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: Poetry – and working towards them
Just what the doctor ordered
Here is one of my favourite sites – a poem every day delivered on a plate with my morning coffee! It is essential for apprentice poets to read poetry, as well as to write it. Just what the doctor ordered! … Continue reading
Arvon in my Mind’s Eye – adds inspiration
I know I go on about the courses at Arvon a lot but today was quite revealing. I accidently popped my Arvon notebook from a course last year into my bag instead of my equally bulky Myslexia … Continue reading
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Fragment – ‘The Ash Tree’
The honey fungus clings to the old Ash tree devouring its soul.
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Catching memories in a homemade Christmas tree!
Cut protruding branches from a hedge. Place in pot, the one from Les Baux brought back from France 60 years ago. Stand in the wine cooler that has never seen a drop of wine but I liked the shape … Continue reading
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Pighog poetry at the Redroaster – penultimate event of 2012
Absolutely packed house for Pighog’s Poetry event at The Redroaster cafe on Thursday night, it seemed like a film premiere with the great and the good, in the Brighton poetry world, turning out to celebrate Bernadette Cremin launching her new … Continue reading
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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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Poets mittens
The rhythm of the needles, the colours, the contrasts, the pattern combinations, making mittens is like creating poetry, but mine are warm and pretty and a present from a friend. I always loved that childhood rhyme all about kittens that lost their mittens. … Continue reading
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Holiday poems at the Open Art Cafe Rottingdean
I think we all had a good time at ‘pop in and write a poem’ today writing, sharing, drinking coffee and occasionally indulging in one of the cafe’s yummy cakes! I love running this workshop because it is great when … Continue reading
‘The Echo Room’ relaunch at The Red Roaster
Great hat, great guy, a man with a mission! Tonight Brendan Cleary relaunched his cult classic poetry magazine of the 80s and 90s ‘The Echo Room’ at the Redroaster. He compered the evening’s proceedings himself as one of the Pighog … Continue reading
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