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.
Tag Archives: Hove
Mood unpredictable as is the weather
First a heatwave then some cooling down and a poem of course. Got so tetchy had to stop checking into facebook, if only to avoid the sin of envy. So many younger people some of whom I barely know … Continue reading
Posted in Ann's photography, Ann's poems, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up, Life and Times of a New Age Granny, Living by the sea, Out and about in London, Photography
Tagged beach huts, Beachcombing, Brighton, Casa Brasil, Getting old and tetchy, Hove, Photography, poem about beachcombing, poetry, Saltdean
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Real Angels and Dogs at Christmas etc.
There were real angels in Hove in George Street the other day, singing their hearts out for the homeless. Not sure all these dogs spotted around town were really enjoying the last of the Christmas shopping. Luckily my family … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Christmas - love or loath it?, Life and Times of a New Age Granny, Living by the sea, Photography, Retiring to Brighton - ups and downs
Tagged Bored dogs Christmas Shopping, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Hove, Make your own Christmas Tree, Photography, Real angels singing for charity in Hove, the Housing Project in Longridge Road
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The last of the summer …
in Brighton, Hove. Rottingdean, Saltdean and on the wonderful Weald Allotment …
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Famous places, Flowers/Garden/Allotment, Photography, Retiring to Brighton - ups and downs, Rottingdean
Tagged Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Hove, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Rottingdean, Saltdean, The Weald Allotment
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Hove Lagoon every which way.
A slice of life at Hove Lagoon taken in fifteen minutes at teatime today.
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Tagged Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creativity, Hove, Hove Lagoon, Just people by he sea, life style, On the beach at Hove, Out and about in Brighton, People having fun Hove, Photography, Seaside scene = Hove, Seaside scenes, Summer by the sea, teatime at the seaside, the beach at Hove
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The Beach Hut – Poem – Smiley House
…and link to some of my other poems http://www.thebeachhutpoet.co.uk this one rhymes and is for children. Smiley House (for Joshua 15 years ago) We are off to Granny’s beach hut so we are waiting for the train, with buckets, balls … Continue reading
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Tagged A day at the sea, beach hut poem, Beach hut poem for children, beach huts, Beach huts and grandchildren, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creative writing, Creativity, Hove, life style, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, When we were young
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Catching the wind
All at sea in Hove – rather him than me!
Last of the summer …
The last signs of summer. the seed heads, the leaves scattered on an abandoned pond, the virginia creeper showing off a flimsy gown of red and brown, trailing through spent apple trees, upstaging the flowers, a final … Continue reading
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