Archive for April, 2011

Song Lists

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Childrens’ songs: Splish Splosh Splat (Children’s) My Lovely Babies (Children’s) Lullabye (Childrens and in my Little Book of New Baby Poetry) Icky Sticky Mud (Childrens) Row Your Boat (What Do You See on the Stream) – Childrens Mummy I’ve Got a Grumpy Face (Children’s) Sun is Shining (Children’s – longer version of this) Driving Along […]

Music Challenge completed

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

I know I’m a week early but I have actually finished the music challenge I set myself – I now have 30 songs (or at least lyrics and tunes!). The tunes are still in my head as I don’t actually know how to read or write music but I am recording me singing some of […]

NaPo Music Writing Challenge

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

I haven’t quite managed an hour a day on songs, mainly due to also working on the illustrations for a Little Book of Easter Poetry for my little girl – but excuses are excuses! On the other hand it is all poetry/words/rhyme/rhythm related so I think I can justify it to myself. I have been […]

The Fantastic Cheltenham Poetry Festival

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

The weekend saw the first ever Cheltenham Poetry Festival and it was fantastic – it really was. There were some cracking events, photos of some of it below. I saw one of my favorite singers Men Diamler accompanied by the poet Cliff Yates. I saw a haunting performance of prose and poetry by Jonathan Taylor […]