For my fourth Sunday poem, I asked one of my good friends Manon Ceridwen to send me a couple of her poems which are personal favourites of mine. Manon and I met at Ty Newydd (www.tynewydd.org) – the Welsh equivalent…
Funerals, Family and Flowers
Today I had the day off work to go to my Uncle Pete’s funeral. Pete was born on the 18th October 1956 and died on the 23rd April 2012. Pete was my dad’s youngest brother, and younger brother to Carol…
The Sunday Poem 3 – Roy Marshall
This Sunday poem is again slightly late, Sunday being very close to turning into Monday. However, I’m hoping that it will have been worth waiting for… Today’s Sunday poem is from Roy Marshall, a poet from Leicester, my home town,…
Women’s Poetry Festival
Last weekend I was in Grasmere for the Dorothy Wordsworth Women’s Poetry Festival. I was taking part in a panel discussion, hosted by The Poetry Society www.poetrysociety.org.uk hosted by Judith Palmer on the subject of competitions and prizes. Also taking…
