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..that aren't expressly about reading or writing. You never know who you will meet on the internet or what will turn up when you are actually looking for something completely different. Taking part in WordPress' Daily Prompts and Weekly Writing and Photo Challenges means that you will find sites using these hashtags and if you… Continue reading More blogs I follow..
Perhaps EVERYTHING is about writing, I don't know, but I come across stuff, in my WordPress travels, blogs by people who aren't expressly writing about writing and I thought I'd share some of what I've found. You might enjoy these blogs, too! If nothing else, they give a little insight into the variety of ways… Continue reading Three blogs that aren’t about writing.
This week I've been doing more work on my pamphlet. I'm waiting to hear from tall-lighthouse after sending them a rough manuscript and I'm already regretting not waiting a little bit longer before I pressed the send button. Two kind friends who've also looked at the draft pamphlet have pointed out rather a lot of… Continue reading Mostly feeling scared but at least it’s sunny.
This week's photo challenge, 'On the Move', has made me think of all the time I've spent (years, probably, if I added it up) staring through the windows of buses and trains. The photo of my son, taken several years ago while we were on holiday in Devon when he was about eight years old, could… Continue reading Glassy-eyed, on the move, between places
A wonderful initiative by poet Rebecca Goss in support of Children's Heart Week. Rebecca has transformed her blog into an imaginative anthology of heart-themed poems. Find out more about the work of the Children's Heart Federation and show your support by reading and sharing the posts. Day One: Poems by Jo Bell, Jacob Polley, Mary… Continue reading Heart Poems for Children’s Heart Week – all week at Rebecca Goss’ blog 12 – 18 May
I thought I'd do another post as a response to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge which, this week, is Spring! I'm enjoying the many pictures and descriptions of birds, flowers and wildlife which are cropping up all over Instagram, Facebook and all the usual social media places, as well as on WordPress blogs, of course. I… Continue reading Spring in my step!
Some news that made me stop and think this week was the announcement of the death of Gerard Benson, one of the founders of Poems on the Underground. I didn't know Gerard Benson or his writing but I have benefitted hugely from reading poems posted behind the straphangers on London's tube trains. The scheme started… Continue reading The generosity of public poems
I'm very pleased to tell you that tall-lighthouse is going to publish a pamphlet of about twenty of my poems in late 2014. I'm still working on a title and have spent much of today sitting on my stripy rug, scribbling down ideas, as well as going for a muddy walk to help me think.… Continue reading Very pleased to tell you…
Sharing your poetry books with children. Children seem very open to writing, reading and talking about poetry. I've never heard a child say, as I've heard plenty of adults say, "Oh, I don't really get poetry." I've mentioned before that, since they were 11 and 12 (they're now 13 and 14), I've taken my own children… Continue reading Beyond the Ning Nang Nong.
This week's photo challenge from WordPress is 'Letters' and it's reminded me of a picture that my daughter, Kitty, created ten years ago when she was four years old. She hadn't long learned to write, you can tell from the careful way she formed these letters, some of them with a tiny curl or tail, in readiness… Continue reading Some where skys are blue
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