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: Christmas – love or loath it?
Christmas creeping up on us!
No tree just branches placed in a pot carried from Les Beaux many years ago. Out of the attic come the baubles, bells. the peg doll fairy, the painted Santa and the sequinned boot bought at Galleries Lafayette, not much … Continue reading
The moon – haiku – the season of goodwill – pictures – my Christmas poems.
Out of the darkness comes moonlight and reflection time to care and share – – The Santa Special train My train to Pulborough to meet up with Mandy Pannet and other wonderful poets was cancelled at the last minute. In … Continue reading
London lights – writers – poets – celebrations – launches – events
. On Wednesday broadened my horizons by attending presentations given at The National Poetry Library by Tamar Yoseloff, Clare Collison, Abigail Morley and Katherine Maris, exploring – ‘What is poetry’s relationship with art? Visual landscapes of the poem – … Continue reading
Posted in Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Christmas - love or loath it?, Creative Nonfiction, Famous places, Out and about in London, Photography, poetry, The Open Art Cafe Rottingdean where Ann often writes
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Finding the printing press – puppets – poetry – presents
Well we’ve eaten all the mince pies! The Adana I uncovered the Adana press and a long lost box of printing blocks just before Christmas, as one does when one is looking for last years wrapping paper! The blocks looked intriguing … Continue reading
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Tagged Adana printing press poems, Hand painted glasses and lights, Marionettes, Photography, Poems about printing machines, poetry, Puppetry
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All Sorts – Ann’s Christmas Eve poem
All Sorts Everyone helped on Christmas eve, the children in the living room trusted to make neat crosses on sprouts bottoms, peel potatoes and prod the hot chestnuts We’d laugh at my mother’s story of corn beef roast during the … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming a poet, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Christmas - love or loath it?, Creative non fiction, Photography, poetry, The Open Art Cafe Rottingdean where Ann often writes
Tagged Art, London in the 40s, Photography, Poem for Christmas Eve, reflections, Troubadour Coffee House
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Going round in circles…and winter poem.
Recently had all the excitement of reading at Pighog on the same programme as Jackie Wills, Colette Sensier, Brendan Cleary and Pighog open micers! The event is arranged and compered as always by the enthusiastic Michaela Ridgway. It all went well … Continue reading
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Pictures from highlights in 2017
Checking my blog the stats tell me the script for Cinderella, a pantomime in five minutes, gets the most hits on a daily basis worldwide! My old aunty’s chestnut soup recipe (1920) usually comes a close second. Visits to local landmarks are … Continue reading
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Tagged A late start poet, A robin, Bees, Birmingham University pic., Bluebells at Emmetts, Creativity, Earls Court Square, Gardens and Allotments, Kilmahil Ireland, music, Niall Williams author, Open London Squares Weekend, poetry, Rottingdean windmill, The Garden Museum, The joys of Venice, The Poetry School, The Puppeteer's Daughter
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Burning the clocks in Brighton
Little bit late in posting but then as Burning the Clocks is an antidote to the excesses of the commercial Christmas maybe its even more appropriate. The winter solstice is on December 21 and is the “shortest” day of … Continue reading
Frosty the Snowman – Happy Christmas
If you were a child in the 50s and one of your parents worked for a big company chances are you would be invited to the company’s annual party. Some of our early performances with our marionettes included works parties. … Continue reading
Posted in Ann's memoir, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Christmas - love or loath it?, Marionette, Photography, Retiring to Brighton - ups and downs
Tagged Frosty the Snowman, Marionette history, Marionettes and Puppets, music, Photography, Puppet clowns, Puppets on Strings, Ron and Joan Field's Marionettes, The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild, The Puppeteer's Daughter
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