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Tag: Poems

Intense

Intense   Look out here comes that bloke with the worn out eyes. He’s always coming ’round here with his … More

Billy Penn's Brother, Ivor Cutler, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Richard Nicholson, Ruckus in Real Time, Theodore Roethke

Poem of the year?

Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this … More

Bloodaxe Books, Cancer, Chemobrain, Covid-19, Derek Mahon, Everything is going to be all right, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Remission

On ‘Goodbye to being a poet’

Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post talking about my ‘tired frame of mind’ and intention to … More

ADHD, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Blogging, Grief, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Donne, Louise Glück, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Toon Tellegen

What you read in 2020

Here are the blog posts that you read most in 2020 As I click through the links I am surprised … More

Alzheimer's, Blogging, Dementia, Grief, Lifesaving Poems, Loss, Mental Health, mindfulness, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence

Another good week

Fourth Sunday in Advent This was another good week. Because it had rest in it. Because I re-read Anne Lamott’s … More

Advent, Anna Kamienska, Anne Lamott, Gratitude, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Prose Poetry, Queen's Gambit

Seeds of hope

Introducing Seeds of Hope, the second anthology of poems, prayers, reflections and provocations from the human rights organisation Amos Trust. … More

Advent, Amos Trust, Human Rights, Justice, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Seeds of Hope

The Sky Over My Mother’s House

The Sky Over My Mother’s House It is a July night scented with gardenias. The moon and stars shine hiding … More

Grief, Jaime Manrique, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poems, Mental Health, mindfulness, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence

What you missed

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento … More

Advent, Brad Aaron Modlin, Lifesaving Poems, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Seamus Heaney, T.S. Eliot

Before

Before No shoes and a glossyred helmet, I rodeon the back of my dad’sHarley at seven years old.Before the divorce.Before … More

Ada Limon, Grief, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, Writing

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