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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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  • Mirror Meltdown: limerick and audio

    Mirror Meltdown: limerick and audio

    ๐Œ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซโ€‘๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ Ever had one of those days when you glance in the mirror and wonder who on earth is…

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  • No Way to Stay โ€” my poem, narrated by Nigel Byng

    No Way to Stay โ€” my poem, narrated by Nigel Byng

    ๐๐จ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐‘Š๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™ ๐ต๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘” This poem reflects the moment when people are forced to…

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  • Tall Tales in the Hall: golden shovel and audio narration

    Tall Tales in the Hall: golden shovel and audio narration

    ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ read and listen at lesleyscoble.com #poetry #digitalart #goldenshovel #EmilyDickinson #audio

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  • No More Bets: free-verse minimalist narrative and audio

    No More Bets: free-verse minimalist narrative and audio

    ๐๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘จ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š ๐‘บ๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’† Read and listen at lesleyscoble.com #roulette #freeverse #poetry #audio

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  • The Empty Chair (with narration) โ€” and a guest poem by Larry Viner

    The Empty Chair (with narration) โ€” and a guest poem by Larry Viner

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Read at lesleyscoble.com #poetry #LarryViner #guestpoet…

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  • trophy – haiku

    trophy – haiku

    ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บย โ€“ย ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏย ๐˜ฃ๐˜บย ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บย ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐—ผ๐—ปย ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒย ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ย ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑย ๐—ฎ๐˜ย ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ #haikuย #senryลซย #trophyย #poetry

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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€

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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.

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  • Mirror Meltdown: limerick and audio

    ๐Œ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซโ€‘๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ Ever had one of those days when you glance in the mirror and wonder who on earth is…

  • No Way to Stay โ€” my poem, narrated by Nigel Byng

    ๐๐จ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐‘Š๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™ ๐ต๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘” This poem reflects the moment when people are forced to…

  • Tall Tales in the Hall: golden shovel and audio narration

    ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ read and listen at lesleyscoble.com #poetry #digitalart #goldenshovel #EmilyDickinson #audio