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.
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Early summer in the garden. Pictures -puppet – poems
– – The frog pond – translucent wings hover newts wiggle under waterlilies nearby bees fills socks with pollen midges dance in fading light. – – – Hive – Despite honey stocks … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creativity, Finding my feet in Brighton, Flowers/Garden/Allotment, Gardening, Living by the sea, Marionette, Photography, poetry
Tagged Garden, Marionette, Poem abour a hive, Poem about a pond, Poem about a worm, Poem about puppeteer, roses
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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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Writing poetry is scary
and the wind makes me feel a slightly crazy full stop Blogging can be fun comma but I like proof readers and editors who put everything right full stop I’m a puppeteer’s daughter and my schooling was spasmodic spell … Continue reading
Posted in Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Living by the sea, Marionette, Nature - birds, Photography, poetry
Tagged blogging, Marionette, nonsence, Photography, poetry
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Peddling Poetry
I was running this rabbit along beaches 60 years ago to publicise our shows! Today I had persuaded him to come out of retirement and help me peddle my new poetry book, which was fine until he collapsed with exhaustion! … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Great War poem, Marionette, National Poetry Day tomorrow!, New Writing South, Photography, Poem about Van Gogh, Poetry as autobiography, The Poetry School, The Puppeteer's Daughter - poetry, Troubadour Coffee House - poetry
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Eccles thinks he is off to Ticehurst on Sunday
which is madness considering he will need someone to pull his strings! He didn’t even ask me about the possibility of attending when he fixed it on the phone a few minutes ago with Kit Smith. But then he told … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creativity, Eccles lives again, Kit Smith, Marionette, Mixed Boarders, Open Garden Squares Weekend, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Spike Milligan lived in Ticehurst, Spike Milligan's poems, Spike Milligan/Goons Day at The Bell, The Bell in Ticehurst, The Goon Show Preservation Society, The Poetry School, The Puppeteer's Daughter a new poetry collection
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Feeling blue?
Well it has to be the weather! No wonder the weather is a British pre-occupation considering its vagaries. I am sure we were promised an August of wall to wall sunshine. All those open garden days … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue, Blue for artists, Blue for inspiration, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Feeling blue, Marionette, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Wise words in retirement
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Happy New Year to Everyone.
. . .from popular posts in 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Oh What a Lovely War', Allotment on The Weald, Anne-Marie Fyfe, Art on the Metro, Birds, Bridget Whelan, Brighton - out and about, Cafe Poets Pop In, Carmen Miranda, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creativity, Fallen angels, Finding my feet in Brighton, Flowers/Garden/Allotment, France, Frosty the Snowman, Hebden Bridge, India, Jackie Wills, Japanese Garden in Ireland, Lorainne Bowen, Marionette, Naked bike ride, Newhaven Fisheries, Out and about in Brighton, Ovingdean Honey, Photography, Pighog, Rottingdean, Rottingdean buries timecapsule, Saltdean, Skylines, St Kevin's monastry, Troubadour, Wise words in retirement
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Happy Christmas from Frosty
Here is Frosty the Snowman, this number that was in our Christmas Shows in the 50s. He has also starred in other films. He is the snowman who nearly came to a sticky end earlier in the year, when I … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Finding my feet in Brighton, Frosty the Snowman, Marionette, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, PUK, Puppethouse, Saltdean's favourite Snowman, The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
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A second outing in 50 years.
The marionettes are off to Duke of York’s Cinema, Brighton tonight to see a special screening of Richard Attenborough’s Oh! What a Lovely War’. They do of course feature briefly ‘in all their glory’ in the film, but what an … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Oh What a Lovely War' marionettes, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Duke of Yorks - Brighton, Marionette, Photography, PUK, Retiring to Brighton - the ups and downs, The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild, The puppeteer's daughter - part of Ann's memoir
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Panto time – Cinderella with a twist.
Shameless repeat due to popular demand of course! Yes it’s Cinders again, you just can’t keep a good story down, so if your prince failed to show up have a share of mine! (8 mins) … Continue reading
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