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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.
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Recent Posts
- Here we go Christmas again and a bit lost for words …
- My poem ‘Seeing’ is about problems with my sight and of course a little general chit chat.
- The puppets that went to the Palace and moving to Eastbourne!
- On World Puppetry Day, thinking about the part of my life spent treading the boards.
- Strange times – celebrations – love – loss and poetry
- More life and times of ageing puppeteer, writer and poet.
- My poem translated into Italian – Bluebells – Garden – Memoir.
- March – another month is flying by…
- Emerging from the chaos of 2020 inevitably older but wiser?
- Telegoons – based on The Goon show – their role in my downfall!
- Creativity – lockdown – but everything is the garden is lovely!
- Talking to myself – pictures – poems
- Early summer in the garden. Pictures -puppet – poems
- Memories – VE day in Balmore Street London N.19 and poetry.
- Happy Easter
- The way the brain may cope with self isolation –
- A magical mother – pictures – poems – stories.
- Hands upon hands and so expressive.
- Signs of spring in Saltdean despite wild weather…
- A garden poem and love the marionettes!
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Happy Christmas from ‘The Puppeteer’s Daughter’
Isn’t it strange that despite Christmas being such a cheerful time some of us, me included, still spend time thinking about loved ones who have passed away and who we still miss! I moved to the South Coast shortly after … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Christmas - love or loath it?, Creative writing courses - mainly Arvon, Nothing waits a category long, Photography, Poetry - Creative Writing
Tagged Ann and Peter Sansom, Film, Marionettes 'Alice in Wonderland', Marionettes featuring 'Frosty the Snowman', Photography, Poem about ancestry, Poem about carving, Poetry - Creative Writing, Poetry from 'The Puppeteer's Daugher', Sunsets, The Arvon Foundation, The Life and times of a New Age Granny, The Puppeteer's Daughter
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Granny on the warpath about parking charges dressed as a cabbage?
Rant today – back to bluebells, bluetits, poetry or art tomorrow…. After listening to the local news I was thinking of going to the seafront today, dressed as a cabbage (well they’re green) and chaining myself to one of those new expensive … Continue reading
The West Pier is in the news again!
So glad that according to The Argus, Mike Holland has vowed to save the West Pier! I am not often keen on millionaires throwing their money about on their own whims, but this time go for it Mike! We have … Continue reading
Monologue – ‘I hate cooking’
‘I hate cooking’ I’m not wading through an avalanche of flour, weeping into the onions, a teaspoon of this a tablespoon of that. Who cares? I hate cooking! I’m not whisking endless egg whites into frothy peaks for … Continue reading
Worrying about care homes!
Worrying about care homes I don’t see why I should have to worry about the possibility of selling my house and giving all my dosh to the council for the privilege of sitting on one of those dull brown chairs … Continue reading