The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
Buy now - £6.60Don’t Throw Away the Daisies (illustrated)
Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
Category Archives: Brighton – out and about
Muddling through May
Wonderful bluebells at Nymans. Later in the week I watched a deer wandering into my eldest son’s garden. Apparently deer love to feast on roses! I went along to see the children’s parade the start of the Brighton Festival. This year the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Come Rhyme with me, Gardening, In the balance - a poem, May they say is full of promise - poem, Our allotment, Photography, reflections, Roy Hutchins
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My little book about a dry stone wall published!
I wrote ‘The Hole in the Wall’ on an Arvon picture book writing course at Totleigh Barton many years ago. I remember the inspirational Pat Hutchins the author of ‘Rosie’s Walk’ and many other picture books was the tutor. Sadly she is … Continue reading
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In and out of April
In and out of April decluttering manic moods losing weight swimming seed potatoes chittering sun cheating clouds racing resolutions falling into the waste basket the dark green bird box made by a nuclear engineer in Birmingham only ever had two … Continue reading
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Spring at last – pictures and poems
Not actually sure now when a tortoise wakes up! This poem was about my neighbour’s tortoise a few years ago, The Tortoise when the tortoise crawls out of hibernation from the box of straw, do the rings of his … Continue reading
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Tagged music, Photography, Photos of pheasants, Poem about a tortoise, Poem about a worm, Poems about drawing daffodils, Poems about Spring, Rooks, Saltdean, Saltdean Sunset, Spring, Spring photographs
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Making the best of March
Despite the snow earlier in March, I managed to get up to Faber for an evening with Wendy Cope. Amazing how a big glass of wine and convivial company can make all the difference, and on top of … Continue reading
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Tagged #poetry #nature, Anecdotal Evidence, Cherry Tree in bloom, Julie Cohen - togeher, pencil puppets for children, Rooks make their nests, Spring cleaning the brain, The Beach Hut Writing Academy, Wendy Cope launch
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More snow and a longer poem
Timeless As snow transforms foliage into icy fingers the bus crawls caterpillar-like up the hill the seagulls’ feet thump on our flat bedroom roof and greenfinches wait in an orderly queue to swing on bird feeders in our … Continue reading
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A tiny bit of snow and a small poem.
A white veil falls over the face of the world slowly freezing time. An award winning blog for a ‘blog that brightens our day’ Poetry collections ‘The Puppeteer’s Daughter’ and ‘Don’t Throw Away the Daisies’
