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: Gardening and the Allotment – for the love of it
A magical mother – pictures – poems – stories.
My mother had always loved ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ These are some tiny ceramics she made after she and my father had given up their careers in puppetry. She also made dragons and my father threw pots and made … Continue reading
Posted in Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creative non fiction, Creativity, Finding my feet in Brighton, Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, London out and about, Marionette, Photography, poetry, Poetry - Creative Writing, Puppethouse mayhem
Tagged Blackpool, Marionettes, memoir, Mother's Day, Photograohy, poetry, Poetry about Puppetry, Prrncess Diana's Lace, Puppetry, The Iranian Siehge, The Royal School of Needle Worlk
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New Year Resolutions…Oh No!
Made a list of last year’s successes instead: Stayed alive! More or less kept up with promises to family and friends. Managed to keep my blog going after ten years seemed a pity to abandon it Made a show with … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming a poet, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, Marionette, Photography, poetry, Puppethouse mayhem
Tagged allotment, Facebook, Garden, Marionette, Minor successes in 2018, No New Years Resolutions, Photography, Pier Poets, Pighog, Troubadour
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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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Miss Lottie’s Allotment
Of course the poem that follows is based on fact! My mother fell in love with an allotment in South London over 15 years or so ago and it became the highlight of her retirement. I worked on … Continue reading
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Tagged A poem about an allotment, Allotments, Gardening, Grow your own, motivation for poems about growing things, National Allotment Week, Photography, Rottingdean, The Puppeteer's Daughter, The quiet life in Brighton
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Earls Court Square – Poet in Residence – the day dawned.
On Friday night when we arrived the area around Earls Court Station was of full of enthusiastic tourists, busy cafes, pubs despite the papers being full of stories about the dreadful fire that had killed so many. On Saturday a … Continue reading
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Tagged "OLSW2017, A poet in residence, Carol Rowntree Jones, Earls Court Square, Mixed Boarders, music, Open Days in Earls Court Square, Photography, poetry, Poetry in the Square, The Poetry School, The Puppeteer's Daughter gets about
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My garden one of my favourite things…
Even if the Wisteria that we planted when we moved here has taken 10 years to bloom and is not really in an ideal place! I didn’t plan the garden exactly it has evolved, but we did bring quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheer yourself up if you are having a bad day?, Flowers/Garden/Allotment, Gardening for oldies?, Gardening without a gardener, Inspriational, Out and about in Brighton, Photography
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A spring in one’s step at last!
Brighton looked wonderful, Saltdean had pulled out all the stops with their narcissi The weather and seemingly endless sea mists that have conspired to dampen my spirits had disappeared. The sun on the beds of the allotment waiting … Continue reading
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A cheerful robin and changing light…
only one cabbage but the joys of pottering about on our wonderful allotment on the Weald. An award winning blog for a ‘blog that brightens our day’
Wonderful light today…
I was out in the garden pruning a plum tree, tidying up the virginia creeper and collecting the last of the raspberries. I’ve always loved the way the green leaves on the virginia creeper change to red and gold … Continue reading
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The dragonfly, sweetcorn and back down to earth…
The dragonfly on the curtain the day after arriving back from Swanwick I took as a good omen. Then the sweetcorn on the allotment looked amazing. I have never grown it before and was told to grow it in a … Continue reading
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