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  • I Want That! A small poem and audio narration about wanting more than we need

    I Want That! A small poem and audio narration about wanting more than we need

    My poem I Want That! is included in the new Compassiviste anthology on overconsumption. It looks at desire in its smallest, most familiar form โ€”…

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  • REBLOG: Exploring Poetryโ€” Nigel Byngโ€™s Brilliant Reading of My Poem

    REBLOG: Exploring Poetryโ€” Nigel Byngโ€™s Brilliant Reading of My Poem

    Honoured to share Nigel Byngโ€™s beautiful reading of my poem Oh, Hunterโ€™s Moon Dim Thy Light. His thoughtful narration brings new depth to the poem…

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  • Broken Rengay Anthology: my book cover illustration

    Broken Rengay Anthology: my book cover illustration

    โœจ Honoured to illustrate the cover of Broken Rengayโ€”a daring, collaborative poetry collection by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay & Barbara Leonhard, published by Prolific Pulse…

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  • The Walking Frame: a micro free verse poem

    The Walking Frame: a micro free verse poem

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž. #micropoem #poetry #walkingframe

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  • Grown-Up Shoes: micro free-verse poem

    Grown-Up Shoes: micro free-verse poem

    ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐งโ€‘๐”๐ฉ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘จ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž #micropoem #poetry #digitalart #grownupshoes

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  • Again: free-verse narrative poem and folk song ๐ŸŽถ

    Again: free-verse narrative poem and folk song ๐ŸŽถ

    ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‘จ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ Read and listen at lesleyscoble.com #again #poem #narrative #homelessness #song

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  • The Queue: a quadrille poem and audio ๐ŸŽถ

    The Queue: a quadrille poem and audio ๐ŸŽถ

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฎ๐ž ๐’‚ ๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž #quadrille #poem #audio #songcreation #queue

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  • Behind the Door: micro poem

    Behind the Door: micro poem

    ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘จ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž Read it at lesleyscoble.com #micropoem #freeverse #poetry #behindthedoor

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  • Rubรกiyรกt of the Revolving Door: interlocking rubรกiyรกt and musical number ๐ŸŽถ

    Rubรกiyรกt of the Revolving Door: interlocking rubรกiyรกt and musical number ๐ŸŽถ

    ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎฬ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎฬ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ขฬ๐˜ช๐˜บ๐˜ขฬ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ A brief history of Britainโ€™s recent Prime Ministers Read and listen at lesleyscoble.com…

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Hey, Iโ€™m delighted to see you here! Thanks for coming. My blog is where I publish my poems and artworks (and reveal anything else that I think might be interesting!). I am so happy youโ€™ve dropped byโ€”please enjoy!

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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!

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Me drawing Tomรกs Graves portrait as he snaps my portrait! | TENNIS THAT COUNTS | Channel 4 TV | Photo by Tomรกs Graves

โ€œOne memorable time was when the producer called a breakfast meeting at a street cafรฉ in Fulham. At the cusp of a wintry dawn, we found ourselves waiting for the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau to arrive. We cracked it open at 8 am, and I remember it as one of the best collaborative meetings ever!โ€

working as a cartoonist for Channel 4 TV

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โœจ Honoured to illustrate the book cover of Broken Rengay

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Broken Rengay Book cover illustration by Lesley Scoble

The book features a rebellious take on the traditional rengay formโ€”thirty six poems that bend the rules with humour, raw emotion, and poetic synergy.

Published by Prolific Pulse Press

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  • The Walking Frame: a micro free verse poem

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž. #micropoem #poetry #walkingframe

  • Grown-Up Shoes: micro free-verse poem

    ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐งโ€‘๐”๐ฉ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘จ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž #micropoem #poetry #digitalart #grownupshoes

  • Again: free-verse narrative poem and folk song ๐ŸŽถ

    ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‘จ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ Read and listen at lesleyscoble.com #again #poem #narrative #homelessness #song