I’ve just got back from a book launch

The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]

Rejected again

I received another rejection by email yesterday. They didn’t say why, just that the poems didn’t ‘fit the current issue scheme’. This time the submission was for a collection of six poems which I have shared on my blog – that was allowed by the magazine, as long as they weren’t physically published. They were: […]

Starry Night

A poem inspired by Vincent van Gogh   The splendour of stars Studding a night sky More alive and richly Coloured than the day Sets us dreaming Of the universe A stardust collection Comets and collisions Things we cannot see We are just passing In the scheme of things Collecting poetry Wherever we find it […]

Song of a Modern Prospero

  Inspired by my current attempt to write a poetic synopsis of The Tempest from the point of view of Miranda in 400 characters, a poem from the point of view of a modern Prospero is my response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #153 “Collage 20” Tell me, my only child, With your studious looks And […]