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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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
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Hey I’m reading at Pighog on Thursday
invited by Michaela Ridgway and on the same bill as Jackie Wills, Colette Sensier Brendan Cleary no less! The Nightingale Room. Grand Central 29-30 Surrey Street. 7.15. “What an honour” I said to the rabbit “and you can’t come because you haven’t been invited!” … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creative non fiction, Marionette, Photography, poetry, Poetry - Creative Writing, Poetry readings - London - Brighton
Tagged Entertainment, Fame but not fortune at Pighog, Open mic, Photography, Pighog, poetry, Red Hen, The White Rabbit
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Floating into the autumn…
Floating is a bit how I’ve been feeling recently, but no I am not dangling from these strings! ‘Chasing the Rabbit’ (my new enterprise) has been encountering a few teething problems. I knew I would have to face changing my editing … Continue reading
Posted in Ann's photography, Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Famous places, Finding my feet in Brighton, Life and Times of a New Age Granny, Living by the sea, Marionette, Photography
Tagged Allotments, Bridget Whelan, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Depot Lewes, Gardening, Hop picking, Hythe, Kusama: Infinity at DEPOT, Mental Heath Day, Photography, Pighog, Puppet, Rhodes, Saltdean, Satdean, The Regency House, White Cliff Cafe Saltdean
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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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One more Pigbaby to go – Saturday.
I wasn’t going to blog them all, but as I have been on the door this week in return for free entry and a glass of wine – it seemed churlish not to cover the whole week. However last night … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Hay, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, City Book Shop, City Book Shop prizes at Pighog, Creativity, Finding my feet in Brighton, Hiphophog beer, Hiphophog from Langham Brewery, Jackie Wills at Pighog, Kate White at Pighog, Langham Brewery, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Pigbaby, Pighog, Poetry event Nov 30th, The Redroaster Coffee House and Langham beer, Troubadour Coffee House - poetry
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Hey don’t miss it – Pigbaby at Redroaster Coffee House
One down – four to go. Tonight Meredith Collins happily introduced the audience to the award winning poets Pascale Petit and Vanessa Gebbie the latter launching her new pamphlet ‘The Half-life of fathers’. Some of Pascale’s poems about her father were … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton - out and about, Ciaran O'Driscoll, Finding my feet in Brighton, Jackie Wills, Kate White, Lee Harwood, Out and about in Brighton, Pascale Petit, Philip Pollecoff, Photography, Pigbaby at The Red Roaster, Pighog, The Redroaster Coffee House, Vanessa Gebbie
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Shedman shares his poetry.
A sad and sorry shed on the Weald allotment last week! This week we walked through the salubrious setting of the Bali Brassie and there we were in Shedman’s shed! Well to be truthful there wasn’t a shed this time round, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Film attached to blog, for love of sheds and small places, inspiration, John Davies - Shed Man, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Pighog, Poetry readings - London - Brighton, The Bali Brasserie - Hove, The Weald Allotment
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Piggy poets at it again at the Roaster last night.
Hugh Dunkerley writes ecological poetry which is well observed and often scathing. Tonight he was well on form with poems about DNA the world and everything. In his second session he changed his tone and included a wonderful three part … Continue reading
Pighog poets come up trumps at the Redroaster!
Fantastic night a the Redroaster tonight, a completely full house for the warm, touching and often witty poetry of Maria Jastrzebrska, widely translated and with several books to her name. Tonight she was well on form, two of the poems she … Continue reading
Pighog’s new season of ‘piggy’ poets.
Tonight we have the lovely Robin Lawley hosting, whose deadpan delivery is full of wit and humour. reads his own poetry, improvises to cover changes with mics etc and is a good time keeper. The two poets featured are Jackie … Continue reading
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