Autumn is beautiful inside and out. When I started writing poetry again, the first one I finished, shared and performed, was one about the best season of all; and it's time I shared it with you.
Tag: poem
Poem | The Great Divide
I've written a new original poem exploring the dichotomy of looking for love and the love of singledom.
The Instapoet
Today is World Poetry Day. I wrote this little piece on my lunch break at work and thought I'd share it with you.
Poem | Heading Home
Heading back to my childhood home never fails to make me feel better; so I wrote a poem about it.
A few of my favourite poems and poets | National Poetry Day 2017
I'm sharing a list of my favourite poems and poets at the moment, including some from my childhood and some recent discoveries.
POEM | My Better Half
Two weeks into the #SRSummerSchool, we experimented with defamiliarisation. Here's what happened when I had to use it to write a poem about a loved one.
Today’s thoughts in Haiku: World Poetry Day 2017
My day, today, in haiku form; A quick creative writing exercise for World Poetry Day 2017.
Material Girls
I originally wrote this poem as a potential submission for the Poetry@British Art Show 8 event in Southampton next month. However, I missed the deadline (oops) - so I'm going to publish it on here anyway! As part of the exercise, writers were asked to write poetry based around the theme of Materiality, which is the … Continue reading Material Girls
When I was six
For me, my childhood is filled with memories of autumn; playing in the woods near my home with my parents and sister, getting my hands mucky with dirt. This was the first thing I thought of when I was asked to think back twenty years. I was given six lines, each with six syllables, to fill in six minutes. This is what I came up with.
Why I Am Not a Poet – National Poetry Day 2016
In celebration of National Poetry Day this year I thought I'd be brave and pen a little poem of my own - all about poetry, naturally! It started as an ode to one of my very favourite modern poets, Frank O'Hara, whose work I have loved since I studied him at university. From there it … Continue reading Why I Am Not a Poet – National Poetry Day 2016
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