Friday 20th November Cheltenham The Strand 40-42 High St, Cheltenham GL50 1EE, I think it is like £5 to get in. This is a poetry event run by the Quiet Compere to coincide with the Medicine Unboxed conference that happens each year in Cheltenham. I have very kindly been asked to perform! I am quiet […]
Last night I went to Buzz Words – a local poetry night including guest poet, workshop and open mic readings. I realised that I had not been for a long time 🙁 Due to college and health and busy-ness but Bobby Parker was reading and I really like his stuff which I think I initially […]
Well I have created the roughs and now have to make them good! I’m still working on the typing up and stuff each day but the main premise of the writing challenge is done! This is one of the reasons I love writing challenges, as they really help me get all that poetry out of […]
Another year closes and I look at the note books I have filled and ponder on how long it takes me to getting round to typing stuff up and I think on typing straight onto the computer… then I find the zillions of random “poetry” files and think to myself I really need to sort […]
The queen of the fairy godmothers visited the climbing centre today and told off a very naughty elf who would not share the Chocs and spoke to Father Christmas about all the good children and told stories about a little mouse and enjoyed the crafts very very much. Also my mum phoned me up to […]
Tonight (21 st Nov 2014) I am going to be taking part in a Quiet Compare event at The Strand in Cheltenham. It is medical themed poetry so I am taking along a poem I have only ever performed twice before and never to a live audience that is sitting there just for poetry. The […]
Remembering Us Written for National Poetry Day 2014 Remember the tide lapping at the shore How we walked on shingled beach War bomber fractured in the mudded flats Metal bones peeking at low tide Recall the estuary filled with birds calling You showed me the eddible weeds That grew there Warm salt, bitter Remember the […]
It is Easter Sunday and I thought it was about time I put Sarah Snell-Pym’s Easter Collection out there in digital audio format – ie downloadable tracks. I’ve been giving and selling copies of it on CD for the last two years though this year is the first time I’ve put them online for sale. […]
For Alaric and keeping going to be the person you need to be 🙂 The Dream You and me we had a dream Do you remember? Once we were so keen Life excitement The need for extremes It poured forth And we bathed But responsibility Made us cave So we sink Sunk by being brave […]
I am so so happy that the writer Becket responded to my tweet saying that my Haiku was perfect, he loves this particular poetry form, so it means a lot 🙂 Not to mention the excitement of being noticed by an author you like 🙂 I am also going to be reading The Little Book […]