I have been feeling more ‘balanced’ recently – which has no doubt been due to spending lots of time with two children who are getting more and more excited about Christmas. There are so many wonderful smells, tastes, sights and sounds associated with Christmas; no doubt we all have our own unique sensory triggers that …
It is ironic that a poem of mine (a triolet) about grief is about to be published whilst I am experiencing grief. Our beloved cat, our pet of many years, died last week and I am ‘still’ experiencing waves of grief. It would belittle my grief – and our loving cat – to make light …
As family life is forever busy I sometimes forget what I’ve written, until I happen across it online, or in a real magazine… As I read the 2012 Winter Issue of Juno I saw my poem, a triolet, entitled ‘Within My Mother’s Arms’ and then flicked back and saw that my article about Naomi Stadlen’s …
I was really pleased to be able to liaise with Lisa Hassan Scott so that a piece of my writing about the creation of my poem ‘The Ballad of the Beach’ could be published on her excellent blog. It was really good to see my poetry on her blog (me? A guest blogger?!) and to …
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Four of my poems appear in this anthology: Baby’s First Feed The Cold Cup of Tea The Daffodils The Ballad of the Beach and the last two are accompanied by stunning works of art. Although I’m never keen to review a book that I’ve been involved with (as I feel I might not have the …