
This one is so old it was written on vellum
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/o...
This one is so old it was written on vellum
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/o...
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#PoetryAlert Avoid if of a prosaic disposition.
This one is so old it was written on vellum
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/o...
This one is so old it was written on vellum
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/o...
I don't usually do these:
writing based on an inspiration point, that is.
Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...'
A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...
writing based on an inspiration point, that is.
Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...'
A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...
July 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I don't usually do these:
writing based on an inspiration point, that is.
Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...'
A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...
writing based on an inspiration point, that is.
Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...'
A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...
#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. No robots or AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
April 28, 2026 at 6:17 AM
#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. No robots or AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet.
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
#PoetryAlert!
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year. abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year. abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
November 8, 2023 at 8:23 AM
#PoetryAlert!
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year. abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year. abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
#PoetryAlert!
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year.
abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Image
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year.
abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Image
November 8, 2023 at 8:38 AM
#PoetryAlert!
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year.
abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Image
Poetry Aversion Risk Assessment: Very Low
Rhyme Index: Nil
Rumty-tumness index: Negligible
Marked suitable for most people.
Written in 2009 around 6 years after I had last been. Gibraltar is different now, as I found out earlier this year.
abctales.com/story/ewan/r...
Image
#poetryalert Approach with caution if of a prosaic disposition.
'Virtual Reality' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
'Virtual Reality' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#poetryalert Approach with caution if of a prosaic disposition.
'Virtual Reality' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
'Virtual Reality' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
#poetryalert
Enter at own risk.
What does it mean?
Does it mean anything?
Who knows? I'm not telling.
'Tales of the Unconnected'
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Enter at own risk.
What does it mean?
Does it mean anything?
Who knows? I'm not telling.
'Tales of the Unconnected'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
#poetryalert
Enter at own risk.
What does it mean?
Does it mean anything?
Who knows? I'm not telling.
'Tales of the Unconnected'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
Enter at own risk.
What does it mean?
Does it mean anything?
Who knows? I'm not telling.
'Tales of the Unconnected'
www.abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
#PoetryAlert
Rhyme Quotient = moderate
Punctuation = not applied
Proceed with caution
handle with care
you could read it aloud
if you dare.
A Toe Dipped in the Stream of Self-Consciousness
abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
Rhyme Quotient = moderate
Punctuation = not applied
Proceed with caution
handle with care
you could read it aloud
if you dare.
A Toe Dipped in the Stream of Self-Consciousness
abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
September 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
#PoetryAlert
Rhyme Quotient = moderate
Punctuation = not applied
Proceed with caution
handle with care
you could read it aloud
if you dare.
A Toe Dipped in the Stream of Self-Consciousness
abctales.com/story/ewan/t...
Rhyme Quotient = moderate
Punctuation = not applied
Proceed with caution
handle with care
you could read it aloud
if you dare.
A Toe Dipped in the Stream of Self-Consciousness
abctales.com/story/ewan/t...