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Merry Christmas or whatever you are celebrating
Just a big thank you to everyone who stopped in to have a read of my work this year. After having a little break from creative writing, and definitely from the weekly criticism sessions at university, it means so much … Continue reading
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Hoar Frost
It was an icy morning. Cold hung on everythingYou gave me tea and toast, but that was allWhen I stepped into the cold, you asked if I had a scraperThen hid round the back of the double-glazed door as I … Continue reading
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The Taking – just found this in the book I use for workshops. #amwriting #amediting
The Taking We knew the soldiers were coming Hid in our beds, no one to protect us Goods on the shelf waiting to be stolen Before, that day, we had lessons Cursed algebra, embraced Shakespeare Explored China, played tag outside … Continue reading
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You crazy cats: inspired by Louis Wain, about the human condition. new edit. #amediting #amwriting
Here’s a poem that I wrote between my BA and my MA, but with a new edit. I had taken the references to the miner’s strike out. I bought the print from an antiques shop on Derby Road, Heanor, when I … Continue reading
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Twelve weeks to stop the diggers
Originally posted on beckydeans:
Twelve weeks to stop the diggers We are but Common people. You can see the furrows in our brows. We only want to protect what is ours And has been ours for centuries. We only want…
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The poem about my grandma, knitting and Countdown
OK. So I just looked for my poem about my grandma and I have found loads of poetry that no one has ever read. Lots. And I’m not sure any of it is going to see the light of day … Continue reading
A picture of Dora, my great grandma, with two children. And confirmation great grandad was a Seaforth Highlander – and a tunneller
So here we have a picture of Dora, with the two girls she had before the war. Her husband, Joseph, died at the age of 42 of lung cancer and rheumatoid arthritis leaving his wife and eight children in Clay … Continue reading
Remember – another poem written at a workshop about #WW1 #amwriting
I’m trying to forget the fear, the mud, the stench of bodies Blown away from themselves. The barbed wire scratching at my soul. Shuffling towards death, one by one in dirty uniforms Those hollowed out eyes reflecting back from … Continue reading
Remember… A poem about Dora written in Clay Cross #WW1 #LestWeForget
This was written in a workshop with Emma Pass at Clay Cross – our last session. It had been brewing for a while, though I’m not sure I yet have all my facts. ‘Remember’ was our warm-up word and we … Continue reading
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Tagged destitution, happy endings, poverty, shoe repair, the Welfare State, WW1
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Chairman Simon Jenkins’ farewell speech at the Trust’s AGM
Having being involved in many battles to save out green lungs, I totally embrace what is said at the end of this speech. Well said that man. And I do feel you have done marvels with NT properties. My son … Continue reading
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