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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How time flies when you are…
earning a living, mothering, caring, studying, making films, teaching, painting, gardening, laughing, blogging, shopping, changing the duvet. de-cluttering, doing aqua aerobics, watching sunsets, chatting, laughing, visiting exhibitions, making a mess … Continue reading
The Pew – in memory of John Betjeman
The Pew I hope this is the pew where once the poet sat having enjoyed his breakfast of burnt toast sitting in his morning chair looking out to the graveyard where his great grandfather is buried drafting a letter then leaving … Continue reading
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A cottage garden by the sea
(this is doggerel you have been warned) A cottage garden by the sea says much for it and much of me small apple trees and … Continue reading
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Newhaven shares a sense of community
One part of is rather run down. Local industries have disappeared and the bedraggled docks look very dismal, but there is still the wonderful fish shop on the Quay with some of the best fish, oysters and crabs on the south … Continue reading
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Love is neither here nor there!
= love is a hammock rocked in a hospital ward all night till morning = – sun sea sheep shadows the old black mill on the hill love is a pathway = = a pen in … Continue reading
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The house on the hill – new poem
A cold metal handle leads to the room where white orchids … Continue reading
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Poems and pictures – two of mine.
I often use memory or images to create my poems, but I like images for their own sake too. I took this photo last week following an appointment in London and it reminded me of the poem about my first … Continue reading
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The email – a fragment
sifting through a mountain of words trying to say the right thing I don’t want to the break spell but it wasn’t like that I was there, seeing it all from a different angle.
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The Toad
The toad sits under a flower pot a leathery warty thing, giving me such a sorrowful look for simply discovering him. I pull out rotting tomatoes put grow bags into a bin, the toad’s not impressed that I’m doing my … Continue reading
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