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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Rottingdean’s wild and windy sea …
Rottingdean’s beach last Sunday was covered with all kinds of curious seaweed. Here and there a slipper shell and a few wrinkled crab husks their undersides a bright sky blue. Further along there was a pearly white well worn oyster … Continue reading
Happy Christmas from Frosty, Puppethouse, Ann and Alan X
Please press on arrow in centre of film – lasts about 35 seconds Ann, Alan and Frosty braved the snow last winter to make this film! Frosty and Ann first appeared with Johnny Morris … Continue reading
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Allotments are like pets!
Allotments are like some pets. Maybe a cat – independent but still in need of food and warmth, a dog, demanding tender loving care attention, a hampster constantly on the go, or a tortoise keen on hibernation. Maybe the pet … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up, Photography
Tagged Allotments are like pets, An Open Art Cafe Poet, Brighton - out and about, comedy poetry, Contents of my handbag poem, Creative writing, Monologue - prose or poem, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Poem abut handbags, The handbag poem, The Open Art Cafe, The Weald Allotment, Wise words in retirement
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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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Redundant poetry
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The contents of my handbag and Blu-tak
I suddenly realised I hadn’t put my wise words about the contents of my handbag called ‘Blu-tak’ on my blog. Apologies to anyone who has popped into the cafe and read this one already. The contents of my handbag A sticky … Continue reading
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Tagged A poem about a handbag, A poem about Blu-tak, Contents of handbag poem, Creative writing, Monologue - prose or poem, New poem, prose poem or from my book, Rottingdean, The Open Art Cafe
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